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African American Song      BU-px
Traditions include blues, gospel, jazz, includes material not covered in the Smithsonian Global Sound subscription.

American Song      BU-px
Social, cultural and historical documentation of the U.S. through song: Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys.


Classical Music Library      BU-px
Core art music repertoire, chiefly in the Western tradition, more than 30 labels contribute content.

Contemporary World Music      BU-px
Contemporary reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, would fusion, Balkanic jazz, Arab swing and jazz; includes some more tradional styles such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, gagaku, zydeco

Naxos Music Library      BU-px
Listen online. Chiefly Western canon, some libretti; some Chinese, World, and international jazz, rock and pop.

Smithsonian Global Sound      BU-px
Ethnic and traditional music, international in scope; includes some spoken word, also documents some natural and mechanical (man-made) sound. Sort by language, region, genre, and more. Much of the online subscription also resides in CD form, with the notes, at the Music Library.


Core Resources


Arts & Humanities Citation Index   1975+   BU-px
Search for article citations; trace article usage elsewhere as referenced in other publications; may concurrently search with Social Sciences Citation Index. Also known as AHCI, The Web of Science, or, ISI Indexes. Coverage: from 1975-

Business Source Complete   1965+   BU-px
Some full-text access to music industry, music trade, music publishing and sound recording industry information in sources such as Billboard.

Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) - Full Text      BU-px
All disciplines. Indentify completed doctoral dissertations and masters theses, chiefly North American; abstracts and 24 page online previews included for more recent titles. Coverage: doctoral from 1861- and masters from 1962-

DOAJ -- Open Access Journals      WWW
Choose Search Articles to explore the collection portion searchable at article level (currently 25%) or Browse Journals by discipline to identify all available titles of online journals. Coverage: years vary

FRANCIS (International social sciences & humanities)      ChRiv-px
Multilingual and interdisciplinary, search the index for citations of articles, books and chapters, conference papers, French dissertations, exhibition catalogs, legislation, teaching materials, and reports. Coverage: 1984-

Grove Music      BU-px
Encyclopedic treatment of all subfields of music; in-depth articles on forms, eras, people; includes works lists, links to listening; incorporates and updates earlier content of Grove's Jazz, Opera, and Musical Instruments Dictionaries. This edition: 2001, frequently updated

Humanities Full Text   1995+ (abstracts 1984+)   BU-px
Search for articles, some with full text, across scholarly and lesser-known specialized publications in archaeology, art, film, music, performing arts, religion, history and literature. Coverage: Indexing, 1984- ; Full-text, 1995-

JSTOR (Journal Storage)      BU-px
Full-text search and retrieval of core scholarly, multidisciplinary journal collections. Coverage: begins with first volume, typically excludes current and most recent years.

Music Index Online      ChRiv-px
All musical fields, international in scope. Search for article citations in scholarly and professional music periodicals; draws chiefly from English and European language pubications. Coverage: print since 1947- ; online since 1979-

Project Muse   Alternative Link   BU-px
Full-text search and retrieval through current and recent years of multidisciplinary journals. Tip: in advanced search mode, note option to include JSTOR content. Coverage: Current and recent years, with JSTOR retrospective option

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature   1969+   BU-px
All subfields of music, international in scope. Search through citations, many with abstracts, for: articles, essays, festschriften, congress and conference reports, reviews, dissertations. Coverage: 1967 - ; some retrospective

RoJaRo (Rock, Jazz, Roots)      WWW
Search through popular magazines, fanzines, and record label sites for information on rock, jazz, roots, blues, country, latin, reggae, ska--the realm of contemporary music, artists and labels at large.

Social Sciences Full Text   1995+ (abstracts 1983+)   BU-px
Search through citations and abstracts to locate articles and other publications, some with full text, in an international array of social sciences journals. Coverage: Indexing, 1983- ; Full text, 1995-

WorldCat      BU-px
All subjects. Search this catalog for descriptions of books, journal titles, scores, recordings, etc., and locate the libraries owning them. Not included: full-text searches through the content of the items. Coverage: over 62,000,000 items


Music Education


CAIRSS - Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval Service System      WWW
Locate article citations in research literature in music education and psychology, and music therapy and medicine; compiled by the institute for Music Research. Coverage: years vary

Child Development & Adolescent Studies      BU-px
Search for citations to the current and historical literature on growth and development of children through age 21. Many abstracts included. Coverage: 1927-

CPANDA: Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive      WWW
Browse data sets by subject; also selective indexing of articles; this is an interactive digital archive of policy-relevant data on the arts and cultural policy in the U.S.

Education Full Text   1996+ (abstracts 1983+)   BU-px
Full text increasingly available; search for article citations, all areas of education, from preschool to adult, policy, administration, and evaluation. Coverage: Indexing, 1983- ; Full text, 1994-

ERIC (Education)   1966+   BU-px
Search for citations and abstracts; all education-related fields, content is sponsored by the US DOE. Coverage: 1966-alternatively: Access ERIC via the DOE gov site

MERB/CMI Music Education Resource Base      WWW
Locate article citations from core Canadian and other international music education journals, systematically indexed. Coverage: 1956-

Music Education Search System (MESS)      WWW
This site guides you to 3 areas: article indexing of 18 selected US journals in music education including 2 from the southeast (not covered by the Music Index or RILM), the Poland Cady Abstracts which project attempted to identify all significant writings on music education pre-1965, and, a link to English language indexing and abstracting for the Boletin De Investigacio Educativo Musical, one of the most important journals in the field from Latin America.

PsycARTICLES      BU-px
Full text search and retrieval of professional collection; specialized, applied, clinical and theoretical studies within. Coverage: 1885-

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection      BU-px
Full text included. Article citations on emotion, behavior, children and school settings, psychiatry, psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. Coverage: varies journal by journal

PsycINFO      BU-px
Full text increasingly included. Retrieve citations on psychological aspects medicine, psychiatry, sociology, education, physiology, linguistics and anthropology; international scope. Coverage: as far back as 1887-

Social Sciences Full Text   1995+ (abstracts 1983+)   BU-px
Full text increasingly included, drawn from international social sciences literature. Coverage: Indexing, 1983- ; Full text, 1995-

Sociological Abstracts   1952+   BU-px
Search for citations with abstracts; international, includes sociology of arts, business, culture, education, rural and urban issues. Coverage: 1952-


Music in the News


Alternative Press Index      BU-px
Find citations for articles in less mainstream, radical, or "left" newpapers and small publications originating in English, French or Spanish languages. Coverage: 1991-

Ethnic NewsWatch   1990+   BU-px
Full-text search and retrieval; newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Coverage: 1990-

LexisNexis Academic      BU-px
Full-text search and retrieval of domestic and international newspapers, wire services, transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, public opinion polls. Coverage: Varies among the included sources

New York Times (Historical)   1851-2006   BU-px
Full-text search and retrieval of everything: texts, images, tables, comics, advertisements. Coverage: 1851-2001.

Press Display      BU-px
Today's newspapers full page, color; plus their 60-day backfiles.

World News Connection      BU-px
International current events coverage. Search for full-text summaries of newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals and non-classified technical reports.


More Library Links


Music Resources -- Expanded      WWW
For all music subdisciplines, specific and general areas, e.g., Dissertations-in-Progress, Early Music, Ethonomusicology, Sheet Music; consolidates many locally available and external resources

Reference Shelf      WWW
For quick general reference through almanacs, associations, news sources, encyclopedias; compiled by BU librarians

Research Guides (multidisciplinary)      WWW
Multidisciplinary, specialized, and covering both electronic and print sources; created by BU librarians