Research Guides: MUSC 171: The Social History of Popular Music: Articles

Journal Citation

How to analyze a journal citation

Lockwood, Lewis. "Performance and "authenticity"." Early music 19.4 (November 1991): 501-506.

The citation refers to an article in a journal.

Tip: Use the Journal Search in Omni to see if Queen's Library subscribes to the journal early music. Omit initial articles (the, an, a), if any. Ignore punctuation and case.

Article indexes

Find citations or full-text of journal articles or book chapters on your topic in an article index or subject-related database such as RILM or Music Index Online.

Nota bene: Once you have found a useful citation, then search Omni for the source journal or book title which contains the article you need: i.e the title of the whole book or the whole journal in which the article can be found.

Some databases will provide the full text of articles, or contain links to the full text if it is available via other databases in our collection.

If you can't find the article you need at Queen's either in print or electronically, you can request it from another library through Omni.

Music and Other Databases

Major Music Article Databases (see other music databases below Interdisciplinary and Crossdisiplinary Databases)

Access from off-campus to electronic databases or electronic journals provided for the Queen's community requires use of the web proxy

Music Index Online

Publication coverage: 1970 - present (with some backfile indexing from 1962-1969)

Indexes articles from over 700 international music periodicals, as well as book reviews and reviews of music recordings, tapes, and performances. Obituaries and first performances are noted. Access to historiographic, ethnographic and musicological data. Topics include past and present personalities, the history of music, forms and types of music, musical instruments from the earliest times to modern electronic instruments, plus computer produced music.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

Publication coverage: 1967 - present (updated monthly)
Access restricted to the Queen's community (4 user limit)

Comprehensive, international index to music literature, from Western and Eastern classical to pop, folk, and jazz.

Interdisciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete (multidisciplinary index to peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, monographs and reports. Approximately 50% of journal titles contain full-text articles)

America: History and Life (covers also Indigenous populations in Canada, U.S., Mexico)

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (covers Indigenous North American culture, history, and life)

Gender Studies Database (interdisciplinary topics related to gender studies, including music)

IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (areas include anthropology, art, cultural studies, gender studies, geography, race and ethnic studies, religious studies, sociology)

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance (selective articles with full-text)

JSTOR (electronic journal archive providing access to entire "backrun" of many core academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, business, and law, from v. 1 to within 2-5 years of current volume).

Oxford Reference Online - Music (Music collection component of Oxford Reference Online, a database of full-text e-book dictionaries, companions and Oxford reference works, 5-user limit)

Oxford Reference Online – Society and Culture (Society and Culture component of Oxford Reference Online, a database of full-text e-book dictionaries, companions and Oxford reference works, 5-user limit)

Sociology @ ProQuest (searches 3 sociology databases simultaneously, including Sociological Abstracts, IBSS and ProQuest Sociology)

Other Music Databases

Canadian Music Periodical Index

Citations to articles on music in Canada, dating from the late-19th century to the present day, from 500 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines.

Classical Scores Library

Find classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material. Publication coverage: 15th - 21st centuries.

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Canadian resource

Part of the Canadian Encyclopedia, offered free online by Historica Canada

Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Access restricted to the Queen's community (3 user limit)

Popular music of all genres and periods, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music as well as popular music trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Publication coverage: 1900 to present

Grove Music Online

Access restricted to the Queen's community (3 user limit)

Online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Updated articles are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen.

Naxos Music Library

Access restricted to the Queen's community (100 user limit)

Online listening access to more than 24,000 music recordings. NOTE: Check system requirements and settings.

Oxford Music Online

Access restricted to the Queen's community (3 user limit)

Online version of Grove Music Online (including The New Grove Dictionary of Opera), Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. Ongoing additions of new material and updates to texts.

Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries

Access restricted to the Queen's community (5 user limit)

Audio files for published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and more.

Evaluating Journal Articles

Journal articles are important as they contain the most-up-to-date research in a given field and often focus on a particular aspect of a topic.

Consult our guide Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals, to help evaluate and decide which journal articles will be useful for your essay.