Music Guide: Articles

Starting Points for Music Articles

Music Index
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Articles from hundreds of international music periodicals, 1976 to present. Paper issues of Music Index are available that index music periodicals from 1949 to 1978 (Music Reference ML118.M84)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
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Publications on music from around the world, 1967 to present. Use the RILM Classifications to perform a broad topical search.
RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
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Index and selected full text of music articles published in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Education Source
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Education related scholarly articles and books
ERIC (EBSCO)
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Education-related literature, from pre-K through adult education.
PsycInfo
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Academic, research, and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines, 1872 to present.
Web of Science
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Citation index for the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Academic Search Complete
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Scholarly articles and general interest sources in all fields.
JSTOR
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Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.
Project Muse
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Collection of humanities & social sciences electronic journals & 20,000+ ebooks.

Subject Guides
Music research is often interdisciplinary. Don't forget to look at our subject guides for a full list of article databases in subjects beyond music.