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1. **Noodletools**--sign into your account and create a new project using MLA Advanced.


 * 2. Use an online encyclopedia** like Grolier (Choose Encyclopedia Americana or Grolier Mulitmedia Encyclopedia) or World Book Onlineline to get background information on your composer (Reference source, online, in Noodletools) Note the recommended websites in the encyclopedia articles. //Note the recommended websites in the encyclopedia articles. They are usually GREAT!//

[| ABC-CLIO databases] Daily Life Through History for the historical background you need  [|SIRS]: Includes //SIRS Discoverer,// //Researcher//, //Government Reporter// and **//Renaissance Researcher// (art. music and history).**
 * 3. GREAT Databases!**

[|ProQuest and ProQuest Education Collection]--general magazines, GOOD articles!

**4. The library has PRINT resources for some of the groups, the legends:**


 * 781.66 MCC || McCarthy, David. //**Rock 'n' roll record breakers: the biggest, the baddest and the best groups of all time**//. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, c1992. ||
 * 781.66 SZA || Szatmary, David P. //**Rockin' in time: a social history of rock-and-roll**//. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall, 1991.
 * //Summary://** Examines the connection between rock music and the changing social climates in the U. S. and Britain. ||
 * 782.42 WIM || Wimmer, Teresa. //**The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band**//. Mankato, Minn: Creative Education, 2008.
 * //Summary://** Discusses the impact of world events on the life, career, and music of The Beatles, the groundbreaking musical group from England. ||
 * 920 BUR || Burgan, Michael. //**The Beatles**//. Milwaukee, WI: World Almanac, 2002.
 * //Summary://** The story of the highly celebrated and influential English rock group and their music. ||
 * REF 781.66 ROL || //**The Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll**//. New York: Free Press, c2001.
 * //Summary://** A comprehensive encyclopedia of rock music, featuring biographical and discographical information on nearly two thousand artists, and including historical photographs. ||
 * REF 781.66 ROU || //**The rough guide to rock**//. London London New York: Rough Guides Distributed by the Penguin Group, 2003. ||
 * REF 781.66 SCH || Schinder, Scott. //**Icons of rock: an encyclopedia of the legends who changed music forever**//. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.
 * //Summary://** A two-volume set that provides detailed biographical profiles of twenty-four of the most influential men and women in the history of rock and roll music, exploring their inspirations, innovations, and lasting impact on rock and roll music. ||
 * REF 781.66 SCH || Schinder, Scott. //**Icons of rock: an encyclopedia of the legends who changed music forever**//. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.
 * //Summary://** A two-volume set that provides detailed biographical profiles of twenty-four of the most influential men and women in the history of rock and roll music, exploring their inspirations, innovations, and lasting impact on rock and roll music. ||
 * REF 782.4 DEF || //**Definitive illustrated encyclopedia of rock**//. London, England: Flam Tree Publishing, 2006. ||

allmusic.com @http://www.azlyrics.com/index.html
 * 5. SOME websites:**

From the Yahoo Directory site, selected websites on Pop and Rock music: []

ThinkQuest. __Rock Revolution__. 2 Nov 2011. Web. <[|http://library.thinkquest.org/18249/resources/in dex.html]>.

History of Rock Music: @http://thehistoryofrockmusic.com/

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. __Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum__. 2 Nov 2011. Web. <[]>.

World Book, Inc.. "Rock and roll". __Heart and Soul : A Celebration of African American Music__. 2 Nov 2011.Web. < http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spotlight/aamusic/rocknro ll >.

TIME 100. "The Rock Musicians: The Beatles". __Artists and Entertainers__. 2 Nov 2011. Web. <@http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/beatles.html>.