Skip to Main Content

Music Research Guide

Information on getting started with research resources at the Loeb Music Library.

Citation and Research Management Tools

Save yourself time: format notes and bibliographies in minutes; automatically insert citations into your papers; collect and organize your sources.

Harvard librarians teach classes in the basics of Endnote and Zotero. Learn more about citation management software, and check the class schedules and register on the library guide: Zotero.

Style Guides

Citing music, recordings, and liner notes can be tricky; these websites offer general guides for citing your sources, plus tips for music materials.

Harvard College Writing Program: Writing Resources
a number of writing guides, including the Harvard Guide to Using Sources

Chicago Manual of Style
the full text of the 18th edition, plus quick style guides and FAQs
Fully searchable online versions of the 15th and 16th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. Also includes Chicago Manual Q & A, online tools, and a Chicago Style Citation Quick Guide.

Citing Miscellaneous Sources
includes music videos, film, recordings, interviews, etc. (from the Yale Writing Center)

Accessibility Privacy

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Except where otherwise noted, this work is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows anyone to share and adapt our material as long as proper attribution is given. For details and exceptions, see the Harvard Library Copyright Policy ©2021 Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College.