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Article Databases
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts to articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies, and videos covered by the Repertoire International de Literature Musicale.
- Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracting for international music journals from 20 countries, plus full-text from 140 of the indexed journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides image and full-text online access of core academic journals in a variety of disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The following collections are accessible: Arts and Sciences Collections I-XIV; Business IV; Life Sciences Collection; Public Health Reports, Global Plants, and JSTOR Arts & Sciences XV.
- Music Index This link opens in a new windowIndexes journal articles covering classical, popular, and world music.
- Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals This link opens in a new windowAn international, highly annotated database with detailed content analysis of writings on musical history and culture between 1800 and 1950 from over 140 periodicals.
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