Music

Finding Scholarly Articles on Music Topics

The databases and journals listed below are good starting points for research in a broad range of music topics. If you would like help with searching a specific database or journal, or help with databases in general, please do not hesitate to ask a librarian.

Recommended Databases for Music Research

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly, popular, and trade articles from 1975-present in all fields. (Partially paid for by INSPIRE: Indiana's Virtual Library.)
Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Now accessible through Oxford Music Online.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary, full-text scholarly articles, books, and primary sources. Coverage back to the first issue of journals; embargo on some current content. Library subscribes to the following archival databases: All Arts & Sciences (I-IV); Ecology and Botany I; Health & General Sciences; and Life Sciences.
Music Index (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Music periodicals and literature, 1970-present.
Music Online: Opera in Video (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
Opera performances, interviews, and documentaries.
Music Online: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (Alexander Street Press) This link opens in a new window
International encyclopedia of music including audio examples. For best performance Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or Firefox 1.0 or higher are recommended.
Music Periodicals Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly and popular music journals, 1874-present.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
The gateway to Grove Music Online, with access to search The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly articles in arts & humanities and social sciences.
Robert Winslow Gordon and American Folk Music (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Primary source documents related to Robert Winslow Gordon, the first archivist of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture) in the Library of Congress.

Music Journals Carried by IUPUC

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