Most include photographs, discographies and sources for further reading. An excellent starting place for research in popular music that centers on performers. Be sure to use the cumulative index in the back of the last volume. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Brief biographical entries for popular musicians and musical groups.
Many entries contain discographies with release dates.
New Grove II Online . An online version of the most comporehensive and scholarly English-language encyclopedia of music. Includes links to other Internet resrouces and sites. Print version due out soon. The New Grove Dictionary of American Music .