Key databases

The Music Index Online

Index of journal articles about classical and popular music from more than 690 international music periodicals. Includes musicological or organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.

RILM abstracts of music literature

A bibliography of music literature which cover all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, and music therapy. It also includes other fields as they relate to music, including librarianship, literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and physics.

Classical music library

Classical music library is a classical music service that enables listening and learning at selected library and home computers. It includes recordings, program notes, composer biographies, and images cross-referenced to the recordings.

Naxos music library

Collection of digital music. Comprised of the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues, including classical music, historical and nostalgic recordings, jazz, world, folk and Chinese music. Includes notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists.

Other databases

JSTOR

Provides full text articles from music journals. All volumes of each title are available, except the last few years.

Current contents connect

The database provides cover to cover indexing of 6,600+ scholarly research journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. The service also incorporates auto alerting features.

Arts & humanities citation index

A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals.

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