Most Useful Databases
International
Index of Music Periodicals
An index of academic journals and
popular magazines on music from 1874 to present. (Some full-text).
Classical
Music Library
Listen to classical music recordings.
Search by composer, artist, work, genre, or time period. (Streaming
media).
JSTOR
Scholarly journals from many fields.
Archives go back to 1831, but recent issues (past 3-5 years)
are not included. (Full-text).
Purchase made possible by a generous
donation from the Rockwell Fund.
OmniFile
A multi-disciplinary index of
journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).
Oxford
Music Online
Information about composers, musicians,
instruments, music forms, and terminology. (Full-text).
Other Databases
Academic
Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database of
journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports.
(Some full-text).
ArticleFirst
An index of journals and magazines
in every field of study. (Citations only).
ebrary
A collection of electronic books
with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download
ebrary Reader™
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
The complete encyclopedia, plus
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an atlas, and timelines.
(Full-text).
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Basic information from specialized
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).
Google
Scholar
An Internet search engine for scholarly
journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased
content.
netLibrary
Electronic books from academic,
professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).
New
York Times
An archive of the newspaper from
1980 to present. (Full-text).
New
York Times Historical
A cover-to-cover archive of the
newspaper from 1851 to 2003. (Full-text).
Pop
Culture Universe
Resources on American popular culture
from 1900 to the present. (Full-text).
Project
Muse
Electronic journals in the humanities
and the social sciences. (Full-text).
Web
of Science
An index of high impact research
journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (Citations
only).
WorldCat
A catalog of 58 million books,
dissertations, sound recordings, and videos available in libraries.
(Citations only).
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