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Offers a good starting point for research on nearly any topic, covering most areas of academic study and containing full text for 5,500 periodicals, including 4,600 peer-reviewed publications....
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Articles from the most important journals in the arts and humanities, searchable by subject or cited author....
Classical Music Library is a large multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries....
All EBSCOhost databases, cross-searchable, providing coverage for journal articles and other information in academic disciplines....
Education Research Complete is an online resource for education research....
Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals....
ERIC is sponsored by the US Department of Education to provide extensive access to educational-related literature....
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is an online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples....
An English-language encyclopedia of music and musicians, covering most aspects of art music, folk music, world music and jazz....
IPA Source is a large library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts....
JSTOR is an archive of more than 1,000 scholarly, interdisciplinary journals, with full coverage for all but the most current 3-5 years....
Covering all styles and genres of music, the Music Index cites book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry....
Naxos Music Library is a comprehensive online collection of music offering over 500,000 tracks of Classical, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music....
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
This database is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses, spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997....
RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is a comprehensive music bibliography featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes....
