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Music Articles

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Gateway to some of Oxford's major music reference sources with more than 60,000 signed articles. Includes full texts with updates of:
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition (2001)
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition (2002)
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992)
The Norton Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (1994)
The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition (2013; in process)
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 2nd edition (2014; in process)

Note: Limited to 1 simultaneous user.

RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals

Index of articles, reviews, illustrations, music examples, advertisements, and press reviews. Coverage: 1800-1950.

Full text of leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences dating back as far as 1665. Hamilton provides access to 17 JSTOR collections with more than 2,300 titles. Journal runs are complete from volume one up to the most recently published issues (past 5 years), which must be accessed elsewhere.

Music Index

Index of articles, book reviews, record reviews, first performances and obituaries from more than 700 international music periodicals, including classical and popular music. Coverage: 1952-present.

Historical Background

Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index of journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Coverage: 1954-present.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Index of nearly 8,000 scholarly journals and popular magazines in all areas of study. Includes the full text for more than 4,600 titles. Coverage varies by publication.