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MLA Style

MLA Style Center
MLA's homepage. Includes a list of sample citations, an interactive template, and a quick guide to MLA style, along with other learning resources.
Citing Bibliographic Sources: MLA
WIU Libraries' quick guide to MLA citation style.
MLA: Purdue OWL
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab site for MLA citation style.

WestCat WestCat searches the WIU Library catalog. For this assignment, the catalog will help you find books on a musician, lyricist, composer, genre, or resources on a topic in the lyrics, such as female empowerment, civil rights, the historical significance of a particular song, etc.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Research genre, time period, topic, musician, song writer. Look for cite button to help with citations.

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Index to articles, images and audio; selected full-text. ***Limited number of simultaneous users. Please close your window when you're finished so another use slot opens up.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Mainly for academic musical pieces, classical music. ***Limited number of simultaneous users. Please close your window when you're finished so another use slot opens up.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Academic Articles
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Academic Articles

BET Music BET.com is your home for all the latest celebrity, music, fashion, entertainment and African-American news.
Rolling Stone Rolling Stone, biweekly American magazine that reports on music, pop culture, and politics.
DownBeat DownBeat is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.
Billboard Billboard is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly.
Song Meanings
SongMeanings is a music website that encourages users to discuss and comment on the underlying meanings and messages of individual songs.
Genius
Genius is the world's biggest collection of song lyrics and musical knowledge.
YouTube
For this assignment, YouTube may have interviews of your musician or song writer, telling of their inspirations as an artist or their inspiration for a particular song. A music video of your piece may also be available on YouTube.
NPR
NPR may have music reviews or interviews.
The New Yorker
A source for music reviews and articles on music.
The New York Times
A source for article on music and reviews of music. Link allows access for WIU users.