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MUS 601: Approaches to Music Research

This guide provides targeted resources for acquiring bibliographic information for music.

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Interlibrary Loan

Use Interlibrary Loan Services to get articles you need that are not in the Michael Schwartz Library, OhioLINK or available online.

Tracking Scholarly Influences Activity

Option 1) Svansdottir, H.B., and J. Snaedal. "Music Therapy in Moderate and Severe Dementia of Alzheimer's Type: A Case-Control Study." International Psychogeriatrics 18.4 (2006): 613-621. AgeLine. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.

Option 2) Green, Lucy. "Popular Music Education in and For Itself, and for 'Other' Music: Current Research in the Classroom." International Journal of Music Education 24.2 (2006): 101-118. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.

Option 3) McPherson, Gary E., and John McCormick. "Self-Efficacy and Music Performance." Psychology of Music 34.3 (2006): 322-336. ERIC. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.

Option 4) Collins, David. "A Synthesis Process Model of Creative Thinking in Music Composition." Psychology of Music 33.2 (2005): 193-216. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.

Core Music Research Databases

Music Index (1979-) This link opens in a new window
Music Index is a comprehensive guide to music periodicals and literature featuring digitized content from 1970 to present. This database contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts of articles about music, musicians, and the music industry for more than 480 periodicals, as well as book reviews, obituaries, news, and selective coverage for more than 200 periodicals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A collection of academic journals in various disciplines. Unlike many databases, JSTOR does not include the most recent publications, but is made up of exclusively full text articles. CPL's JSTOR (see below) has access to more materials than CSU's version. Let me know if you have trouble accessing either version.

JSTOR (CPL)
Contains more full text articles than the CSU JSTOR database. To access, you'll need a CPL library card.

Additional Music Research Databases

Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Humanities International Complete™ provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. The database includes full text for more than 1,200 journals.
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The IBDT is the definitive research tool for the study of theatre and the performing arts. It contains more than 530 full-text titles, including more than 170 full-text journals.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Index and abstracts to articles covering world history from 1450 to present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
Electronic Journal Center This link opens in a new window
EJC consists of millions of full-text articles in 10,000 journals. Choose Arts & Humanities for music-related articles.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive coverage of multidisciplinary academic journals in key areas of academic study.

Musical America
News, reports, and other relevant sources about music industry groups and organizations.

More Research Databases

Research Databases available via the Michael Schwartz Library are listed in Alphabetical Order by Title and grouped by Subject Category. If you do not find what you need in the Research Databases listed above, then please try others.

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