Music Research Guide

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This guide includes the library's resources in Music.

The tabs include resources/databases for:

Primary Sources - Scores, Audio, Music Reviews
Articles & Books - Journal Articles and books on Music topics
Topic Overviews & Bibliographies - Background information, synopses, and curated bibliographies
Writing & Citing - Resources for writing better papers

Below are links to quick links to databases:

Music Index This link opens in a new window
Citations from 640+ international music periodicals. Includes classical and popular music topics, book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Includes abstracts (and full text of many) articles from 1874 to current, covering from the scholarly to the popular of music periodicals. Coverage is international and includes a broad spectrum of topics including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition on a diverse array of musical genres.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Database of citations, abstracts, and full text for articles in both scholarly and popular performing-arts periodicals. Covers dance, theater, film, mime, opera, puppetry, radio, television, video, storytelling, and performance art.

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