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Music Resources

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  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature * [1969-]
    An international database of music scholarship covering all areas of music including interdisciplinary studies of music, dance and music therapy. The database indexes articles, books, bibliographies, films and videos, and book, record and concert reviews.
  • Art Abstracts (WilsonWeb)  *
    Indexes key international English-language arts publications. Includes periodicals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, competition and award notices, exhibition listings, interviews, film reviews and more.
  • Arts & Humanities Search * [1980 - Updated weekly]
    Citation index to articles in more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
  • Classical Music Library *
    A complete classical music collection cross-referenced to a database of supplementary information. It features 35,000-plus fully licensed recordings with the main emphasis on the baroque, classical and romantic periods, thousands of program notes and composer biographies, advanced searching, hundreds of recommended playlists themed by categories and a user-friendly interface.
  • Expanded Academic Index * [1980-]
    Features citations, abstracts and/or full-text for articles from more than 2500 scholarly and general interest publications. Covered subject areas include current events, the arts, history, literature, psychology, political science, sociology, communications, engineering, health and medicine, and the general sciences.
  • Humanities Full Text (WilsonWeb) *
    Indexes and abstracts articles in more than 300 periodicals in archaeology, art , classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history and world literature.
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (WilsonWeb) * [1907- 1984]
    Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective is a bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals. Content from H.W. Wilson's International Index is also included.
  • InfoTrac OneFile * [1980- Updated daily]
    Access to abstracts and full-text articles in general interest magazines, academic journals, and business and technological publications as well as newspapers and newswire services. Covers subject areas such as current events, the general sciences, communication, engineering, health and medicine.

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