Guide to Research on Indian Music and Dance

Introduction

Princeton's libraries extend a wealth of resources that will help you locate information in a variety of formats. This research guide for Indian music and dance is intended as a point of departure. Please note that some of the web addresses listed in this document will only work on campus. See http://pulproxy.princeton.edu/ for help.

Dictionaries & encyclopedias

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. http://www.grovemusic.com or (SV) ML100 .N48 2001
The article and bibliography on India provides a clear overview.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. (SV) ML100 .G16 1997

International Encyclopedia of Dance. (SV) GV1585 .I586 1998

The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. (SV) ML102.I5 N48 1984

Searching for print, audio, and visual materials

You can search the library's Main Catalog (http://catalog.princeton.edu) to find relevant materials, including reference books, monographs, recordings, and videos or DVDs. Try some of the following heading subject heading searches to get started:

Music—India—Dictionaries
Music—India—History and criticism
Dance—India—Bibliography
India—Religion
Tabla and sitar music

For more help with searching the library catalog, see http://www.princeton.edu/~rbivens/research/books/searching/. (NOTE: Performers and composers are considered "authors" in the catalog).

Finding articles

Article indexes
Refer to Princeton's collection of article indexes at http://library.princeton.edu/catalogs/articles.php for additional materials. Searching in areas such as anthropology, art, religion, and the humanities will prove useful for an interdisciplinary approach to this topic.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature and RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals) offer extensive indexing of scholarly music research from around the globe. RILM will provide you with research from 1967 up the present day, while RIPM will aid you in finding materials published prior to approximately 1950. Other relevant indexes include The International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP), Music Index, and Oxford Reference Online: Performing Arts.

Finding Journals
When searching electronic indexes and databases you may see the icon in electronic records. This icon will connect you to the online catalog or your article whenever possible. Online journals are made accessible via projects such as JSTOR or Project MUSE, which may also be searched directly. You may also browse the library's list of E-Journals.

When the full text of a journal article is not available electronically, print versions of most journals will be shelved alphabetically by title in the appropriate library on campus. Recent issues can be found in each library's reading room.

Information on the World Wide Web

Princeton University research guides. http://library.princeton.edu/help/research.php
Libraries at Princeton produce research guides for their respective disciplines. The following are a few examples that would be useful for this topic.

Music and Dance Resources. http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/music/research/index.php
Anthropology: A Selected List of Resources. http://firestone.princeton.edu/anthropology
History Resources. http://libweb.princeton.edu/help/research/history/
Religion Resources at Princeton. http://www.princeton.edu/~rbivens/religion/

The Music in Our World. A project of San Diego State University. http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/logan_M345_MOW.html

Music of India. http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Music_of_India1.html

Indian Classical Music: Tuning and Ragas, by Catherine Schmidt-Jones. http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m12459/latest/

General information
These sites will give you quick access to general information about India.

The CIA World Factbook. http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html
A Country Study: India (From the Library of Congress). http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/intoc.html