Cowdery, James R., Skoggard, Carl, Mackenzie, Barbara Dobbs, and International Repertory of Music Literature. How to Write about Music : The RILM Manual of Style. 2nd ed. New York: Répertoire International De Littérature Musicale, 2006.
Wingell, Richard. Writing about Music : An Introductory Guide. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.
Writing About Music offers practical advice and guidance to help students master the special skills needed to write about music The text serves as a guide for each phase in the process of researching and writing a paper on a musical topic, and preparing for other projects such as seminar presentations, concert reports, program notes and essay examinations.
Bayne, Pauline Shaw. A Guide to Library Research in Music. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008.
A Guide to Library Research in Music introduces the process and techniques for researching and writing about music. This book provides concrete examples of different types of writing, offering a thorough introduction to music literature. It describes various information-searching techniques and library-based organizational systems and introduces the array of music resources available.
"'Music Research: A Handbook, Second Edition', introduces students to the major print and electronic research tools available today. With a strong focus on the connection between music and writing, this comprehensive guide is ideal for use in both undergraduate and graduate music courses that require students to engage in library research or to write research papers. [This book] features rich pedagogy (evaluation checklists, guidelines for theses, appendices on major documentation styles, Library of Congress subject headings/call numbers, annotated bibliographies, and more); expanded overview of the research process and various methodologies; updated chapter on online music content and more integrated coverage of Internet resources; updated companion website (www.oup.com/us/musresearch) containing related links, updates to bibliographies and readings, research tools listed by composer, and lists of core music journals and major professional music associations" -- Provided by publisher.