Inside scoop on Oxford Music Online (formerly Grove Music Online)
In 2007, Oxford University Press purchased Grove Music Online and the entire family of Grove dictionaries. Oxford University Press has recently released a complete redesign of Grove Music Online and renamed the product, Oxford Music Online. While the Robinson Music Library will officially unveil this product in July, 2008, we would like to offer a preview for our avid blog readers. As we will be redesigning the library’s website in the summer of 2008, we will integrate links to Oxford Music Online in our new site. However, both versions of this resource are currently online.
Here are the respective URLs:
- Grove Music Online (online through June 30, 2008): http://www.grovemusic.com
- Oxford Music Online (online from March 2008-): http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com
Oxford Music Online expands the content of Grove Music Online to include the latest editions of the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music. Grove Music Online encompassed articles from the New Grove Dictionaries of Music & Musicians, Opera & Jazz. Oxford University Press has decided to consolidate the articles found in these three dictionaries under one main article. Only these main articles will be updated and revised by the editorial staff. Future plans will expand Oxford Music Online to include content from former Grove dictionaries, such as the New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments and the New Grove Dictionary of American Music which currently are only in print form.
A new feature of Oxford Music Online includes links to external sources.
“As part of the redevelopment, we have also established partnerships with Classical Music Library, Digital Recordings in American Music (DRAM), and RILM abstracts in music literature. Links to each of these sites is available from relevant articles for subscribers to those sites.”
Future posts will highlight new features of Oxford Music Online. Your feedback is always welcome. Just email cimlibrary@gmail.com.
