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Oxford Music Online is the gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location. The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online, Grove Music Online, has been completely redesigned with a number of functional enhancements and new content.
For more in-depth information about the Grove relaunch, please visit the Grove Music Online page.
Oxford Music Online also contains The Oxford Companion to Music (2002), which offers more than 8,000 articles on composers, performers, conductors, individual works, instruments and notation, forms and genres; The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition (revised 2006), will similarly supplement Grove's more extensive coverage with content geared toward undergraduates and general users. Both of these sources are included in a subscription to Grove Music Online.
Oxford Music Online is also pleased to feature Colin Larkin's landmark Encyclopedia of Popular Music — online for the first time by popular demand. The most comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to popular music, EPM is the authoritative biographical encyclopedia of rock, pop, and jazz artists, covering popular music from 1900 to the present. It is exhaustive, meticulous, authoritative — and incredibly fun to read.
Oxford Music Online was created with the latest in online technology to give users a robust and unique research experience. There is a sophisticated search that allows users to refine their search or browse results by source, and by specific era or subject category. Users can also choose to view biographies or subject entries when searching or browsing. Advanced search capabilities provide users with powerful tools for content navigation, and include biography and bibliography searching, as well as the ability to easily search within longer, multi-section articles. Timelines and topical guides provide users with pathways into the content. Context-sensitive Help pages are available throughout the site to guide users through the features and functionality. Oxford Music Online offers the most extensive and easily searchable online music resource available, a virtual music library of unparalleled scope and depth.
