Finding Articles & Reviews
Search Strategies: Try keyword or subject searching on performer, composition, style, album titles, etc. Ex: "Miles Davis" and "modal jazz"; "Ella Fitzgerald" and "record sales"; "Wynton Marsalis" and "Lincoln Center".
- RIPM Jazz PeriodicalsFull-text American jazz magazines and journals from the 20th century.
- JSTOR MusicFull-text access to scholarly articles from over 50 music periodicals published from the 1860s - 2000s. Remember: JSTOR does not include the most recent 3-5 years of journals, so use HOLLIS+ or another database to find the most current scholarship.
- Music Index OnlineIndexes scholarly publications and magazines such as Billboard, Rolling Stone, and other jazz titles. The online version covers articles published from 1970-present.
- Music Periodicals DatabaseAn index of articles and reviews from over 400 music periodicals, some available in full-text. Limit the document type: e.g. "Performance Review," "Music Review," or "Recording Review" to exclude scholarly articles.
- Performing Arts Periodicals DatabaseAn index of articles and reviews from over 300 performing arts journals (1864-present), covering theatre, film, dance, opera, and stagecraft, plus full text from over 100 journals. Limit the Document Type: e.g. "Performance Review," "Music Review," or "Recording Review" to exclude scholarly articles.
- ProQuest - Entertainment Industry Magazine ArchiveA full-text resource for the study of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies to 2000. The collection includes US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting, and theater, film fan magazines, and popular music magazines. Indexing includes not only articles and reviews, but covers and advertisements.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective (1890-1982)Indexes popular and general interest magazines published in the United States and Canada; stronger than Music Index for jazz literature in 1940s-50s.
- Nexis Uni (Harvard Login)Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis.
- Finding Concert ReviewsOpens Music Research Guide page with additional links to contemporary and historical sources for reviews.