The bibliographies and catalogues listed here are a representative sample of reference books available on the open shelves of the Rare Books & Music Reading Room.
| Brockman, William S. | Music: a guide to the reference literature (Littleton, Colorado, 1987). |
| Duckles, Vincent H. & Keller, Michael A. | Music reference and research materials: an annotated bibliography (5th ed., New York, 1997). |
| Marco, Guy A. | Information on music: a handbook of reference sources in European languages (Littleton, Colorado, 1975- ). |
| RILM | RILM abstracts of music literature (New York, 1967- ). Also available online. |
| The Music Index | The music index. A subject-author guide to current music periodical literature (Detroit, 1950- ). Vols. 18 (1966), etc. Also available online. |
| Heyer, Anna H. | Historical sets, collected editions and monuments of music: a guide to their contents (3rd ed., Chicago, 1980). 2 vols. |
| Hill, George R. & Stephens, Norris L. | Collected editions, historical series & sets & monuments of music: a bibliography (Berkeley, 1997). |
| RISM | Répertoire international des sources musicales (München and Kassel, 1960- ). Some data also available online. |
| Schnapper, Edith B. | The British union-catalogue of early music, printed before the year 1801: a record of the holdings of over one hundred libraries throughout the British Isles (London, 1957). 2 vols. |
| Wagstaff, John | The British union catalogue of music periodicals (2nd ed., Aldershot, 1998). |
| Penney, Barbara | Music in British libraries: a directory of resources (4th ed., London, 1992). |
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