Research Guides: Music:

Scores

UMKC Library Catalog
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Print and electronic books, journals, music, and more.

The shared library catalog of the four University of Missouri campuses.
Music and Performing Arts
Streaming video (opera, theatre, dance); streaming audio (jazz, popular, world, folk, and classical); classical scores.

Audio

Naxos Music Library
Primarily classical music across all eras.
Naxos Music Library Jazz
This database is not longer available.
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
Streaming audio, 20th and 21st century classical music
Music and Performing Arts
Streaming video (opera, theatre, dance); streaming audio (jazz, popular, world, folk, and classical); classical scores.
UMKC Library Catalog
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Print and electronic books, journals, music, and more.

The shared library catalog of the four University of Missouri campuses.

Video

Music and Performing Arts
Streaming video (opera, theatre, dance); streaming audio (jazz, popular, world, folk, and classical); classical scores.
Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall
Streaming video of live and archived concerts.

Must create an individual login before first use.
Naxos Video Library
Streaming video of operas, ballets, concerts, music documentaries
UMKC Library Catalog
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Print and electronic books, journals, music, and more.

The shared library catalog of the four University of Missouri campuses.

Reference & Introductory

Oxford Music Online
Encyclopedias, including Grove Music.
African American Music Reference
Short, basic info on all genres of African American music.
Classical Music Reference
Short, basic info about Western classical music.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Articles on music of all the world’s peoples.

Articles

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Citations to articles and more. International scope.
Music Periodicals Database
Articles, 1996-present.
Music Index
Article citations.
JSTOR
Full articles from major research journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Coverage of most journals starts from the beginning and excludes the most recent three to five years.

Books

UMKC Library Catalog
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Print and electronic books, journals, music, and more.

The shared library catalog of the four University of Missouri campuses.

Specialized Topics

Index to Printed Music
Find scores in collections, including collected works.
IPA Source
International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions and literal translations of art songs and arias.
RISM (International Inventory of Musical Sources)
Records about manuscript and printed music sources, 1500-1800.

Includes: Series A/I (individual printed music 1600-1800); Series A/II (music manuscripts 1600-1800); and part of Series B/I (printed music anthologies 1500-1550). Series B/IV (Manuscripts of polyphonic music, 11th-16th centuries) online in DIAMM http://www.diamm.ac.uk/ Series C and full Series B available in print only.

Antiquity, Medieval Era, and the Renaissance
Manuscripts and early printed music research tools and vocabulary.

Music Education Articles

ERIC (EBSCOhost)
Articles on education topics, including music education.
Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Articles on education topics, including music education.

Comprehensive collection covering historical and up-to-date issues related to education.
PsycINFO
Articles and more on psychology, including psychological aspects of music education.

It is produced by the American Psychological Association.
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Articles on psychology, including psychological aspects of music education.

Date Range: 1965-Present

Music Therapy Articles

EBSCOhost Databases
Articles and ebooks. All topics, including music therapy, medicine, psychology, music, and education.
ProQuest Databases
Articles. Includes Nursing and Allied Health Database, The Journal of Music Therapy, and Music Therapy Perspectives.
PubMed
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Citations to biomedical articles, including music therapy. Includes Medline.

Over 21 million citations from Medline, life sciences articles, and electronic books from 1953 to present.

Tests & Instruments

Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print
Reviews of tests, including for music.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
Information on measurement instruments, including for music.

Instruments include: checklists, coding schemes, indexes, projective techniques, questionnaires, rating scales, surveys, tasks, and tests. Information may contain abstracts, sample items, subscales, and reliability.

Music Librarian

Contact:

Miller Nichols Library
newcomern@umkc.edu

816-235-1679