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Music Library HomeCentral web site for music research at UCLA.
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Listen OnlineListen online to jazz, opera, classical, popular songs, and more.
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Indexes to Music JournalsIndexes to articles in music journals, MPA: Music and Performing Arts Online is best for this class.
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Arts LibrarySee links for Art History and Film, Theater, and Television.
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Off-Campus (VPN or Proxy Server) Access to Library eResourcesHow to access licensed online content from off-campus.
Other Music Research Guides
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Music Resources in Library Special Collections Research GuideA guide to research resources in UCLA Library Special Collections, books, scores, manuscripts, archival material, and recordings.
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Browsing Jazz Books at UCLA
Use the suggestions below to help guide you browse and search the UCLA Library.
Library Call Numbers for Browsing Scholarship on Jazz
| Call Number | Subject Heading |
|---|---|
| ML 3506 | Jazz — History and criticism |
| ML 3508 | Bop (Music) — History and criticism |
| Cool jazz-History and criticism | |
| Free jazz — United States — History and criticism | |
| Jazz — Social Aspects — United States | |
| ML 3518 | Swing (music) — History |
Library Subject Headings for Searching for Scholarship on Jazz
The following is a non-exhaustive list of subject headings that you can use to guide your research in Jazz. A subject heading is a term or phrase used to classify like materials in the UCLA Library catalog.
| Subject Headings |
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| Jazz — History and critcism |
| Jazz — Influence |
| Jazz — Japan — History and criticism |
| Jazz in literature |
| Jazz musicians — biography |