These titles are accessible online 24/7 with an NYU login. Print-only dictionaries and encyclopedias can be found in the Music Reference section of the library (7th floor east wing, call number range ML100) or with the BobCat Books & More search.
The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World offers a globally inclusive overview of historical and contemporary popular music around the world.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music is a biographical encyclopedia covering rock, pop, jazz, folk, blues, heavy metal, techno, R&B, reggae, hip-hop, and other popular genres from 1900 onward.
MGG (Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart) is a German-language encyclopedia offering in-depth, up-to-date articles on music, with connections to literature, philosophy, visual arts, and other related areas of study.
Oxford Music Online is an integrated package of three important music reference publications: Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music.