Databases
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OpenBook Publishers is a not-for-profit Social Enterprise run by academics who are committed to making high-quality research available to readers around the world. Monographs and textbooks in all subject areas are published and all books are available to read free online.
Provides scholarly review articles summarizing current thinking and research in a range of subjects across the humanaities, social sciences, and sciences. Each handbook offers in-depth introductions to topics and a critical survey of the current state of scholarship. McMaster's access has expanded to include all 1200 Handbooks.
Gateway to music research and access point for Oxford music reference titles. Currently allows cross-searching of:
- Grove Music Online
- New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- New Grove Dictionary of Opera
- New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed., Colin Larkin, ed.
- Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd ed. rev, Michael Kennedy, ed., Joyce Bourne, assoc. ed.
- Oxford Companion to Music, Alison Latham, ed.
