Music Citation Guide: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
This guide provides citation information for music students, with music-specific examples that are not readily available through other sources.
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Web Dictionaries & Encyclopedias (MLA 5.6.2)
Works Cited List -----
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Reference Work.
Publisher, Year. Web. Day Month Year.
Bowen Hustedt, Michele. "Voxman, Himie." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online.
Oxford University Press, 2014. Web. 1 May 2014.
Print Encyclopedias (e.g., New Grove and MGG) (MLA 5.5.7)
Works Cited List -----
Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Article." Title of Reference Work.
Ed. Name(s) of Editor(s). #ed. Vol. #. Publication location: Publisher, Year. Print.
Kammertön, Christoph. "Pleyel." Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Ed.
Ludwig Finscher. Vol. 13, Personenteil. (Basel, Bärenreiter, 2005). Print.