Use the following call numbers to locate books about different genres of popular music.

Call Number	Subject	Call Number	Subject
ML3516	Barbershop quartets	ML3530	Ragtime
ML3518	Big band	ML3531	Rap
ML3520	Blue grass	ML3532	Reggae
ML3521	Blues	ML3534	Rock
ML3524	Country music	ML3537	Soul
ML3527	Doo-Wop	ML3541	Western
ML3527.8	Funk	ML3545	Folk

Many of the popular music anthologies are located in our Hall Cabinet. To browse the contents of these anthologies use the black notebooks located on the song index shelves across from the Circulation Desk. Each notebook is divided into categories and then alphabetical by title.

Haggerty, Gary. A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books: an Annotated Bibliography.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Ref ML128.P63 H34 1995

Hoffmann, Frank W. The Literature of Rock. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow.
Ref ML128.R6 H6- I (1954-1978)
Ref ML128.R6 H62 1986- II (1979-1983)
Ref ML128.R6 H63 1995- III (1984-1990)

Leyser, Brady J. Rock Stars/ Pop Stars: a Comprehensive Bibliography, 1955-1994.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Ref ML128.R6 L49 1994

New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. New York: Fireside, c1995.
Ref ML102.R6 R64 1995

New Grove Dictionary of American Music. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries of Music, 1986.
Ref ML101.U6 N48 1986 (Grove table)

Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. New York: Stockton Press, 1995.
Ref ML102.P66 G84 1995

** For Billbard and Cash Box chart data, see the Ref ML156.4 P6 section in the Reference Room.