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Research Tools and Databases in Music

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

Citations and abstracts for articles in peer-reviewed and other music periodicals. Subject Coverage: Music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.
Search IIMP and IIPA together (Music & Performing Arts Online)
International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)
Coverage varies; Some titles begin mid-1990s; Some, early 1900s.

Database of citations, abstracts and some full-text for articles in peer-reviewed journals and other performing arts periodicals.  Subject Coverage: Dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, opera, performance art, entertainment industry, and more.
Search IIPA and IIMP together (Music & Performing Arts Online)
Music Index
Covers articles published 1979 - 2000.

Citations from 640+ international music periodicals. Includes classical and popular music topics, book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries.
Music Index
Oxford Music Online

Read the full encyclopedia entries for the following resources: Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford History of Western Music (Taruskin), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.

 
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Covers: 1969 - present

Citations and abstracts of articles on historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments, voice, dance, music therapy.
RILM Abstracts of Music Lit
RIPM : Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals

Database contains citations to articles written in the 19th century. Subjects include music history and musicology.
RIPM