Recommended Research Tools

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale)

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Covers material published in music and various other fields as they relate to music. Records appear in over a hundred languages. The majority of citations include abstracts. Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, Festschriften, films, and videos are all covered by RILM. Concert reviews, recording notes, and pedagogical manuals if they are of scholarly interest.
Oxford Music Online

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Covers all topics related to music, including musical instruments, compositional forms and scientific topics. Biographical entries cover composers, performers and writers. Offers links to related sites including sound archives.
Oxford Bibliographies Online - Music
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Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies and short encyclopedia entries on musicology and ethnomusicology.
ProQuest Music Database
This database, formerly known as "International Index to Music Periodicals" provides abstracts to music titles. Offers

articles in full-text for over 80 periodicals. Covers all aspects of music including education, composition, theory and

ethnomusicology. Covers 1874-present. Full-text begins in the mid-1990s-present.