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• Grove Music Online
  Emphasizes art music in the Western tradition (“classical music”), with general coverage of jazz, non-Western, and folk music. Topics include people, places, instruments, techniques, genres, and styles, from ancient times to the present.

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  • New Grove Music Online

  

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  Contains the full text of the largest and most comprehensive music encyclopedias in the English language, including the twenty-nine-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition), the four-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the three-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition).

  • Grove Music Online has full-text search capabilities and subject classifications for browsing.
  • Articles are written by scholars with subject expertise and include bibliographies pointing to important works of scholarship on the topic.
  • Topics include musical genres and forms, musical instruments; places; organizations and institutions; musicology, theory, and criticism; and people (e.g., composers, performers, scholars, librettists, patrons, publishers, instrument makers, and others who influenced or contributed to the world of music).
  • Many of the composer biographies include detailed lists of works.
  • Many articles include visual examples, Sibelius-enabled musical examples (score and audio clips), and links to Web sites and audio archives.
  • Annual updates include new articles and corrections to older articles.

  Note: Some of the print equivalents are available in the Music & Dramatic Arts Library (e.g., Music Ref. ML 100 .N48 2001 for the twenty-nine volume New Grove). Consult HOMER, the UConn Libraries' catalog for further details.

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• International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)
  Indexes over 400 music journals (scholarly, applied, music education, and popular music), plus New York Times and Washington Post features and obituaries. Full summaries 1996-present. Some journals go back to inception. .
  

  

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  IIMP is updated monthly and is often more up-to-date than the other music databases. (It is not as good for pre-1996 literature; see comments below.) It includes citations and abstracts to English and non-English language articles from over 20 countries and covers a broad scope of research from performance, theory, composition, and history, to music education, jazz, ethnomusicology, popular music, and musical theater. It does not contain searchable full-text articles, but it has links from many citations to full-text articles in other databases to which UConn subscribes. IIMP is best suited for finding articles written 1996-present:

  • 1996-present: Summaries of articles in over 400 journals. These include subject headings and abstracts that give further details and offer additional searchable keywords for access to information.
  • Pre-1996: Citations to over 140 periodicals (about 90 go back to inception). These have only article author, article title, journal, date, etc., but no summaries. Keyword searches on specific topics may not find older articles since there are no subject headings or abstracts. However, this resource is useful for verifying known citations of older articles or authors.

  IIMP is compatible with EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager and RefWorks. Users can export citations into these management tools from the 'selected records' page (accessible by following the ?selected records? link) and can also use them to search IIMP via Z39.50.

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• Music Index Online
  Identifies articles in over 700 music journals. Covers classical, jazz, popular, folk, and world music, including musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, applied and professional topics, music education, and the music industry. 1976-present. 1976-present.
  

  

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  Comprehensively indexes scholarly, applied, music education, and popular music journals from over 40 countries, including non-English languages.

  • Covers all styles and genres of music.
  • Provides citations and broad subject headings, with selected links to full-text articles in JSTOR.
  • Indexes letters, book and record reviews, first performances, and obituaries, and other critical details.
  • The online version (updated quarterly) covers 1976-present. The print version (Music Ref. ML 118 .M84) goes back to 1949.

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• Naxos Music Library
  Audio access to more than 11,500 CDs of primarily classical music. Some jazz and world/folk music.
  

  See Details for technical requirements and tips on off-campus access.

  

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  Naxos is a prominent producer of today's classical music records. The online service (Naxos Music Library) offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues, plus thousands of titles from other independent labels, including Chandos, BIS, Hungaroton, Hanssler Classic, Bridge Records, First Edition, CPO, Coro, and Wergo. (Some of the historical recordings are not available in the U.S. due to copyright restrictions.)
  

  • Off-campus users: proxy accounts are more reliable than VPN.
  • To bookmark Naxos, use this URL: http://uconnecticut.naxosmusiclibrary.com . If you bookmark the URL with the /default.asp after the URL, it will not work.
  • The following is explicitly prohibited: Any efforts to "download, copy, burn, capture, re-transmit, stream, record or reproduce the Service [Naxos] by any means or in any form."

  Tech notes: Naxos uses Windows Media Player (Mac and PC compatible) embedded in a simple Web interface to stream audio at near-CD quality (64K broadband). See their User Instructions. According to the publisher, the technical requirements for this product are:

  • PC users: MS Windows 98SE, 2000, XP with MS IE 6.0 / Mozilla 1.7.1 / FireFox 1 / Netscape 7.1 / Opera 7.53 and Media Player 9-10. Browser Settings: Privacy = Medium, ActiveX controls = Enable, Cookies = Accept, Pop-up Blocker = Off, Sound Scheme = No Sound. Naxos does not work with Netscape 4.x.
  • Apple users: Mac OS X 10.2.8 / OS X 10.3.5 with MS IE 5.2 / Mozilla 1.7 / Netscape 7.1 / Opera 7.53 / Safari 1.0 and Media Player 9; or OS 8.6-9.0 with MS IE 5.1 and Media Player 7.1. Browser Settings: Privacy = Medium, Cookies = Accept, Sound Effect = No.

  Your Internet connection will determine the streaming rate you can choose. A higher Internet bandwidth will permit better sound quality. The minimum requirements are:

  • DSL or ISDN for 64Kbps streaming (near CD quality)
  • Dial-up connection for 20Kbps streaming (FM quality)

  Notes:

  • Off-campus users may not be able to access Naxos; the proxy works for Mac users and some Windows users. VPN has worked for some Windows users but not all (log into the VPN to test), but access has not been reliable. The Libraries staff are working with the vendor and University ITS to resolve these issues.
  • Naxos times out after 30 minutes; you'll be asked to click at the end of the period to stay logged on, otherwise the connection times out, and you have to start over.

  • Naxos Music Library is updated monthly (200 new CDs annual minimum, average 36/month in 2006).
  • In Naxos Music Library, find music by browsing a list of composers or categories, or keyword search by composer, work title, genre, country, period, year of composition, instrument, music category, performer, or a combination of terms.
  • Another way to find Naxos recordings is to search HOMER, the UConn Libraries' catalog. Find and display a musical work?s description, then click on "connect to the recording." Note: not all NML recordings are listed in HOMER; additional descriptions will be added as they become available.
  • Most recordings display the original CD covers and include complete track lists. The Naxos and Marco Polo label recordings include liner notes.
  • Supporting textual materials includes glossary, pronunciation guide, opera synopses and libretti, music fundamental terms, repertoire, and histories.
  • Instructors can create "play lists" for their students or provide links from other Web pages or documents to specific CDs or tracks. See Naxos Instructors' Guide: Playlists & Links (PDF).

  For more information, contact the Music Librarian or Access Services Supervisor.

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• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
  Indexes scholarly writings on music and related disciplines. Includes citations and abstracts for journal articles, essays, Festschriften, dissertations, books, scholarly reviews, etc. International coverage, including non-English languages. 1967-current.
  

  

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  RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (also known as Repertoire International de LittératureMusicale or International Repertory of Music Literature) is produced under the joint auspices of the International Musicological Society and the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres at the RILM International Center at the City University of New York. (Learn more about RILM from the publisher's site.)

  • Covers all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, and music therapy. The database also covers various other fields as they relate to music, including librarianship, literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and physics.
  • Offers citations in 202 languages, including original language titles and English translations, full bibliographic information, abstracts in English, and in-depth subject indexes.
  • In includes all formats of scholarly works -- articles (including non-music journals), books, bibliographies, catalogs, dissertations, films and videos, conference proceedings and more. Concert reviews, recordings notes, and pedagogical manuals are included if they are of scholarly interest. See scope notes for more details.
  • Updated monthly.
  • Online version covers 1967-present. Print equivalent is at Music Ref. ML 118 R48 (1967-1998).

  Tools to Help You Use RILM

  • Journal Titles indexed in RILM
  • RILM Classifications help you limit by category (e.g., musicology, pedagogy, theory).
  • RILM Publication Type Codes Use these to limit by pub type (e.g., article, dissertation).
  • Field Codes (e.g., TI=title, AU=author, SO=source, PY=publication year, etc.) can be helpful when searching. To learn more, consult "Help" in RILM.

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