This guide is meant to help students deal with the various aspects of music research. Remember that Reference librarians are here to help with your research, and are available in a number of ways, including one-on-one research appointments.
If you are working on a research assignment, be sure to check our Undergraduate Library Research Award!
If you are looking for peer-reviewed and/or scholarly articles for research, I recommend you start with one of these databases. These are not the only places where you can find music-focused research, but it is a good first step.
Subjects: MANY
Description: General research database containing links to other information sources. Includes materials from 1975-present.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles
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Subjects: Music
Description: Research database from ProQuest containing full text. Includes materials from 1874-present.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Trade/Professional Articles
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Subjects: Music
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing full text. Includes materials from 1970-present.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Magazines; Trade/Professional Articles; Book Reviews
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Subjects: Music
Description: Research database from EBSCOhost containing links to other information sources. Includes materials from 1967-present about music from all over the world.
Contents: Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journal Articles; Popular (Non-Scholarly) Articles - Newspapers; Conference Proceedings; Dissertations
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If you are looking for an in-depth, full-length treatment of a particular topic, books are a good place to begin. Searching the library catalog (aka LINUS) is how you find both print and e-books owned by the library. If you can't find what you need in our collection, use LINK+ to search collections of other academic libraries.