LibGuides: MUHI301: Music History I (Fallon): Step 2: Searching for Sources

Introduction

The library subscribes to databases that provide access to journals and other periodicals that are specific to music, music history, and music research. You'll see these recommended databases listed in the Search Tools box below in the Music Databases tab.

If you want to broaden your search or are not finding the sources you need, try the tools in the General Databases tab that work great for lots of topics.

The last section of this page links you to several short videos that demonstrate how to use the library databases.

NAXOS This link opens in a new window
Music, Music History, Music Theory
Provider: Naxos.
Content: Streaming audio.
NAXOS offers an instant music collection with over 75,000 tracks of classical, jazz, and other genre available for listening.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
African-American Studies, Anthropology, English, History, Humanities, Religion, Sociology
Provider: JSTOR. Coverage: Scholarly/peer-reviewed up to 5 years ago. Full-text.
Content: Articles.
Online archives of over 500 journals across numerous disciplines. JSTOR is designed specifically for archiving journals, so it does not include the most recent 2-5 years of each title.
Music Periodicals Index This link opens in a new window
Music, Music History, Music Theory, Musicology
Provider: ProQuest. Coverage: Scholarly/peer-reviewed. Full-text.
Content: Articles and abstracts.
Formerly the International Index to Music Periodicals, this database covers more than 400 international music periodicals from over 20 countries and 60 Full Text Titles.
Music Index This link opens in a new window
Music, Music History, Music Theory, Musicology
Provider: EBSCO. Coverage: Scholarly/peer-reviewed. Limited full-text.
Content: Articles and abstracts.
Covers more than 640 international music periodicals; includes musicological and organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
Music
Provider: EBSCO. Coverage: Scholarly/peer-reviewed. Limited full-text.
Content: Articles, abstracts
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, a comprehensive, ongoing guide to publications on music from all over the world, is an indispensable tool for scholars, students, librarians, performers, teachers, and music lovers.

Discovery Search
Discovery Search helps you locate books, articles, videos, and more. Additionally, you can connect to journals online and discover a wealth of scholarly materials to help you succeed in your research.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
All Subjects, Discovery and Multidisciplinary
Provider: EBSCO. Coverage: Scholarly/peer-reviewed, trade, popular. Full-text.
Content: Articles, books, citations.
Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women’s studies, zoology and more.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
All Subjects, Discovery and Multidisciplinary
Provider: ProQuest. Coverage: Scholarly, popular. Full-text.
Content: Articles, abstracts, newspapers.
ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.

Library Database Demonstrations

Using Ebsco Databases (3-minute video)
Many of the IUP Libraries' databases use the Ebsco interface. This video teaches users how to search for and access articles using Ebsco databases.
Using ProQuest Databases (3-minute video)
Another popular database interface is ProQuest. This video teaches users how to search for and access articles using ProQuest databases.
Naxos Music Library Tutorials
The Naxos Music Library Tutorials are a valuable set of website walkthroughs that introduce you to the full functionality of the library.
JSTOR Search Demonstration
This 7-minute video will show you how to search on JSTOR quickly and easily.

MUHI301: Music History I (Fallon)

Links You'll Need

Choosing and Using Keywords

Introduction

Search Tools

Library Database Demonstrations