A Guide to Music Research and Finding Music Resources
This guide will assist music users in finding music materials
Top Music Databases
- Oxford Music Online (Grove) This link opens in a new windowIncludes access to Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. Comprehensive resource covering all musical topics.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full TextComprehensive bibliography of writings about music featuring citations, abstracts and indexes. Covers nearly one and a half million publications from the early 19th century to the present on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and related subjects. Also includes full text of over 260 periodicals. New titles are added annually
- JSTORFull-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business.
- WorldCatThousands of libraries may be searched from this one catalog; Interlibrary Loan requests can also be made.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, including millions of works from thousands of universities. Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637.
- Chicago Manual of Style OnlineThe online version of the classic guide to documentary style. 15th and 16th editions
- RISM Series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600Citations of music manuscripts written 1600 to ca. 1850; information about their composers; information about libraries worldwide with RISM-relevant holdings.
- RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full TextRIPM (Répertoire international de la presse musicale) provides full-text access periodical literature focused on music and musical life from approximately 1800 to 1950.
- Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowIncludes sound recording reviews and popular music coverage
All Music Databases, A-Z
- Academic Search (EBSCO)Provides full-text coverage of magazine, newspaper, and scholarly journal articles for most academic disciplines.
- Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert HallAccess to streaming video of over 700 concert videos from six decades. Also includes live broadcasts, films, documentaries, artist portraits, and interviews with members of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Please note: individual registration is required for access via apps on mobile devices and smart TVs. Users must revalidate their account once every 90 days by accessing via the IU Libraries and logging into their account: https://libraries.indiana.edu/databases/berliner - Chicago Manual of Style OnlineThe online version of the classic guide to documentary style. 15th and 16th editions
- Dance Online: Dance in VideoDance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance.
- Daniels' Orchestral Music OnlineInformation on more than 12,100 works by nearly 1,800 composers.
- Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.
- DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)Recordings of American music, including CD quality audio, liner notes and essays from New World, Composers Recordings, and other important labels.
- ERIC (EBSCO)Covers over 1085 periodicals and nearly a half a million documents. Fulltext documents since 1993.
- HathiTrust Digital LibraryShared digital library created and designed by partnership of major research libraries.
- IPA SourceProvides phonetic transcriptions and literal, word-for-word translations of song and aria texts.
- JSTORFull-text of historical runs of important scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, sciences, ecology, and business.
- Medici.tvProduces and broadcasts concerts and programs in collaboration with orchestras and concert halls.
Users may create individual accounts, see individual account instructions. - Met Opera on DemandMet performances in various formats: including live in HD, telecasts from the 1970s, '80s, '90s, and '00s and radio broadcasts.
- MGG OnlineDie Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) is a general encyclopedia of music.
- Music Industry DataMusic Industry Data is a repository of historical and current data from Billboard, Official Chart Company, GfK Entertainment and other reporting agencies from over 30 countries around the world. Sales data and ranking information offer insights for interpretation and discussion by scholars.
- Music Online: Opera in VideoContains opera performances of repertoire from the Baroque period to the 20th century as well as interviews and documentaries about opera.
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for LibrariesSound files of traditional music from around the world, plus notes, images, video, and lesson plans. Search by culture, genre, instrument, year, etc.
- Music Online: The Garland Encyclopedia of World MusicComprehensive online encyclopedia devoted to world music research. Contains the full text of the 10-volume print encyclopedia.
- Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowProvides access to more than 300 international music periodicals from over 20 countries.
- Naxos Music LibraryProvides online access to more than 46,000 CDs from the Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues plus selected titles from other labels.
- New York Times with Index (1851-2010)Full text of New York Times articles from 1851-2010, plus searching using the Times Index 1851-1993.
- Oxford Music Online (Grove) This link opens in a new windowIncludes access to Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. Comprehensive resource covering all musical topics.
- Performing Arts Periodicals DatabaseCovers the arts and entertainment industry, including dance, film, television, drama, theatre, stagecraft, musical theatre, broadcast, circus, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, and more.
- Project MuseProvides full text access and indexing for e-journals and e-books from a variety of scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, including millions of works from thousands of universities. Each dissertation published since July, 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full TextComprehensive bibliography of writings about music featuring citations, abstracts and indexes. Covers nearly one and a half million publications from the early 19th century to the present on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and related subjects. Also includes full text of over 260 periodicals. New titles are added annually
- RIPM Jazz PeriodicalsFull text access to 20th Century American jazz periodicals reproduced from originals in various conditions and formats.
- RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full TextRIPM (Répertoire international de la presse musicale) provides full-text access periodical literature focused on music and musical life from approximately 1800 to 1950.
- RISM Series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600Citations of music manuscripts written 1600 to ca. 1850; information about their composers; information about libraries worldwide with RISM-relevant holdings.
- Theatre in VideoProvides access to streaming video for theater education. Includes filmed stage performances, master classes, documentaries, and training material, in addition to playlists, video clips, and on-screen transcripts.
- Vocal MasterclassicsVocal Masterclassics allows users to browse a list of vocal masterclasses offered on the internet.
- Recent Researches in Music OnlineOnline access to the seven ongoing Recent Researches in Music series: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, 19th/20th centuries, American (including MUSA), and Oral Traditions. Legacy collection and titles in the series Collegium Musicum: Yale University are also included.
- WorldCatThousands of libraries may be searched from this one catalog; Interlibrary Loan requests can also be made.
