Research Guides: Music Resources (UNH Durham): Quick Start

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Oxford Music Online

Search Oxford Music Online for basic facts and background information on the history of music. Includes the Grove Dictionary of Music whose entries include complete works lists for composers, and definitive bibliographies. While the emphasis is on Western classical music, American music and jazz are also very well covered.

Finding Articles

Music Index This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive subject-author guide to music periodical literature. This resource indexes international music periodicals for topics concerned with every aspect of the classical and popular world of music, including book reviews, recording reviews, first performances, and obituaries. Dates of coverage: 1970-current
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
RILM (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) is a continuously updated bibliography of music literature. Dates of coverage: Early 19th centure-current
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources in a wide range of disciplines. Funded in part by the University of New Hampshire Graduate School. Coverage is not designed for current material, thus it does not cover information from the most recent 2 to 5 years.
Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos touching on all disciplines.

Google Scholar
Google's academic search. Will find academic sources, with limited full text.

Streaming Audio and Video Databases

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming online access to more than 36,191 CDs (516,679 tracks) of primarily classical music, as well as some jazz and world/folk music from a variety of labels.
DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) This link opens in a new window
DRAM includes 7500 compositions of classical music, folk music, opera, jazz, country music, early rhythm and blues, musical theater, experimental music, electronic music, early rock and Native American music from the United States.
Music Online: Listening This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio collections including: American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.
Kanopy Streaming Service This link opens in a new window
Access an ever-growing library of videos across diverse content areas, including many films focusing on music.