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Academic Search Premier
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering all topics. A great database for beginning searches. 1980s-present (dates may vary).

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Topics include news and current events, politics, literature, communication science, business, medicine, psychology, the arts, and many more.
- Summaries of articles in over 8,000 journals, magazines, and newspapers
- Full-text of articles in over 4,000 journals
- Summaries of scholarly articles in over 6,000 journals
- Full-text of scholarly articles in over 3,000 journals
While subject-specific databases may offer more depth, this one may be more up-to-date.
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ERIC (via EBSCOhost)

Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education. 1966-present.

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Some full-text available via UConn Links. Access via EBSCO interface. Search together with PsycINFO or Academic Search Premier. Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science. Summarizes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online

Comprehensive online encyclopedia devoted to music research of all the world's peoples.

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Comprehensive online encyclopedia devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Each volume has an overview of a geographic region; a survey of the region’s musical heritage, traditions and themes; and a description of its musical genres, practices, and performances. Detailed photographs show musicians, musical instrument, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. This release includes the entire set of ten volumes. Future releases will contain links to the associated audio examples for each volume.
Print version at Music Library: ML 100 G16 1998 Music Ref.
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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
for off campus access, please use this link: http://ezproxy.lib.uconn.edu/login?url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/

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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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HOMER

University of Connecticut Libraries' catalog of book, journal, video, map, microfilm, scores, sound recordings, and other collections held at the Storrs and regional campus libraries.
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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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JSTOR
Essential scholarly journals in many academic fields, especially arts, literature, humanities, and biology. Some back to early 1900s; most recent 2-5 years not available.

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Subjects include:
- African American Studies
- African Studies
- American Indian Studies
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Architecture & Architectural History
- Art & Art History
- Asian Studies
- Botany
- Business
- Classical Studies
- Ecology
- Economics
- Education
- Feminist & Women's Studies
- Film Studies
- Finance
- Folklore
- General Science
- Geography
- History
- History of Science & Technology
- Language & Literature
- Latin American Studies
- Law
- Mathematics
- Middle East Studies
- Music
- Performing Arts
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Population Studies
- Psychology
- Public Policy & Administration
- Religion
- Slavic Studies
- Sociology
- Statistics
UConn subscribes to all available JSTOR Collections.

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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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- About Naxos Music Library
  
  Naxos is a prominent producer of classical music recordings.
  
  The online service (Naxos Music Library) offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues, plus thousands of titles from other labels, including Chandos, BIS, Hungaroton, Hanssler, Bridge, First Edition, CPO, Coro, and Wergo.
  
  Some of the historical recordings are not available in the U.S. due to copyright restrictions.
- Restrictions
  
  Any efforts to "download, copy, burn, capture, re-transmit, stream, record or reproduce the Service [Naxos] by any means or in any form" are strictly prohibited.
- System Requirements
  
  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 User Instructions.
- Technical Notes
- Searching Naxos Music Library
- Playlists
- More Information About Naxos Music Library
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New York Times Historical

Full-image archive of The New York Times. Includes the full-text of everything published in the newspaper. 1851 to 2 years ago.

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Includes articles, editorials and commentary, display and classified ads, obituaries, birth & death annoucements, cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc. Also shows the entire page display of the newspaper, so you can see where articles, advertisements, and photos appear on the page. Articles are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat. You may download the reader here.
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Oxford Reference Online
100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works. Subjects include: biology; classics; computing; dance; earth sciences; economics; mythology; history; law; literature; medicine; opera; performing arts; politics; science, theater; and more.

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We subscribe to three collections at Oxford, all via the Boston Library Consortium. They are:
- Core Collection, United States
- Premium Western Civilization
- Premium Collection
Includes the Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Oxford Companion to American Theatre, Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Oxford Dictionary of Dance, and Who's Who in Opera.
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Project MUSE
Full-text of over 200 journals in classics, education, history, literature, math, philosophy, politics, religion, and visual and performing arts.

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Journals published by major university presses, especially in the humanities and social sciences. Subjects include:
- Classics
- Culture
- Education
- Film, Theater, and Performing Arts
- History
- Judaic Studies
- Language
- Law
- Literature
- Math
- Music
- Philosophy & Religion
- Philosophy & Science
- Politics
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Indexes every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. 1861-present; full-text 1997 to present.
Also Known As
- Dissertation Abstracts
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PsycINFO
Scholarly articles in psychology. Includes medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior. From the American Psychological Association. 1872-present.

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Covers the academic, research and practice literature from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages. PsycINFO includes relevant materials from related disciplines such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law, criminology, social science, and organizational behavior. Indexes journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents. Subjects:
- Business (advertising & marketing)
- Communication Sciences
- Education
- Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Sociology
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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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Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

Audio access to more than 35,000 tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds from the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and archival audio collections from around the world.

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Also includes music recorded around the African continent by Dr. Hugh Tracey for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University as well as material collected by recordists on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), sponsored by the American Institute for Indian Studies.
The service works on Macs and PCs with a browser and requires no special software.
Audio tracks have permanent URLs that can be incorporated into personal playlists and course folders, syllabi, or digital course reserve.
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WorldCat

Catalog of books, journals, DVDs, CDs, scores, and sound recordings from over 9,000 libraries. 40 million records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes items at the University of Connecticut Libraries. Request items not at UConn via Interlibrary Loan..

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WorldCat indicates if UConn owns the item, but it does not have UConn’s specific call numbers for books, music, and scripts, and it does not have any AV call numbers.
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Permitted Uses: Authorized Users may typically display, download, print, and copy a reasonable portion (generally one or two articles or one book chapter) of the Licensed Electronic Resource.

Restrictions: Systematic downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information or using software such as scripts, agents, or robots, to retrieve information is generally prohibited.

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