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Complete List of Music Databases

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African American Song

Streamed audio of African American music which includes jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives. (Alexander Street Press) More info

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Indexes articles from over 1200 journals. Includes and is searchable by references cited in each article. Maximum number of simultaneous users: 13 (split between Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Journal Citation Reports). (ISI's Web of Science) Database Help More info

Books In Print

Comprehensive database of bibliographic records for over 5 million book, audio book, and video titles. Also includes publishers catalogs, lists of 400 awards from 10 countries, and selected reviews. (Bowker) More info

Classical Music Library

Streamed audio of classical music, with a particular focus on contemporary music and women composers. (Alexander Street Press) More info

Database of Recorded American Music

Streamed audio of recordings by American composers and artists including CD quality audio, liner notes and essays from New World Composers, Inc., and other important labels. (Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.) More info

Dissertations

EBSCO Academic

Indexing and abstracts for over 3200 publications with full-text for over half of the publications. (EBSCOhost) Find It @ UofL Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help

Essay and General Literature Index

Focusing on humanities and social sciences literature this databases cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. (H.W. Wilson) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

Grawemeyer Music Collection

Catalog of scores and recordings of compositions submitted to the Grawemeyer Composition Award Competition.

Grove Music Online

The premier music encyclopedia covering all aspects of music knowledge in over 29,000 articles. Includes full-text searching. More info

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

Draws from more than 375 international music periodicals from over 20 countries, and also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Includes some full-text articles. (Chadwyck-Healey) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library More info

International Index to the Performing Arts (IIPA)

Indexes more than 200 international performing arts periodicals plus performing arts related items from The New York Times and The Washington Post. Includes some full-text articles. (Chadwyck-Healey) More info

Iter-Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Index to interdisciplinary literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes articles, bibliographies, books, catalogues, editions, abstracts, and discographies. More info

Minerva

Catalog of items owned by the seven University of Louisville Libraries.

Music Index Online

Covers more than 640 international music periodicals. (Harmonie Park Press) More info

Naxos Music Library

Streamed audio of classical music; also includes jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music. More info

Naxos Music Library: Jazz

Streamed audio of jazz music. More info

New Grove...

New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and New Grove Dictionary of Opera are available in Grove Music Online.

ProQuest Digital Dissertations

Formerly known as Dissertations Abstracts International. Contains 1.6 million citations for dissertations and theses from over 1,000 graduate schools. Provides indexing back to 1861 and full-text availability to titles back to 1997 (full-text availability varies by author's institution). Free full-text downloads can be sent to an email account. Database Help More info

ProQuest Direct

Includes a cross-section of general periodicals, ABI/INFORM business periodicals, and several national newspapers in full-text. (ProQuest) Find It @ UofL Database Help More info

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

Abstracts articles and other literature relating to music. (FirstSearch) Database Help More info

RISM Online

RISM Online (Repertoire International des Sources Musicales/International Inventory of Musical Sources) A catalog of sources of music and writings about music from the earliest times through ca. 1850. More info

Smithsonian Global Sound

Streaming audio of world, American folk, blues, jazz, American Indian, old time country, and children's music; also includes spoken word and sounds. (Alexander Street Press) More info

WorldCat

Books and other materials in libraries worldwide. (FirstSearch) Funded by Kentucky Virtual Library Database Help More info

 

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