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Who can use which resources?

Short course students

(including WOW, Weekly Class and short online courses)

Students enrolled on a Continuing Education short course which includes a written assignment can:

register to borrow books and films from the Continuing Education Library.
access electronic resources such as e-books, journal articles and databases from within the university network, for example in the Library or in the resources room at Ewert House. Weekly class students cannot access subscription e-resources from home, but there are many free online resources available. (See the tabs below for information about subscription and free resources).

Undergraduate and postgraduate students

(including students enrolled on Certificate, Diploma and Masters courses)

Students enrolled on an undergraduate or postgraduate Continuing Education course can:

register to borrow books and films from the Continuing Education Library.
become a member of other Libraries within the Bodleian Group of Libraries (for example the Music Faculty Library and the Bodleian. See a full list of Bodleian Libraries
access electronic resources such as e-books, journal articles and databases from any internet connection using your Single Sign On.

Finding books

Oxford has a wide range of books (including ebooks and print books) for Music. For more detailed info about finding books visit the books tab on this guide.

SOLO
Search SOLO, the University's resource discovery tool, for print and ebooks at Oxford. You can search by author, title or subject and limit to a specific library or online resources.
SOLO user guide
If you need help with SOLO, take a look at this guide for tips on searching, managing results and using your SOLO account.

Key journals

You can search for individual journal articles in SOLO by searching for the author and/or article title and/or subject keywords.

In addition, you can search for a particular journal or newspaper (e.g. Nature, English Historical Review, The Guardian) by entering the title in SOLO or via the 'Journals A-Z'.

Below are a few key journals for Music below. See the journal tabs for of this guide for more information.

Music
Perspectives of new music
Is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis.
SOLO
Search SOLO, the University's resource discovery tool, for print and ebooks at Oxford. You can search by author, title or subject and limit to a specific library or online resources.
e-Journals A-Z
A full, browsable list of ejournals available at Oxford.

Oxford Online Resources

Oxford subscribes to many scholarly databases. They can be used to locate journal articles, conference proceedings, books, patents, images, data and more. You can find some of the key databases for Music below. Take a look at the 'Oxford's online resources' tab of this guide for more information.

Early Music Online This link opens in a new window
Early Music Online is a pilot project in which 300 of the world’s earliest surviving volumes of printed music, held in the British Library, have been digitised and made freely available online. You can browse the digitised content in Royal Holloway's digital repository and explore detailed descriptions of the content via the British Library Catalogue. Full descriptions of each volume, with links to the digitised content, have also been included in the RISM UK database and Library Hub Discover, enabling researchers to locate and access this digitised content by several different means. The digitised content on Early Music Online can be used in any way and for any purposes that are conducive to education, teaching, learning, private study and/or research as long as they are in compliance with the terms and conditions of their licence.
IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project) This link opens in a new window
Alternative names: International Music Score Library Project ; IMSLP

The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is a collaborative endeavour of which the Petrucci Music Library is currently its main project. It is an internet-based, collaborative music score library containing tens of thousands of scores composed by thousands of composers, all available for free download. Their goal is to create a virtual library containing all public domain music, as well as music from composers who are willing to share their work with the world without charge.

Databases A-Z
A full, browsable list of Oxford's online databases.

Free Online Resources

There are many scholarly resources which are freely available on the web. Key free web resources are listed below and on the 'Free Online Resources' tab.

IMSLP (Petrucci Music Library)
A resource for digitised music scores in the public domain but remember, what is public-domain in one country may not be in another so not all scores on IMSLP can legally be used in the UK.
Royal Musical Association
The Royal Musical Association is the foremost society in the UK dedicated to the study of music.

Rewley House Continuing Education Library

The Library

Contact info

Rewley House Continuing Education Library
Rewley House
1 Wellington Square
Oxford
OX1 2JA

Tel.01865 270454

Email library@conted.ox.ac.uk

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Key Libraries

Here are some of the key libraries for Music, a full list of libraries is on the Bodleian Libraries website:

Continuing Education Library
The Rewley House Library is your home library and buys many of the books for your course.

Music Faculty Library
It provides for the borrowing needs of students, researchers and senior members, with exceptional holdings for the study of Western classical music from medieval to modern.

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