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Music Databases (Descriptions)
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These descriptions help researchers select appropriate databases depending
on their needs. Descriptions indicate if full text is included. Shortcuts
to most databases appear in the Databases menu in blue
sidebar on the left. Most subscription databases are only
available to the UConn community (unless marked as "free"). Here
is information about off-campus
access for the subscription resources.
See these additional links for more databases or explanations:
Dictionaries
& Encyclopedias (Music)
Dissertations on Music (includes additional
databases)
eJournal Locator
(identifies UConn's online journal subscriptions)
Full Text Online Resources for Music
Journal Articles on Music
Music Education Databases
News and Reviews in the Arts
Music Databases
- Concise
Oxford Dictionary of Music (Oxford Reference Online) Also
includes
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of
Opera, Who's Who in Opera, and The Concise Oxford Companion
to the Theatre. In addition, this resource has language, grammar,
and subject dictionaries. See complete
list of titles.
- Garland
Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Contains in-depth essays on distinct musical cultures.
Also available in print format at ML 100 G16 1998
Music Ref. Volumes are grouped by geographic
region (Africa, Southeast Asia, etc.), with
detailed indexes in the paper volumes. (Unlike
most encyclopedias, the articles are not in alphabetical order by topic.)
Each volume includes an accompanying CD recording
in the rear pocket.
- Grove
Music Online. Standard and largest comprehensive
music encyclopedia in English. (Is online equivalent of the
print Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 2nd
edn. Includes full-text articles on musical terminology,
history, theory, practice, people (e.g., composers, performers,
printers, librettists, scholars, etc.), styles, places, etc.
Includes searchable works lists and bibliographies, as well
as visual examples and sound clips. Second edition published
December 2000; 29-volume print equivalent available at ML100
.N48 2001 Music Ref.
- International
Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) Descriptions
and summaries of music journal articles. Topics
include scholarly studies, applied music, reviews, and
popular topics, plus feature music articles and obituaries
appearing in the New
York Times and the Washington
Post.
Good abstracts and subject headings (only for 1996 onward).
Updated monthly. Includes non-English language.
- Current file: 1996-present; 375 periodicals; includes
subject headings and abstracts.
- Retrospective file: pre-1996; 142 periodicals, some from inception;
citations only.
- JSTOR
Full-text electronic backfiles of core scholarly journals,
including 38
music titles. Coverage starts with the journal's
first volume, but excludes the most recent three
to five years. (This
protects the publisher's subscriptions and revenue opportunities;
read about JSTOR's moving
wall. Search UConn's eJournal
Locator to find databases that have more recent
full-text coverage.) JSTOR also includes articles on music
appearing in non-music journals, which are especially useful
if you are researching socio-econo-historical contexts.
- JSTOR Music Collection (printable
PDF description with list of the original 32 journals)
- Warning: JSTOR only has the full text of three dozen
journals. It omits hundreds of others. Do not rely
on it exclusively!
- Music
Index 1976-present (electronic version).
Comprehensively indexes most (i.e., 640+) scholarly,
applied, music education, and popular music periodicals.
Indexes letters and other critical details. Citations
only (no summaries); broad subject headings. Includes
non-English language. See print version of Music Index
for complete coverage (1949-present) at Music Ref.
ML 118 .M84. See list of journals
indexed.
- Naxos
Music Library Provides nearly complete audio access to more
than 5,500 CDs, 80,000 tracks, of primarily classical music, as well
as some jazz and world/folk music from the Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da
Capo recording labels, plus selected titles from other labels. Naxos
uses Windows Media Player (Mac and PC compatible) embedded in a simple
Web interface to stream audio at near-CD quality (64K broadband). Instructions
for use are at http://blc.naxosmusiclibrary.com//sharefile/UserInstructions.htm.
Instructors who wish to create playlist or link to specific tracks should
contact the music
librarian for instructions.
- Note to off-campus users: access to Naxos has been more
reliable when listeners use the proxy account, rather
than VPN. This is true for both Mac and PC users. VPN
and Naxos combined is not working for Mac users (let
us know if it works for you; log
into the VPN to test). Here is information about setting
up your proxy
account.
- RILM
Abstracts (EbscoHost) 1967-present.
Describes and summarizes scholarly writings on music and related
disciplines. Updated monthly. Indexes periodical articles, essays,
Festschriften, dissertations, books, scholarly reviews, etc. Broad,
international coverage, including non-English language. Print equivalent
(1967-1998) is at ML
118 R48.
- About RILM -- detailed
scope, titles covered, etc.
- Journal titles indexed
in RILM
- RILM Classifications -- use
these to limit by category (e.g., musicology, pedagogy, theory)
- RILM Publication Type Codes
-- use these to limit by pub type (e.g., article, dissertation)
- How to Search RILM (PDF) --
older FirstSearch guide. Concepts still apply. Searches are obsolete.
- Field tags (e.g., ti=title, au=author, so=source, py=publication
year, etc.): see "Database Help" in RILM (these can be
helpful when searching). Another database vendor (CSA) has a good RILM
fact sheet, though some field codes may differ.
Catalogs
- HOMER (free)
-- Lists UConn's library holdings, including books, journal subscriptions
(print or electronic), scores, recordings, videos, etc. It does
NOT include article citations. It does NOT include searchable full
text to books or articles, but it has links to some resources that
include full text.
- eJournal
Locator (free) -- Lists UConn's electronic journal
subscriptions. (The EJL is a subset of HOMER,
which includes both the print and electronic subscriptions.)
The EJL does NOT include article citations and it
does NOT include searchable full text for articles,
but it does link to resources that containt the full text
journal articles.
- WorldCat --
Over 30 million bibliographic records for materials cataloged
by libraries worldwide. Includes books, scores,
sound recordings, etc. Updated daily. Includes library
holdings and an "interlibrary loan" button.
- Library
Catalogs -- Catalogs of libraries in Connecticut, the
U.S., and worldwide.
- Music
Libraries Elsewhere
Multi-Disciplinary or General Interest Databases
The following resources index several (but not all) music periodicals.
Why use them?
- They often contain full-text articles.
- Coverage is often more up-to-date than the music databases.
- They help identify music articles in non-music journals.
Be careful:
- Many music journals are NOT indexed in the general databases.
- Coverage may be scantier, especially for older years.
- Subject terminology is not written by music specialists.
- Full-text titles come and go.
- Academic
OneFile (formerly InfoTrac) 1980s-present (dates may vary). Describes, summarizes, and includes
a good amount of full text for scholarly journal articles
and popular magazines covering many fields in the arts,
humanities, sciences, social sciences, and general interest;
; includes newswires and
full indexing of The
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los
Angeles Times and Christian Science
Monitor.
- Academic
Search Premier (Ebsco) Multidisciplinary magazine & journal
database provides the full text of over 4,500 journals and magazines,
and indexes over 8,000 journals in all disciplines. Topics include
news and current events, politics, literature, communication
science, business, medicine, psychology, and many more. Includes
full text to at least 25 music journals, and indexes some
additional music journals. Does not describe nearly as many
music journals (and their articles) as IIMP, Music Index,
RILM, etc., but is often more up-to-date.
- Arts
& Humanities Citation Search (FirstSearch) Identifies articles
cited by an author, or articles that cite a given author. Allows title
and subject searching. Drawn from 1,300+ of the most frequently cited
arts and humanities journals. 1980-present. Updated weekly.
- Arts
& Humanities Citation Search (Web of Science) Another electronic
version of the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (see description
above). 1994-present.
- InfoTrac
OneFile --
See Academic OneFile (above))
- JSTOR
(This is a repeat from the Music section above.) Provides full-text
electronic backfiles of core scholarly journals, including 36
music titles. Coverage starts with the journal's
first volume, but excludes the most recent three to
five years (this protects the publisher's subscriptions
and revenue opportunities; read about JSTOR's moving
wall; search UConn's eJournal
Locator to find databases that may have more recent
full-text coverage). JSTOR also includes articles on music
appearing in non-music journals, which are especially
useful if you are researching socio-econo-historical contexts.
- JSTOR Music Collection (printable
PDF description with list of the original 32 journals)
- Warning: JSTOR only has the full text of three dozen
journals. It omits hundreds of others. Do not rely
on it exclusively!
- Project
Muse Full text articles to humanities and social sciences journals
(the recent issues), including Computer Music Journal, Notes, Leonardo,
Latin American Music Review, Asian Theatre Journal, Camera Obscura,
Cinema Journal, Discourse, PAJ, TDR/The Drama Review, Theater, Theatre
Journal, Theatre Topics, and Wide Angle.
Retrospective Periodical Indexes (for pre-1960s
articles)
This information has been moved to
Find Older Journal
Articles.
Reference Databases
- Books
in Print (Bowker)
Lists prices and availability of books. Search by genre, author, publisher,
etc. Also includes highlights on newsworthy books, forthcoming books,
some reviews, and author biographies.
- Oxford
Reference Online Full-text language, grammar, and subject dictionaries
and reference works. Performing arts titles include The Oxford Dictionary
of Dance, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Concise Oxford
Dictionary of Opera, Who's Who in Opera, and The Concise Oxford
Companion to the Theatre. Other topics include quotation books,
history, religion, law, mythology, folklore, literature companions,
the sciences, and more. See complete
title list.
Biographical Sources
All Library Other Databases (at UConn)
- Research
Database Locator The University of Connecticut
subscribes to over 240 Web-Based, commercially-produced research and
citation databases. Most of these resources are limited to the University
of Connecticut community.
- eJournal Locator The University of Connecticut Libraries purchases
access to over 10,000 journals, online and in full text, through various
databases and commercial online journal providers. The eJournal Locator can be used to determine if a title is available through
one or more of the Libraries' electronic resources, and to connect
to the database or online journal directly. (You can also search for
ejournals on the library's homepage; use the HOMER drop-down menu
and search "ejournals by title."
- UConn Libraries Resources
by Subject Databases, reference books, and more.
- Full Text
Online Resources Provides links to general resources that
are completely or partially full text. Content includes journals,
current news, statistical information, reference sources, government
information, and books (e-Texts).
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