FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Indexes relevant to your topic include:

Arts & Humanities Search (via PLU Library home page)
Keyword and citation indexing of 1,300 leading international arts and humanities journals, 1980 to present. Some abstracts.

Dissertations Abstracts (via PLU Library home page)
Guide to American dissertations at accredited institutions since 1861. Abstracts since 1980.

EBSCO((EBSCOhost) Academic Search FullTEXT Elite (via PLU Library home page)
The first place to search, this comprehensive index covers over 3,100 scholarly journals and general
periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including the arts and humanities. Coverage prior to 1990 is sparse. Some full text for 1,000 publications.

Humanities Index (1974-1999)(Index Area ref.AI3.R51 & via PLU Library home page)
Indexes scholarly journals in the humanities, including history, literature, art, religion, and philosophy.

Lexis-Nexis  Academic Universe (via PLU Library Home Page)
Provides access to a range of news, business, legal, and reference information. It is particularly strong in its
news coverage, featuring mostly full-text articles from newspapers around the world.

Music Index. 1949- ( Index area ref.ML118.M84 )
A dictionary catalog with authors of articles, proper names, and subjects interfiled in one alphabetical list.  Includes information about reviews, discographies, festivals, instruments, etc.

ProQuest (via Library Home page)
A family of databases that includes many full-text sources

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature 1969-  (Index area ref.ML118.R4 and via Library Home page)
Indexes journals, books, and dissertations.  Arranged in a classification system similar to library classification systems.

WorldCat(via PLU Library Home Page)
Worldwide online catalog of books and other materials available in OCLC member libraries.
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at PLU  also identifies any full-text journals we have online.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Baker's Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians (ref. ML105.B16 2000)

Basic Music Library: Essential Scores And Sound Recordings (ref. ML113.B3 1997)

Dictionary of Western Church Music (ref. ML102.C5P77 1991)

Dictionary Of Musical Technology (ref. ML102.E4C37 1992)

Encyclopedia Of Northwest Music: From Classical Recordings To Classic Rock Performances, Your Guide To The Best Of The Region (ref. ML106.U4N93 1999)

Garland Encyclopedia Of World Music (ref. ML100.G16 1998)

Harvard Biographical Dictionary Of Music (ref. ML105.H38 1996)

Harvard Concise Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (ref. ML100.H36 1999)

International Dictionary Of Black Composers (ref. ML105.I5 1999)

Music Reference And Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography (ref. ML113.D83 1997)

Musical Terminology: A Practical Compendium In Four Languages (ref. ML108.B55 1999)

New Grove Dictionary Of American Music (ref. ML101.U6N48 1986)

New Grove Dictionary Of Jazz (ref. ML102.J3N48 1988)

New Grove Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (ref. ML100.N48 2001)

New Grove Dictionary Of Musical Instruments (ref. ML102.I5N48 1984)

New Grove Dictionary Of Opera (ref. ML102.O6N5 1992)

Norton/Grove Dictionary Of Women Composers (ref. ML105.N66 1995)

Oxford Companion To Popular Music (ref. ML102.P66G35 1991)

Selected Musical Terms Of Non-Western Cultures: A Notebook-Glossary (ref. ML108.K37 1990)
 
 

INTERNET
 

Library of Congress:  http://www.loc.gov/

Music Research And Music Theory: http://www.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/theory.html

Music Research Sites:  http://www.music.fsu.edu/research.html

PLU Music Link Page: http://www.plu.edu/~libr/web/music.html

RISM Online:  http://www.rism.harvard.edu/rism/DB.html

UW Music LibrariesHome Page:  http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/Music/dr/eltxt.html
 
 

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