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Streaming Music with Contemporary World Music

Contemporary World Music by Alexander Street Press
Call Number: Online

The WSU Libraries have a subscription to Contemporary World Music from Alexander Street Press. This is a fantastic resource offering a variety of selections from around the world.

In the advanced search feature, you can find music according to cultural group.

Reference Works for Cultural Studies

Reference books are excellent resources for investigating a potential topic and finding inspiration for your research. The following sources may help you to conduct some preliminary research while focussing your topic:

Countries and their Cultures (4 vols) by Melvin Ember; Carol R Ember
Call Number: Terrell Reference GN307 .C68 2001
ISBN: 0028649508
The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture by Eva Kolinsky (Editor); Wilfried Van der Will (Editor); Peter Pulzer (Contribution by); John Breuilly (Contribution by); Hans-Georg Betz (Contribution by); Andrei S. Markovits (Contribution by); Beth S. Noveck (Contribution by); Carolyn Hofig (Contribution
ISBN: 0521560322
Publication Date: 1999-02-13
Individual chapters trace developments in German culture--including national identity, class and race issues and the arts--from the nineteenth century to the present. There is a chronology and guide to further reading. Overall, the Companion offers an invaluable guide to the political and social processes that shaped modern Germany.
Encyclopedia of Ireland by Brian Lalor
Call Number: Terrell Reference DA906 .E52 2003
ISBN: 0300094426
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture by Jay Kinsbruner; Erick Detlef Langer
Call Number: Terrell Reference F1406 .E53 2008 and online
ISBN: 9780684312705
Available online
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture by Tatiana Smorodinskaya; Karen Evans-Romaine; Helena Goscilo
Call Number: Terrell Reference DK510.32 .E53 2007
ISBN: 0415320941
Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia by John T. Koch
Call Number: Terrell Reference CB206 .C45 2006
ISBN: 1851094407
Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture by Edward L. Davis
Call Number: Terrell Reference DS779.23 .E53 2005
ISBN: 0415241294

Musical Cultures

Musics of Multicultural America by Kip Lornell; Anne K. Rasmussen
Call Number: Holland and Terrell ML3477 .M88 1997
ISBN: 0028645855
Publication Date: 1997-11-10
This interdisciplinary text introduces the student to the diverse musical cultures that constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover twelve communities, from the West Indian steel drum bands of Brooklyn, to Mexican-American mariachi music. .
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Ruth M. Stone (Editor)
Call Number: Terrell Library Reference ML100 .G16 1998
ISBN: 0824060350
Publication Date: 1997-08-01
A ten-volume work, located in the reference area of Terrell Library. Accompanying CDs are available from Media Materials and Reserves, on the ground floor of Terrell. Call number
Music and German National Identity by Celia Applegate; Pamela Maxine Potter
Call Number: Holland and Terrell ML275 .M933 2002
ISBN: 0226021300
Publication Date: 2002-08-01
American Music: a Panorama by Daniel Kingman; Lorenzo F. Candelaria
Call Number: Holland and Terrell ML200 .K55 2003
ISBN: 0534598323
Publication Date: 2002-12-02
"By comparing and contrasting America's musical styles across regions and time periods, Kingman delivers a clear vision of American music that encompasses the historical sources of all American music, the ways in which diverse styles have influenced each other, and the cultural contributions of America's innovative and original composers."

Streaming Music Collections

American Song
A database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. It has songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.
Contemporary World Music
This resource contains important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more
Internet Radio from Around the World

Libraries

Honors 380 - Writing Your Heritage: Researching Cultures

Streaming Music with Contemporary World Music

Reference Works for Cultural Studies

Musical Cultures

Streaming Music Collections