MUTH 541: Music from 1600 to 1800

Scholarly Journal Articles
Books, Scores, & Recordings 
Article Search Tips
Music Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Citing Your Sources with Irvine's
Plagiarism Tutorial  





Goblet of J. S. Bach (Eisenach)

Use these databases to find scholarly articles on your subject:

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is a comprehensive index to publications on music from all over the world. Journal articles, book chapters, catalogues, dissertations, and other publications with an emphasis on music history, theory and analysis, and repertoire studies are included. Coverage is from the 1830s to the present.

Music Index (online)
Index to music periodicals, popular & scholarly. 1972 to the present.

Music Index (in print) MUSREF ML118 .M84
Index to music periodicals. This is the only music index covering articles printed between 1949 to 1978.

JSTOR
Scholarly articles in all disciplines. When searching, select "music" subset of journals -- you'll get lots of results, so choose keywords wisely.

1. RILM, Music Index Online, and RIPM can be searched together at one time. Here's how.
2. Text not online? Look for the Article Linker arrow to double-check.  
3. Limit to scholarly journal articles before you search. Here's how.
4. Stop by the Music Center for help with any of this!

Class Sakai Site

 Source Readings in Music History

• Vol. 4: The Baroque Era
• Vol. 5: The Eighteenth Century

Dictionaries

• Oxford Dictionary of Music
  Dictionary for musical subjects of all kinds. Part of Oxford Music Online.
• Oxford Companion to Music
  Short, detailed articles on all aspects of music, with a focus on the Western classical tradition. 

Encyclopedias

• Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians MUSREF ML105 .B16 2001
  Find dates and biographical information for over 15,000 musicians, past and present. Includes performers, composers, historians, critics, etc.

Help guides for Irvine's Writing about Music

• Endnotes/Footnotes
  Guide to in-text citations

• Bibliography
  Guide to bibliography citations

Irvine's is available in the Music Reference section at the IC Library

• MUSREF ML 3797.I79 1999

Plagiarism Tutorial: Test your understanding of plagiarism.