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Music: Databases

This guide will help you to find information in the Library, and to understand the APA referencing system. It also has information on Tiriti related subjects, and how to find and use images.

Journal Articles

Journal articles are excellent sources for current and scholarly information.  They are found in journals. Journals are mostly accessed via library databases.

Find articles on your topic by typing keywords:

  • In the search field on the Library homepage and selecting the filter Search Everything
  • In Library databases (see below)

For searching tips and strategies see the Finding Information and Research tab.

ProQuest Database

ProQuest Academic. Provides access to databases across all major subject areas including music. The collection includes dissertations, working papers and scholarly journals.

ERIC

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online library of educational research and information.  This has full text articles covering music and music techniques, singing, musical instruments and more.

EBSCOhost Database

EBSCOhost. Includes multiple databases with a wide subject coverage, including music, musicians, composition and the music Industry and more. Search individual databases or select multiple databases and search at one time. Relevant databases are:

  • Academic Search Complete - A valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text journals
  • Applied Science & Technology Source - Offers extensive coverage of research and development within the applied sciences and computing disciplines such as music, digital music production and digital music instruments and more.
  • Business Academic Complete - Is the world's definitive scholarly business database that offers full text articles on the music industry.
  • Education Source - Spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education with articles on music instruments, singing, song writing and more
  • MasterFile Complete - Covers almost every subject area of general interest including music, song writing, music genres , music production equipment and more

Magazines

Guitar Techniques 787.87143 GUI

Downbeat 781.65 DOW

Journals

Here is a selection of Music journals.  Some require you to log in with your institutional email address and network password (same password as Moodle), others are open access.

To locate articles on a specific topic, see the Finding information and research tab.

Global Music & Video

Guitar Player

Guitarist

Music Analysis

Music Education Research

Music Educators Journal

Music Industry Newswire

Music Performance Research

Music Theory Online

Music Trades

Music Week

MUSICultures