Best Resources for Music Research Laurie J. Sampsel
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Best Resources for Music Research
Laurie J. Sampsel
Library Catalogs
• Local Catalog–Next-Generation Catalog
• Consortia Catalog• WorldCat –http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/–http://www.worldcat.org/ (free)
General Music Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online–http://alexanderstreet.com/
• Oxford Music Online –http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
• E-book version of the encyclopedia published 1998–2002
• Audio examples are included• Articles have not been updated
Oxford Music Online
Includes:• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians,
Second EditionPlus:• New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Second Edition• New Grove Dictionary of Opera• Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women
Composers
Oxford Music Online
Also includes:• Oxford Companion to Music• Oxford Dictionary of Music• Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Fourth
Edition (optional add-on)
Oxford Music Online
Does not include:• New Grove Dictionary of American Music
(1986)• New Grove Dictionary of Musical
Instruments (1984)• But it will include the forthcoming second
edition of both, which are in preparation
Best Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
• Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Music, Ninth Edition –Part of Alexander Street Press’s Classical
Music Reference Library–http://alexanderstreet.com/
Best Dictionary of Musical Terms
• Harvard Dictionary of Music, Fourth Edition–Available online from Credo Reference–http://corp.credoreference.com/
Music Periodical Indexes
• International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) and IIMP Full Text – http://iimp.chadwyck.com/
• Music Index– http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/music-inde
x• RILM Abstracts (International Repertory of
Music Literature)– http://rilm.org/
IIMP (ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey)
• Best Bet for Recent Articles with Full Text• Number of records: over 900,000• Dates: primarily 1996–present; there is some
retrospective indexing back to 1874• Journals Indexed: over 480 titles indexed; 167 titles
are full text• Abstracts provided for citations from 1996 forward• Full Text Available? Sometimes• Update Schedule? Monthly
IIMP Search Tips• Use “select from a list” especially for subject terms• Subject searches only work on citations from 1996 forward• Use “*” for truncation• Use option to limit search to citations with full text when
necessary• Check box “Exclude reviews” and/or “Peer-reviewed
articles only”• After searching, use “Filter Results By” to reduce the
number of results• Use the online help for more information
Music Index
• Number of records: almost 2 million • Online Dates: 1970–present (with some indexing
back to 1952)• Paper Dates: 1949–2005; be sure to search the
paper index for 1949–1970• Journals Indexed: ca. 680• Abstracts Provided? Some abstracts are available• Full Text Available? No• Update Schedule? Weekly
Music Index Search Tips • Use the “Advanced Search”• Use “Limit your results”• Use “Indexes” and “Browse an Index” to find correct forms of
search terms• Use “Choose Databases” to also search RILM Abstracts, RIPM,
etc., if those are available from EBSCO• Try the “Narrow Results by” options to reduce the number of
results• Try the “Refine your results” options including “Source type”
and “Subject”• Use the online help for more information
RILM
• Number of records: about 670,000• Dates: 1967–present• Journals Indexed: over 680 core titles and over
650 secondary titles• Abstracts provided? Yes• Full Text Available? No• Update Schedule? Monthly
RILM Abstracts Search Tips
• Varies by Vendor– EBSCO–ProQuest/CSA
• RILM offers tutorials on each platform; see http://rilm.org/
General Periodical Indexes
• Academic Search Premier– http://www.ebscohost.com/ – Includes over 30 music journals
• JSTOR– http://www.jstor.org/– Includes over 80 music titles
• Project MUSE– http://muse.jhu.edu/ – Includes over 10 music titles
Music Dissertations and Theses
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT)– http://proquest.com/ – Use subjects “music” and “music education” with
keywords• Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online– http://www.ams-net.org/ddm/ – Includes registered dissertations in progress
Online Scores
• International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) (free)–http://imslp.org/
• Classical Scores Library and Classical Scores Library: Volume II–http://alexanderstreet.com/
Online Scores, Individual Composer Site Examples
• Neue Mozart-Ausgabe: Digitized Version (NMA Online) (free)–http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/main/?
• Beethoven Haus Bonn Digital Archives (free)–http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/
Online Recordings
• Classical Music Library–http://alexanderstreet.com/ – Includes almost 6,000 discs (almost 90,000
tracks) from 65 labels• Naxos Music Library–http://www.naxos.com/ – Includes almost 55,000 discs (almost
800,000 tracks) from over 400 labels
Online Videos
• Classical Music in Video–http://alexanderstreet.com/ – Includes over 400 hours of video
• Opera in Video–http://alexanderstreet.com/ – Includes over 250 operas licensed for
educational use
Online Multimedia Library Projects• American Memory–http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html – Includes 32 performing arts and music
collections with images, audio, and video• Performing Arts Encyclopedia–http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/pae-ho
me.html–A guide to the LC collections in several
divisions, including the Music Division
Directories of Online Music Research Tools
• Harvard College Library’s Online Resources for Music Scholars–http://hcl.harvard.edu/research/guides/on
music/– Selected and updated by music librarians