Highlighted Databases: Music & Music Education

In August, we highlight resources that support learning, teaching, and research in Music and Music Education, to help  prepare teachers embrace the rewards and challenges of public school teaching and also creatively seek new opportunities in the profession. These databases also lend insight into humanistic values as they relate to contemporary musical and educational life, past and present.

Academic Search Premier provides active full text for over 3,100 journals, including active full text for nearly 2,750 peer-reviewed journals. Also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,500 journals in nearly every area of academic study.

ERIC provides access to information from journals from Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. Content includes journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books dating back to 1966.

Education Full Text provides full text from over 350 journals as far back as 1996 and indexing of over 770 periodicals dating back to 1983. Includes in-depth coverage of special education, adult education, continuing education, literacy standards, multicultural/ethnic education, teaching methods, and over 100,000 controlled and cross-referenced names of educational tests.

Education Index Retrospective Indexes more than 800 periodicals and yearbooks, and cites approximately 850,000 articles, including book reviews. The database provides information on societal trends affecting education, including segregation, multiculturalism, feminism, and economic developments.

Education Research Complete is a bibliographic and full-text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.

Humanities Full Text  brings full text (starting 1995) plus abstracts and bibliographic indexes (starting 1984) of noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as lesser known specialized magazines. The database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs.

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text contains all of the content available in International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance and full text for 100 titles.

JSTOR Arts and Sciences IV provides access to more than 12 million scholarly academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines, categorized under Area Studies, Arts, Business and Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Medicine & Allied Health, Science & Mathematics, and Social Sciences.

Music Index with Full Text covers every aspect of classical and popular music. In addition to full-text journals, it includes reviews of performances, sound recordings and videos. International in scope with full-text journals from over 30 countries.

Music Online is published by Alexander Street Music which searches across the Alexander Street Press of music databases of scores, sound, and video recordings.

Naxos Sheet Music offers over 40,000 sheet music titles, Naxos Sheet Music delivers digital sheet music in all classical genres, spanning music from Medieval to the 21st century and composers from Bach to Arvo Part. Music can be downloaded and printed, and many works can also be transposed into any key or clef.

Performing Arts Periodicals Database indexes around 400 scholarly and trade journals, magazines, books, and newspapers covering theater, dance, film, television, stagecraft, broadcast arts, storytelling, and more. It draws from current files and selected backfiles to 1864 and 134 publications are included in full text.

Professional Development Collection is a highly specialized database of full-text electronic information for educators, librarians and education researchers and includes full-text journals, articles, reports, and more.

Proquest Music Periodicals provides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals from over 20 countries, plus full text for more than 140 of the indexed journals. The majority of the records in the database are from the most recent ten years of publication.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text features content from over 45 countries and published from the early 20th century to the present. Most coverage commences with the first issue of the journal and includes cover-to-cover full text for every included title.

For more resources be sure to check out the Music and Music Education Research Guide.