This is a brief description of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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• This is a brief description of the Encyclopedia
  of Popular Music
  
• It tells you
• what the encyclopedia is
• how it can help you
• how to look for information in it
• The presentation will take about 4 minutes

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This is the Oxford Music Online portal. You can
access the Encyclopedia of Popular Music as well
as other Oxford Music titles through here.
The critically acclaimed Encyclopedia of Popular
Music contains over 27,000 entries and covers
popular music of all genres from 1900 to the
present day.
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To search for a musician, a band, a style of
music or a festival simply type the name into the
box at the top right.
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Select the article from the Encyclopedia of
Popular Music.
The article has links to band members, influences
and albums.
You can also see a discography.
The star rating system is explained in the notes
for the encyclopedia.
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You can search for a list of the best (or worst)
albums from a particular year.
Go to Advanced Search
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then Discographies.
1970
Select five stars
then type in the year.
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Practice

• Now you have had a brief introduction, why not
  explore for yourself? Have a go at finding the
  answers to these questions.
  
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Further help

• If you want to find out more, you can
• visit your local library website
• pop into your local library
• see the detailed user guides on the sites
  themselves
  
• email us at onlinemarketing_at_oup.com

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