The databases included in this subject specific listing are helpful for finding information on music topics. Also listed are several audio and sheet music resources and, towards the bottom of the page, Newspaper databases are included to help with finding information on current events and public opinion.

Articles | Audio | Sheet Music | News

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature Citations and abstracts to periodicals in music history & literature, ethnomusicology and education, 1967 - .

Music Index Comprehensive subject-author guide to music periodical literature on every aspect of the classical and popular world of music, from 1976 -. Some backfile data from the period 1962-1975 is also included.

Oxford/Grove Music Online Access to the full text of the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music, as well as New Grove titles including: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 50,000 signed articles and 28,000 biographies.

JSTOR Full-text. Complete digitized back-runs of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences. Note: This is not a current issues database.

Academic Search Premier Includes some full-text. Multidisciplinary topics, 1975 - .

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Naxos Music Library Online music audio resource. Mainly classical music, but includes some contemproary jazz, world/folk, new age, and Chinese music.

Naxos Music Library: Jazz Online music audio resource. An extensive catalogue of jazz recordings.

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Naxos Music Library Sheet Music Over 45,000 sheet music titles, "spanning music from Medieval to the 21st Century and composers from Bach to Arvo Part." Solero editions can be transposed into any key or clef. Requires downloading the Solero Viewer (free).

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America's Newspapers Full-text of over 700 local, regional, and national newspapers. Includes Decatur's Herald and Review, Springfield's State Journal Register, plus many more. Years of coverage varies by title.

Access World News Full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700

News(Lexis-Nexis): Search the full text of today's news or search back more than 20 years. Covers regional, national and international news, including newspapers, TV transcripts, and wire services. Select "News" from the left side of the Lexis-Nexis screen, then follow the four steps on the page to select your source and dates to search. To access Campus News choose "University News" from the News Category list, then choose to search either the Chronicle of Higher Education or the University Wire (including Millikin's Decaturian).