[FAS] Music 97b: Music History and Repertory: Classical to Contemporary

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature features a wealth of content from the early 1800s through the present with some content coverage extending back as far as the late 18th century. Updated monthly, the database includes coverage of relevant articles from more than 10,000 journals, many of which are not specifically devoted to music. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature also includes nearly 850,000 records with over 52,000 new records are added every year.

An electronic index of music publications, IIMP draws its current content from nearly 400 international music periodicals from over 30 countries, and also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. This service contains publications from Acta Musicologica: Societe Internationale de Musicologie to the Music Educators Journal to Zeitschrift fuer Musikwissenschaft (1918-1935).

The Music Index Online provides citations to articles, book and record reviews, first performances, and obituaries from over 690 international music periodicals covering a wide range of historical, musicological, and ethnomusicological topics.

RIPM (Répertoire international de la presse musicale) provides citations to articles from over sixty international nineteenth- and twentieth-century music periodicals including Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung, Caecilia, Dwight's Journal of Music, L'Italia Musicale, La Música Ilustrada Hispano-Americana, The Musical Times, Nederlandsch Muzikaal Tijdschrift, Paganini, Revue Musicale, and Tygodnik Muzyczny.

Primary sources for film, broadcasting, popular music and theatre, 1880 – 2000##Our new digital archive is sure to receive rave reviews fromthose wanting to know more about behind-the-scenes activities of the music, film, and entertainment industries. By providing the complete runs of major trade and consumer magazines, from their inception to 2000, it arms students and researchers with the primary source material needed to develop a contextual understanding of the entertainment industry as it evolved over the 20th century.