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Getting Started

These resources are useful starting points for researching topics related to the music industry and music professions.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to thousands of popular and scholarly sources. A "goto" database for any subject.
Business Plans Handbook This link opens in a new window
Includes actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
The largest and most in-depth business research database available. Contains scholarly research, trade publications, and industry news and reports. Includes books, case studies, company profiles, country reports, industry reports, market research reports, peer reviewed scholarship from more than 2000 journals available in full text, SWOT analysis and thousands of trade publications. Coverage begins in 1886 (yes, 1886).

Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO)
A membership organization whose goal is to serve and advance the non-profit sector in Pennsylvania, it also offers many free resource documents.
National Endowment for the Arts
An independent federal agency that funds and promotes artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities.
Foundation Center: Gain Knowledge Page
"Through data, analysis, and training, the Foundation Center connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed." This "Gain Knowledge" page is especially useful for research.
Art Place America
"A collaboration of 13 leading national and regional foundations and six of the nation’s largest banks"

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Serves as a resource for the public on arts and culture in Pennsylvania. Also provides grants, professional development opportunities, and information on partnerships and initiatives.
The Arts in Lancaster

Millersville University Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Search for printed and electronic books in our library catalog!
EBSCOHost ebooks This link opens in a new window
Over 20,000 fully accessible books on topics ranging from acting to zoology and everything in between!