On this site

	The bibliography provides a list of published sources arranged geographically.
	The link page provide links to relevant Internet sites. Please let Eli know of any additional sites that you find and I will add them.

In our library

Start with our library catalog. While material on art, social studies, and the humanities is located at Belk Library, remember that material on music is largely in the Music Library at the Broyhill Music Center. The music library has a considerable number of world music CDs. Unfortunately, you cannot check those out. If you would like to let the class listen to a CD from the music library, let us know. We can check it out for a limited time. Eli also have a good number of CDs and he will be happy to lend those to you. A catalog of Eli's CD collection is available online.

As you have undoubtedly already found out, our library does not have enough resources to provide you with the depth and breadth of information that you will need. However, you will need to conduct a thorough search for additional sources in your area.

General Sources

For the general introduction, use good general sources including:

	Encyclopedia Britannica (available as hardcopy at the Reference section of Belk and Online
	Encyclopedia of the Third World hardcopy at the library
	World Factbook (available in hardcopy at the reference section of the library and online)
	Other reference material such as the country studies published by Scarecrow Press under the title Historical Dictionary of...

Country and Regional Sources

Africa and the Caribbean

	An excellent catalog of material on Africa, especially in the visual arts, is the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Catalog. The library of the National Museum of African Arts catalogs journal articles, book chapters and much more. They cover many obscure journals and hard-to-find items.
	The library of the National Museum of African Arts also provide a useful annotated guide titled Modern African Art: a basic reading list
	The Smithsonian also provide a list of links to relevant sites arranged by countries and artists, links to online exhibition and more.

Music Sources

The best place to get an overview on the current research in world music is the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. It is a scholarly and current survey on world music by country, music styles, major artists and much more. Read the entry on your country first and then decide on additional articles to read.

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is available online and in hardcopy at the Music Library. It is very current, but does not provide the depth of the Garland Encyclopedia. The bibliographies on each entry are very useful.

Appalachian Library Guide for Sources in Music gives you a list of databases and other resources on music. There are two major databases for music:

International Index for Music Periodicals

RILM Abstract in Music Literature

However, remember that information on world music is not limited to music journals. Search general humanities and social science databases as well.

Arts and Humanities

MLA

WorldCat

Art Sources

The Grove Dictionary of Art is available online and in hardcopy at the reference section of Belk. It provides Up-to-date information but is not very comprehensive.

Appalachian Library Guide for Sources in the Arts gives you a list of databases and other sources on the visual arts.

The main art database is Arts Abstracts. Its focus is Western art, but it does have a lot of useful sources

You need to look at more general humanities and social science databases including:

Arts and Humanities

MLA

WorldCat