Music Research Guide 

All Music Guide: Extensive coverage of all types of music, including jazz, blues, world, folk, rap, reggae, etc, divided into 10-year periods; biographies of musicians in each genre; description of dominant music formats for each decade. 

American School Band Directors Association - ASBDA: "The intent of [the ASBDA] to draw together some of the finest minds and best teachers nationally for the purpose of helping influence the direction and furthering the cause of good music in the nation's public schools." 

Blue Highway: Information about blues: artists, concerts, and links to related sites.

Indiana University's Guide to Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Gateway to Web sites pertaining to all music genres and traditions.

Jazz Roots: Devoted to the early roots of jazz.

K-12 Resources for Music Education: "Valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels." 

Music Education Online: "This page is designed to aid music educators, students and parents in connecting with a variety of music education resources located on the Internet as well as providing an interactive bulletin board for posting questions and comments on music."

Music Educators National Conference (MENC): Advances music education by encouraging the study and making of music by all.

Red Hot Jazz Archive: A History of Jazz Before 1930: A good site for jazz history and it provides sound recordings of early jazz greats.

School, Band, and Orchestra: School Band and Orchestra magazine is published monthly by Larkin Publications and has a national circulation of 20,000 band and orchestra directors from elementary through high school. SBO focuses on the management aspects of running a successful music program.  

University of Michigan Instrument Encyclopedia: Text, image, and sound of instruments housed in the University of Michigan Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.

What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching: A collection of documents about teaching including tips from award-winning veteran teachers