Music Indexes and Databases
Looking for an article or review published in a Music journal or magazine?
- Use the journal indexes and databases listed below
- List of Music Journals available full-text in library databases
Looking for for articles or reviews in disciplines other than Music?
(R)= Restricted to authorized Mount Allison University users
(FT) = Includes or links to Full Text articles
| Cambridge Journals Online ( FT ) ( R ) | |
| Description: | Over 220 peer-reviewed journals published by Cambridge University Press and covering all subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, including 10 Music titles previously not available electronically. |
| Years indexed: | Varies by title |
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| Canadian Music Periodical Index | |
| Description: | An index to Canadian music journals, magazines, and newsletters. Coverage: Late 19th century to present. |
| Years indexed: | Updated monthly |
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| Classical Scores Library (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | This collection contains 400,000 pages of classical scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. The major composers are represented, as well as many lesser known composers and works, from the Renaissance to the 21st century. |
| Coverage: | Includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. |
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| Directory of Open Access Journals ( FT ) | |
| Description: | Directory of free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals covering all subjects and languages. Includes over 35 music journals. |
| Years indexed: | Varies by title. |
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http://www.doaj.org |
| JSTOR (Arts & Sciences I, II & III collections) ( FT ) ( R ) | |
| Description: | Full-text archive of journals in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Includes over 80 music journals. Current volumes not available (moving wall of, in most cases, 2-5 years). |
| Years indexed: | varies by title; complete run for most titles excluding last 2-5 years. |
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| Mount Allison Music Recordings Index | |
| Description: | An index to the music recorded since 1980 on audiocassette or compact disc of Department of Music concerts by faculty, guests, departmental ensembles, and students. Over 4100 works can be found in the Mount Allison Concert Recordings database. Concert programs are included with each recording. |
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| Music Index | |
| Description: | Indexes by subject and author over 350 international sources of music periodical literature. |
| Years indexed: | 1949 to 1996 |
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ML 118 .M98 MUR Music Library Reference Coll. |
| Naxos Music Library (Music Streaming) (R) | |
| Description: | This streaming audio service provides access to more than a million tracks of music across a broad spectrum of styles and periods. Important note: we have a limited number of user spaces for this resource. Please log out when you’re done so that others may have access to NAXOS. |
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| Oxford Music Online (FT) (R) | |
| Description: | The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online, a gateway for online music reference sources, is Grove Music Online, the most comprehensive and authoritative English-language reference source for music research. Oxford Music Online also includes The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. |
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| Project Muse ( FT ) ( R ) | |
| Description: | Full Text of a wide selection of academic journals in the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. Includes 11 music journals. |
| Years indexed: | 1993 - present (varies by title). |
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On-campus | Off-campus | List of journals |
| Research Library (ProQuest) ( FT ) ( R ) | |
| Description: | Broad coverage of a wide range of subject areas, including arts, business, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Includes several key journals in the field of music as well as other scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers. |
| Years indexed: | 1971 - present. Varies by title. |
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| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature ( R ) | |
| Description: | RILM is a comprehensive bibliography of traditional, popular, and classical music featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes of over 550,000 records. Publications originate from 151 countries and are in 214 languages. |
| Years indexed: | All document types from 1967 to the present. Conference Proceedings from 1835. |
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| Sheet Music Collection Index | |
| Description: | An index to the 7000-piece collection of sheet music in the Music Library. Holdings, not entered into the Libraries’ catalogue, include choral sheet music, popular songs, and pieces of classical sheet music organized by type (either keyboard, solo vocal, or instrumental pieces). |
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See also: Multidisciplinary Indexes.