In order to find the best resources, follow these basic steps to develop a concise research strategy.
Several resources exist to find information in databases (these can be articles, book chapters, ebooks, videos, and more). The databases below are particularly useful for finding articles and other material in music.
A multidisciplinary database of more than 8,500 fulltext periodicals with pdf content going back as far as 1887. Includes indexing and abstracting for more than 12,500 periodicals.
An academic version of Google providing a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Coverage dates vary.
Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective is a bibliographic database that includes citations for more than 1,300,000 articles, inlcuding book reviews, from English-language periodicals. Coverage 1907-1984
JSTOR is a shared digital library that includes the fulltext of more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume published. Coverage varies depending on the journal title.
Provides full-text access to more than 400 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Coverage varies by publication; the earliest date of inclusion is 1990.