Music: General Subject Guide

Writing Style Guides

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Citing Music Sources in Your Essay and BibliographyExcellent guide to citing music sources (scores, recordings, videos and more) using Turabian style (based upon Chicago Manual of Style). Also: correct format of musical terms and titles for your essay and bibliography. More info

Handbook for Preparing Graduate Papers in Music
Research strategies, documentation formats, use of notation and examples, tables, etc. More info

Irvine's Writing About Music
Style and formatting of papers, theses, etc.; documenting; writing skills; and more. More info

Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide
For the undergraduate student: how to do research and write about music. More info

Guide to Writing StylesContains links to many practical examples for formatting citations in APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian, and other writing styles. Examples include citations to both online or print materials. Call numbers for printed manuals are also given. Ask your instructor which writing style is required for your class assignment.

Online! Citation StylesHow to cite Internet sources using MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE and other styles.

RefWorks  This citation management software allows you to import citations directly from electronic indexes and create and manage your own bibliographies. Use with word processing software to cite and format references easily in a variety of writing styles. You will have to set up an individualized account the first time you use RefWorks. An excellent tutorial is available in RefWorks under Help. Tutorial

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