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Music: Books and Ebooks

This guide will help you to find information in the Library, and to understand the APA referencing system. It also has information on Tiriti related subjects, and how to find and use images.

Books and eBooks

Below are book titles relevant to your programme. To find other books in your subject area, go to the Library homepage and type a known title or keywords in the search field. 

  • Select the Library Catalogue filter to locate books on the Library shelves
  • Select the Search Everything filter to locate print and online resources i.e. books/ebooks, journal articles and more

Or go directly to eBooks databases (see below).

For searching tips and strategies go to the Finding information and Research tab.

Instrument Studies

Bass

Drums

Guitar

Keyboard

Singing and Vocals

Composition - Song Writing

Māori

Pasifika

Aotearoa New Zealand

Theory - Understanding Music

Professional Studies - Music Business;Health and Safety

Hip Hop and Rap

Rock

Metal

Pop Music

Music Production

ProQuest eBook Central

ProQuest eBook Central 

ProQuest's eBook Central library provides more than 600,000 titles from over 600 authoritative publishers that can be accessed electronically, online and offline through the flexible platform.  ProQuest eBook Central guide.

EBSCO eBooks

EBSCOhost eBooks

This includes EBSCO's eBook Collection, eBook Academic Collection, and eBook Open Access (OA) Collection

O'Reilly Learning

*The O’Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Used with permission.

Autobiographies and Biographies

Music - History and Critique