From the publisher W. W. Norton, an online study guide that provides an overview of music terminology, styles, and historic periods.

Use JStor to search for scholarly journal articles about composers and their works, and their musical style and place within historical periods.

A listing of key research resources, online recordings and scores, recommended by Middlebury College's reference librarians.

From the producer of Naxos recordings, an easy to use listing of musical terms with links to their definitions.

Among the best of music dictionaries and comprehensive music encyclopedias: Groves Music Online (Groves Dictionaries of Music), The Oxford Companion to Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music.

Use Summon to search for articles and books about composers and their works, and their musical style and place within historical periods.