MUTH 25600 History & Lit. of Music 2

Use these databases to find scholarly (or "peer-reviewed") articles on your subject:

RILM abstracts of music literature
Comprehensive index to publications on music from all over the world, including journal articles, book chapters, & dissertations. Emphasis on music history, theory and analysis, and repertoire studies. 1967-present.

Music Index (online)
Index to music periodicals, popular & scholarly. 1972 to the present.

Music Index (in print) MUSREF ML118 .M84
Index to music periodicals. This is the only music index covering articles printed between 1949 to 1978.

RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1800-1950)
Index to articles from international music periodicals of the 19th-century: electronic version of printed RIPM indexes.

JSTOR
Scholarly articles in all disciplines. When searching, select "music" subset of journals -- you'll get lots of results, so choose keywords wisely.

1. RILM, Music Index Online, and RIPM can be searched together at one time. Here's how.
2. Text not online? Look for the Article Linker arrow to double-check.  
3. Limit to scholarly journal articles before you search. Here's how.
4. Stop by the Music Center for help with any of this!

Help guides for Irvine's Writing about Music

• Endnotes/Footnotes
  Guide to in-text citations

• Bibliography
  Guide to bibliography citations

Irvine's is available in the Music Reference section at the IC Library

• MUSREF ML 3797.I79 1999

Dictionaries

• Oxford Dictionary of Music
  Dictionary for musical subjects of all kinds. Part of Oxford Music Online.
• Oxford Companion to Music
  Short, detailed articles on all aspects of music, with a focus on the Western classical tradition. Part of Oxford Music Online.

Encyclopedias

• Grove Music Online
  Major music encyclopedia; includes content of New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 2nd ed., New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed. Part of Oxford Music Online.
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians MUSREF ML105 .B16 2001
  Find dates and biographical information for over 15,000 musicians, past and present. Includes performers, composers, historians, critics, etc.
  

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