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For more music research help, please contact the Arthur Friedheim Music Library of the Peabody Institute.
Humanities at Peabody, academic department's web page.
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Background Info
To explore your topic in a general way, these resources may be useful as a starting point.
- WikipediaUse cautiously for quick information - but verify in scholarly resources if used for research.
Images
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Google Scholar
This feature searches across many scholarly Internet sources.
To show links to JHU Library Resources within search results, change Google Preferences on your computer.
Google Books
Search inside books made available on the Internet; view or preview them online, then check to see if our library owns or has access to them.
Getting Started
Before you begin looking for research materials, take some time to brainstorm on your topic.
These guides will give advice on how to approach the early stages of thesis development and research:
Search the JHU Libraries Catalog
Find books, films, and more in the libraries by searching below:
Cited Reference Searching
Search for articles that have cited a previously published work.
Through a cited reference search, you can discover how a known idea or innovation has been confirmed, applied, improved, extended, or corrected.
In Arts & Humanities Citation Index, cited reference searching also enables you to find articles that make reference to and/or include an illustration of a work of art or a music score.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)Available via Web of Science, an interdisciplinary suite of databases that allow for cited reference searching in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science.
Search for Articles
Search the databases or groups of databases below to find scholarly journal articles and newspaper entries on your topic.
Biographical Information
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online personal database where you can store and organize citations, as well as generate easy bibliographies and citations.
Style Guides
Chicago Manual of StyleAccess the online version of this guide by clicking the title above, or consult one of the print versions at several locations throughout the libraries at Johns Hopkins.
MLA Handbook PlusOnly available in printed format, explore these style and publication guidelines of the Modern Language Association of America.
Other Research Guides
You may wish to consult research guides in other fields of study.