Music and Related Databases - Music 580: Hepler Junior Seminar

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Music 590: Junior Seminar

Professor: Lowell Hepler

Librarian: Cynthia Burton, x2982

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Subjects: Tradition, popular and classical music
Content: Citations and abstracts
Coverage: 1967 - Present + Retrospective coverage of music conference proceedings from 1865 - present.
Music Index Online
Subjects: Music, Music Industry
Contains: Citations
Coverage: 1973 - Present
WorldCatDissertations
All dissertations, theses and published material based on theses cataloged by OCLC members, including all subjects.
WorldCat
Subjects: All
Contains: Records for books, journals, video, audio and web publications from around the world.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Subjects: Arts and humanities.
Contains: Citations and abstracts to journal articles. Citation mapping. Some non-English language material included.
Coverage: 1990-present
JSTOR
Subjects: All disciplines
Contains: Full text articles from scholarly or academic journal titles.
Coverage: Varies; NOT current, generally 3-5 year delay.

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