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The BGSU Libraries subscribe to several databases and indexes for music users. Click on the titles below to link to these
products.
See our Research Guides for detailed information on finding information on a particular topic
General Music Reference
Grove Music Online
This online version of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians includes over 29,000 articles from over 6000 contributors from all parts of the world. Coverage includes traditional as well
as new schools of thought within musicology, such as feminism, nazism and gay and lesbian music and increased coverage of
world, jazz, popular and 20th-century music.
Online Listening
Naxos Music Library
NAXOS Music Library Includes more than 17,000 CDs from five genres: classical music, contemporary jazz, world/folk music,
new age, and Chinese music.See Naxos’s homepage for details on system requirements, and check the ML/SRA blog for troubleshooting tips. Professors may use Naxos to create playlists centered around a course’s content.
DRAM
A collection of sound recordings documenting modern music largely ignored by the commercial recording companies. Works can
be browsed by work, album or track titles, as well as by artist roles, and date of recording and composition. Some biographical
and role information are provided for artists.
Listen Online
See our Listen Online page for more information on Naxos and DRAM, as well as links to free online audio content.
Finding Music Articles, Books, and Dissertations
Music Index
The Music Index Online contains citations from more than 640 international music journals including history, theory, performance,
ethnomusicology, education, and popular music. It also includes citations for dissertations, reviews, and obituaries.
Coverage: 1978 to present
RILM Abstracts
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is an international bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines.
RILM provides a broad, international coverage and concise abstracts. All scholarly works are indexed (articles, books, bibliographies,
catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, films and videos, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic
recordings, conference proceedings, reviews, etc.). Concert reviews, recording notes, pedagogical manuals, etc. are indexed
if they are of scholarly interest.
Coverage: 1969 to present
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online is a bibliography of completed dissertations and an index to dissertations-in-progress
in music reported since 1995. Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online includes all records previously published in printed
editions of Doctoral Dissertations in Music. Entries are arranged primarily in broad chronological categories such as Middle
Ages, Baroque, etc.
Coverage: 1984 to present
Dissertation Abstracts
Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) contains more than 2 million entries for doctoral dissertations and
master's theses. The database includes citations for materials ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861,
to those accepted as recently as last semester. Since 1997, new publications have been available electronically, and many
publications can be ordered through the system for a fee. The database represents the work of authors from over 1,000 North
American graduate schools and European universities.
Coverage: 1861 to present
JSTOR
JSTOR includes image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political
science, demography, mathematics and other fields of the humanities and social sciences. Consult the online tables of contents
for holdings, as coverage varies for each title. Once you're in JSTOR, click on the "Browse" button, then on the link for
"Music" to see a list of music periodicals represented in this source.
Humanities International Complete
Humanities International Complete is a searchable database of the full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published
sources from around the world. Covers all fields of the humanities. To see what music content is indexed, click on the "Publications"
tab, type "music" in the search box, then the radial button next to "By Subject & Description," and then "Browse."
Coverage: 1925 to present provides online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from
60 scholarly publishers. Click on the "Journals" tab, then the "Subject List," then "Music" to see the list of music journals
that are included in this package.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary full-text database includes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, of which
4,400 are peer-reviewed journals. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total
of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. To see what music content is indexed,
click on the "Publications" tab, type "music" in the search box, then the radial button next to "By Subject & Description,"
and then "Browse."
International Bibliography of Theater and Dance
This source indexes and provides full text for journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects
of theatre and performance in 126 countries.
Coverage: 1983 to present
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