Music Article Databases
Core Resources
Humanities Abstracts (1980-Present ) 
Find articles on topics in the humanities, including archaeology, classical studies, folklore, history, journalism, literature, music, performing arts, philosophy and religion. Find literary and political criticism. Find book reviews. What Is It? Abstracts for scholarly journal articles in the humanities. Covers archaeology, art, architecture, literature, history, music, philosophy and religion.
International Index to Music Periodicals (Coverage Varies)
Research nearly all aspects of the world of music. Find performance reviews. Locate interviews of musicians. What Is It? Bibliographic index to music periodicals. Indexes over 373 current international music periodicals. Includes retrospective coverage from over 185 titles back to 1874.
International Index to the Performing Arts (1998-Present; some coverage 1864-1998)
Find information about the performing arts (primarily dance, film, television and theater). Locate biographical profiles, obituaries and interviews of performers. What Is It? Contains reviews, conference papers, essays and biographies covering dance, film, television, theater, and other topics relating to the performing arts including circus arts, mime, magic and storytelling.
RILM (1969-Present)
Search for scholarly articles in music and other fields as they relate to music. RILM is especially strong in musicology. What Is It? Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale(RILM) - Index to music literature. Includes references to articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies, and videos. Concert reviews, recording notes, and pedagogical manuals are indexed if they are of scholarly interest.
Additional Resources
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1975-Present) What Is It? One of three databases included in Web of Science. It indexes scholarly journal articles in the arts and humanities.
Why Use It? Find authors that cited a particular paper. Track research by moving backward and forward in time through a specified discipline.
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