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Myron Patterson (library subject specialist) | U of U  Music Dept. | Margaret Rorke (Department Representative)

International Index to Music Periodicals ( IIMP)
1874 -
contains citations from over 300 music journals. It has full-text coverage, none earlier than 1993, for over 50 of those journals.

International Index to the Performing Arts ( IIPA)
1901 -
contains citations to over 160 journals in the performing arts, primarily in dance, film, and theater. There are a few music journals, all in the field of opera or musical theater. Some articles from the mid-1990s on have fulltext.

Muse / RILM
1969 -
The online Muse consists of RILM Abstracts of Music Literature and the Music Catalog from the U.S. Library of Congress. The Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale / RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1969-present) is the world's largest, continuously updated bibliography of music literature with over 250,000 abstracts from journals, books and other publications. The printed RILM is shelved in Fine Arts Reference, ML 113 I574

Music Article Index.
1966- 1996.
Indexes over 100 journals, emphasizing music education. ML 118 M975, Fine Arts Reference Index Table.

Music Index Online
(1949) 1979 -
Indexes over 600 periodicals, including books reviews and reviews of recordings and performances, first performances and obituaries. The first thirty years are available only in print at the Fine Arts Reference Index Table, ML 118 M84.

Project Muse
varies (generally mid 1990s) -present
"Contains the fulltext of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics" including a few music journals.

RIPM Index to English-Language Music Periodicals
1818-1918
Part of a much larger effort, Repertoire International de la Presse Musicale, to index and reprint nineteenth century music journals in a number of languages. It fills an important gap between RISM and RILM.

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians; New Grove Dictionary of Opera
The famous comprehensive reference works completely online and searchable. Also available in print, ML100 .N48 2001, Fine Arts Reference

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart ML 100 M929 1994 Fine Arts Reference.

Music reference and research materials : an annotated bibliography / Ducles and Reed. ML113 .D83 1997 Fine Arts Reference

Historical sets, collected editions, and monuments of music : a guide to their contents / Heyer. ML113 .H52 1980 Fine Arts Reference

Collected editions, historical series & sets & monuments of music : a bibliography / Hill and Stephens. ML113 .H55 1997 Fine Arts Reference

Aria Database
A Johann Sebastian Bach Midi Page
Bach Cantatas Website

CAIRSS for Music
ChristmasCarolMusic.org - free Christmas carol sheet music
Columbia Guide to Online Style (Basic)
The Cyber Hymnal
Dissertations in Musicology Online

I Hear America Singing - Operatic Texts
Indiana University Sheet Music
International Alliance for Women in Music
K-12 resources for music educators
Karadar Classical Music

Kohn on music licensing copyright issues
Milken Archive: American Jewish Music
Music Education Resource Base
Music Education World Wide Web Resources
Music Research Databases

Newsletter of the American Bach Society
Online Music Scores
Sheet Music Consortium
SIBMAS - International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
University of Utah McKay Music Library --Gardner Hall
Vocabolario Italiano

The Library of Congress has placed a large amount of American sheet music from the 19th century online - free to be searched and the scores downloaded. The address is: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sm1870query.html
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