Library Research Guides: Music: Databases

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Databases

Academic Search Complete
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Why search here?
Academic Search Complete offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database.

What is included?
Peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
NAXOS Music Library
Why search here?
Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library.

What is included?
It offers streaming access to more than 171,837 CDs with more than 2,687,603 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 600 new titles are being added to the library each month.

Selecting Scholarly/Academic/Peer-Reviewed Articles

Finding Research Articles

Look for the following:

An Abstract is at the beginning of the article. This is a summary of the researchers/authors' study methods, arguments, conclusions, and more.
Author(s) - Scholarly articles often have two or more authors. The authors' credentials, affiliations, and other information is usually listed on first page of the article, under the title or sometimes on the last page of article.
Headings/Sections in the article include:
- Introduction -- Usually one paragraph, sometimes more, describing the subject of the article
- Methodology -- Provides information about how data was collected, what data was gathered, and who participated in the study
- Discussion/Results -- Offers information about the results of the study and what was learned
- Conclusion -- Summarizes the findings of the research/study and any recommendations or limitations of the study
- References/Bibliography -- Detailed list of references used in the research is generally found at the end of the article
Technical/Specialized Language - Scholarly articles are generally written in formal, technical language.
Charts, Graphs, Diagrams, etc. - Scholarly articles are often communicating results of studies and research and so will include charts, graphs, diagrams, and other visual aids.
Length - Scholarly articles are usually relatively long; often they are four pages or more.