Z204 Women Musicians
This guide will assist Christine Wisch's students in locating sources for their playlist project.
Head, Public Services and Outreach for Cook Music Library
Misti Shaw
Contact:
Head of Public Services and Outreach, Cook Music Library
812-855-6716
Subjects: Music
Background Information: Encyclopedias
- Oxford Music Online (Grove) This link opens in a new windowOxford Music gives you access to Grove Music Online. When you search a keyword, name, or topic in Oxford Music, look for and then click the results from Grove. Each article is written by an expert in the field. Gain an overview of your topic, learn about keywords associated with your topic, consult the bibliography to find even more information.
Find Books, Scores, Recordings
- IUCAT Online Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowSearch books, scores, and recordings held in the Music Library by searching IUCAT.
- WorldCatFor a more comprehensive search, use Worldcat to see if other libraries own items that IU does not have.
Searching for music items in an online catalog can be tricky. For help, please consult using IUCAT.
Find Journal Articles
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full TextUse the Academic Journal facet to make sure you are viewing journal article results (and not results for books, chapters, and conference proceedings). You may also select English as a language, though you still might see results for articles in foreign languages that have English-language abstracts/summaries.
- If you find an article in RILM you want to read, look for and click on this button:
- If you find a book or chapter in RILM, search for the title in IUCAT to see if we own the book.
- JSTORThis is an interdisciplinary database with full-text articles. Be careful: if your article title begins with the word Review, it is probably just a short article consisting of a review of a book.
- Music Index OnlineThis music database is the most comprehensive for finding journal articles. Some articles have abstracts. Remember to click the IU-Link button to see if the article is available full-text online.
- Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowThis music database specializes in popular music but still covers a wide variety of classical music topics. Some articles will be available full-text.
Find Dissertations
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowMost dissertations will be available as full-text PDFs.
- For IU dissertations, you can also search IUCAT and limit the COLLECTION option on the left side of the screen to IU Dissertations & Theses.
Wildcard: Google Scholar!
- Google ScholarSpecial version of Google's index to scholarly content on the web. Connects to full-text resources available to IU users.
Find newspaper articles
- 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.