Library Research Guides: Music: Databases

Database Access Off Campus

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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 This link opens in a new window
Naxos Music Library [NML] is the worlds largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 65,670 CDs with more than 942,000 tracks, standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month. The library offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues plus the complete catalogues or selected titles from over 378 classical, jazz and world music labels with more labels joining every month.
ProQuest Research Library: The Arts This link opens in a new window
This resource covers publications on the arts for researchers of all levels.

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.