Research Guides: Music: Articles

Periodical Articles

The databases in this section enable you to search through large aggregates of periodical publications for articles on a particular topic. To see the full contents of an individual periodical, with the complete issues in contiguous chronological order, look up the periodical title in the Library's Catalog.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM Abstracts is a comprehensive research database of international scholarship in the field of music, with over 1 million records in 143 languages from 178 countries, including journal articles, books, dissertations, concert and record reviews, and more.
Music Periodicals Database
Music Periodicals Database (formerly International Index to Music Periodicals) is a research database for periodical articles in music from 1874 to the present, with indexing for more than 600 journals and full text for more than 220.
Music Index
The Music Index offers comprehensive indexing and abstracts for more than 660 journals in the field of music, with selective coverage for an additional 200-plus journals. The online database extends back to 1964; for publication dates 1949-1964, consult the physical print volumes in the Music Reference section (Bobst 7th floor), call number ML118.M987.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Performing Arts Periodicals Database (formerly International Index to Performing Arts Periodicals) provides indexing and abstracts for more than 210 international journals in the performing arts dating from 1864 to the near present.
RIPM
RIPM (Répertoire internationale de la presse musicale, or Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals) is a digital repository of historic music periodicals originally published 1768 to 1966, the majority of them reproduced in complete runs with searchable full text.
RIPM Jazz Periodicals
RIPM Jazz Periodicals (a curatorial project of the Répertoire internationale de la presse musicale) is a full-text historical archive of jazz-focused American periodicals dating from1914 into the 2010s, with a deep representation of small regional publications, most of them extremely rare.
Music Index Archive
Music Index Archive provides indexing and abstracts for journals and magazines indexed in the Music Index covering classical to popular music. Featuring content from well-known publishers including Harmonie Park Press, Music Index Archive includes international content from dozens of countries and provides coverage from 1949 – 1971.

Popular Music, Popular Press

Try these sites for non-academic newspaper and magazine articles - reviews, interviews, profiles, and more - about popular musics.

Rock's Backpages Library
Rock's Backpages Library is a digital archive of articles, reviews, interviews and more for the study of rock, pop, r&b, hip hop, and other popular music genres since the 1950s.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
The Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive offers digitized primary sources for studying the history of the film, music, theater, and broadcast industries from 1880 to the near present. Magazines include American Cinematographer, Back Stage, Billboard, Broadcasting, Hollywood Reporter, Mix, Musical Express, Radio and Records, Reggae & African Beat, Spin, Stage, Variety, and Writers Guild of America.
Rolling Stone Archive
The Rolling Stone Archive offers a nearly complete set of the magazine's historical back-file, beginning with its debut in 1967 and into the current decade. Fully searchable by keyword, with browsable full-page PDF images of each issue also available.
Readers' Guide Retrospective (EBSCO)
Provides indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.Dates of coverage: 1890-1982. Use the Readers' Guide Full Text for 1983 forward.
Periodicals Index Online
Indexes millions of articles published in over 4,250 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences across more than 300 years.

Multidisciplinary Sources

AES E-Library
The AES E-Library is the digital repository of the Audio Engineering Society. It includes papers presented at AES conferences as well as the full contents of the AES Journal from 1953 to the present.
IEEE Xplore
IEEE Xplore , under the banner of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, provides full text access technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. Content includes electronic journals, magazine, and books; conference proceedings; standards; and Standards Dictionary Online. Most articles are available in PDF and HTML. Tools include links to citations, references and figures.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary full-text database with full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study. Users can access articles, book chapters, images, videos, reviews, both from peer-reviewed and popular resources.