Music Library

Music Librarianship Resources

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Library Literature and Information Science Full Text (1984 - Current)
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Library Literature and Information Science indexes key library and information science periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere. Books, chapters within books, conference proceedings, selected state journals, library school theses, and pamphlets are also indexed.
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Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (1966 - Current)
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Provides indexing and abstract coverage of more than 600 journals on topics including classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, Internet search engines, printed and electronic information sources, the information industry, electronic publishing, and more.
Journal List

Music Index Online (1979 - Current)
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Index to writings on classical and popular music, including scholarly and journalistic publications and reviews of books, recordings, and performances. Covers publications from 1979 to the present. Updated quarterly. See print edition for coverage of writings from 1949 to present.
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969 - Current)
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Includes references (most with abstracts) to scholarly writings, including books, articles, and dissertations from 1969 to the present in English and most European languages. Updated monthly.
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Academic Search Complete
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Provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated daily.
List of journals included.

Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) (1861 - Current)
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Includes citations for dissertations dating from the first U.S. dissertation issued in 1861. Contains abstracts for dissertations from 1980 to the present and for master's theses from 1988 forward. The work of authors from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities are also included. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available.

Free Web Sites

 

Professional Organizations

American Library Association This is a link to another web site

IAML This is a link to another web site - International Association of Music Libraries

Music Library Association This is a link to another web site

 

Music Librarianship Discussion Listservs

MLA-L This is a link to another web site - Music Library Association

MOUG-L This is a link to another web site - Music OCLC Users Group

 

Copyright

Copyright for Music Librarians This is a link to another web site (Music Library Association)

 

Cataloging

Cataloging Unusual Sound Recordings This is a link to another web site (Powerpoint Presentation by Robert Freeborn, Pennsylvania State University)

Principles of Uniform Titles, a Brief Introduction This is a link to another web site (document prepared by Matthew W. Wise for readers and users of music library catalog records)

Using Uniform Titles This is a link to another web site Tutorial (Indiana University Music Library)

Music Cataloging Webpages

Music Cataloging at Yale

Indiana University Music Library Technical Services Division This is a link to another web site

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