COMM 490: Music & Mediation
Suggested resources for Professor Derek Vaillant's Comm 490, Music and Mediation
Music Article Databases
Use the following databases to find articles & other resources on musical topics.
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RILM Abstracts of Music LiteratureThe most scholarly & comprehensive index of music literature. Indexes articles, books, dissertations, essays within books, etc. Coverage is 1967- . Especially strong in musicology & music theory, but covers all areas of music, including interdisciplinary materials.
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Music Periodicals DatabaseIndexes both scholarly and popular periodicals. Strengths include popular genres, music business, and performance, but all areas of music are covered. Coverage varies by title; many are indexed from 1996, but some go back much further. Much full-text included.
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JSTORProvides full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Currently, 83 music journals are included. Coverage typically begins with the first issue of each journal title.
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Music IndexContains both scholarly and popular materials related to all areas of music. Journal articles and dissertations are indexed. Coverage is 1973-
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RIPM Retrospective Index to Music PeriodicalsIndexes the content of 150 nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music periodicals. Titles in 13 languages are included -- English, French, German, and Italian are the most heavily represented.
History, Communications and Other Article Databases
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America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO)Articles from 1964 to present and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events,
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)Covers world history from 1450 to the present; includes academic historical journals in over 40 languages, going back to 1955.
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MLA International BibliographyIndexes books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and film.
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SocINDEX with Full TextIndexes 1,800 sociology-related journals & magazines back to 1895, with full text for 620 of them, plus indexing for books, etc.
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Sociological AbstractsProvides access to the international literature in sociology and related disciplines. Covers 1800+ journals, back to 1952.
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JSTORFull-text access to the archives of 2,600+ journals and 35,000+ books in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences.
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Google Scholar @ U-M (with U-M Ann Arbor MGet It Links)Searches for scholarly documents on the web, with the added feature of "Availability at U-Michigan" links.
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Project MUSEFull-text access to hundreds of full-text books along with scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
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