Violence in Popular Music  Tags: violence_in_popular_music sex_in_music ugl_subject_guide ugl  

Books are another valuable resource in any research paper or project. Books (as opposed to articles) generally possess the following characteristics:

• Longer in length
• Good sources of background and historical information
• Often contain footnotes and lengthy bibliographies

Use the following online catalogs to search for books using the above subject headings as search terms:

• UIUC Online Catalog Searches for items in the UIUC campus libraries.
• I-ShareSearches for items in more than 80 academic libraries in Illinois, including UIUC.
• WorldCatSearches for items in libraries throughout the world.

Suggested Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to use as search terms for this topic include:

Violence in music
Violence in popular culture
Violence in art
Violence in popular culture—history and criticism
Violence in mass media—united states
Popular music—united states
Rap (music)—history and criticism
Rap (music)—social aspects
Hip-hop—united states
Gender identity in music
Women in mass media
Sex role in mass media
Racism in music
Feminism and music
Music and society