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| ARTICLES | | |  Help Finding Articles | | |  Journal Locator - Help
Search by journal title or citation, not by subject, for online and print journals. | | | JSTOR Music - Full Text
Complete full text backfiles of 32 core academic music journals, excluding the most recent 2 to 5 years. | | | Scholarly Articles | | | Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - 1965 to present - Full Text
Full-text and indexing for over 4,500 scholarly publications in the social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and more. | | | Expanded Academic Index - 1980 to present. MLIN - Full Text
Full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers. Covers the arts and humanities, the social sciences, science and technology, across all academic disciplines. | | | International Index to the Performing Arts
Indexes more than 210 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, and a variety of documents such as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, discographies, reviews and events. | | | Music Index Online - 1979 to present
Data from more than 655 international music periodicals covering a broad range of subjects incuding musicological or organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries. | | | RILM Music Abstracts - 1969 to present.
Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, Festschriften, films, and videos. Contains records in over 100 languages from over 500 scholarly journals. | | | RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals - 1800-1950
Internet-based index to the many specialized music journals of the nineteenth century (350,000+ records from ca.120 published RIPM volumes). Up-dated every six months. | | | America: History & Life - 1953 to present
Indexes 1,700 journals, books, and dissertations for material pertaining to American and Canadian history. Other subjects covered include popular culture, anthropology, sociology, economics, education, and politics. | | | Arts & Humanities Search - 1980 to present
Indexes 1,300 journals covering all arts and humanities disciplines. The database of almost 2.1 million records includes materials published from 1980 to the present as well as older material cited in these publications. Updated weekly. | | | Historical Abstracts - 1956 to present
Covers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, collections, and dissertations. | | | Humanities Abstracts - 1984 to present
Abstracts of articles, book reviews, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction (including dramas and poems), and reviews of plays and television and radio programs from over 465 sources in the humanities. | | | Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - 1907-1984
Indexes nearly 1,200 English-language scholarly journals and specialized magazines in the social sciences and humanities; also includes citations to book reviews. | | | Humanities International Index
Includes data from American Humanities Index plus international journals, books and reference works. Provides citations and abstracts for articles, essays, and original works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings and illustrations. | | | JSTOR Music - Full Text
Complete full text backfiles of 32 core academic music journals, excluding the most recent 2 to 5 years. | | | MLA Bibliography - 1926 to present - Help
Indexes scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, includes 1,200,000+ records. | | | Popular Articles | | | LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases. | | | Readers' Guide Retrospective - 1890-1983
A database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflecting the history of 20th century America. | | | Rock's Backpages - 1960s to present - Full Text
Articles on rock 'n roll from the music and mainstream press; includes reviews, interviews (some with mp3 audio files), features, etc. | | | Journal Indexing and Locations | | | JSTOR Music - Full Text
Complete full text backfiles of 32 core academic music journals, excluding the most recent 2 to 5 years. | |
| BOOKS AND MEDIA | | | Help Finding Books | | | Help Finding Music Scores | | | African American Song
Contains a diverse range of genres - jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, narratives, sacred music, etc. Currently contains tracks up to the 1950s. | | | Classical Music Library
Streaming audio; includes Arabesque, Forlane, Hyperion, Newport Classic, Vox labels. PCs: MS Windows 98 and up, IE 5.5+, Macromedia Flash Player 6+, & MS Windows Media Player 7+. Macs: OS 9+, IE 5.2+, & Macromedia Flash 6+. | | | DRAM
Streaming audio (CD-quality, 192kbps/MP4), plus complete liner notes and essays, from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc., and other important labels. | | | Naxos Music Library
Streaming audio; Naxos, Marco Polo, Da Capo catalogs (jazz, world, and classical music). PCs: MS Windows 98 and above with MS IE 6.0 & Media Player 9.0. Macs: iMac with OS 8.6, 9.0 with MS IE 5.1, or OS 10.2 with MS IE 5.2 & Media Player 7.1. | | | Smithsonian Global Sound
Streaming audio of the world's musical and aural traditions; includes published recordings by the Smithsonian Folkways label & archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon, etc. | | | Moodle/E-Reserves
Login to course websites to access course readings, syllabi, discussions and more. | | | Library Catalogs | | | Five College Library Catalog - Help
 Search all Five College libraries at once, or limit to Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or UMass/Amherst. | | | US Library of Congress Music Catalog - 1960s - 2000 | | | WorldCat - all dates
OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide. Contains millions of records. | | | LIBWEB
Libweb currently lists over 2400 pages from libraries in over 70 countries. | | | Book Purchases and Reviews | | | Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bücher / German Books in Print
Publication and price information for German books, videos, etc. | | | Books in Print - 1979 to present
Includes information on scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books covering all subjects currently published and distributed in the U.S. Includes titles declared out-of-print from July 1979 to the present. | | | Music-In-Print Series - Updated monthly.
Includes Sacred Choral, Classical Vocal, Orchestral, String, Classical Guitar, Woodwind, Piano Music In Print, and Miscellaneous Music In Print (Band, Brass, Handbell, Percussion, Harp, etc.). | |
| NEWS | | | LexisNexis Academic - Coverage varies by title - Full Text
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. Includes federal and state laws and cases. | |
| INTERNET RESOURCES | | | Free Printable Music on the Web
Guide to some of the more commonly found music printing formats on the web, accompanied by sample sites that allow music to be printed or downloaded free of charge. | | | Internet Broadway Database
IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information; provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. | |
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