A guide to academic music literature: the history, research, criticism and analysis of music as an object of study, performance and teaching. In addition this will help you find scores, recordings and streaming music and video resources.
You can find books and articles using the library search on the library's homepage. This is a general search, which searches many of the different library databases at one time. For a more detailed article search, use one of the music databases listed below.
Music studies indexed by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, 1985 to present. Limited to 7 simultaneous users.
Published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, New York, this is a bibliographic citation database that contains records in over 200 languages; entries include English translations. Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, films, videos and more are covered in RILM.
Music Index is a subject-author guide to music literature, reviews and news.
The Music Index Online, produced by Harmonie Park Press, is the single most comprehensive subject-author guide to music periodical literature. The Music Index Online has been available in print since 1949. In 2008, The Music Index Online coverage will span from 1973 to the present and contains surveyed data from over 850 music periodicals from over 40 countries. This database duly cites book reviews, obituaries, news periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry.
Oxford Music Online is a gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music & Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Access limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Over 24,000 classic articles on artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top, on all genres from rockabilly to hip hop, by the finest music writers of the last 50 years.
Journals in literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
Project MUSE® offers more than 200 quality journal titles from some 30 scholarly publishers. It covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.