Honors 275- Don Dingledine

Course Specific Resources

Research databases - MUSIC

Music Index

Good database for music periodical literature on music history, reviews, musicians, and the music industry.

 

JSTOR

Provides full text access to a variety of journals focusing on music; this database will be useful for research related to broad music subjects as well as music history.

  

Humanities International Complete

Like JSTOR, Humanities International Complete is a good database for access to scholarly articles about a variety of music topics, as well as music history.

  

SocIndex with Full Text

Great database for understanding the societal impact of music on individuals and groups.

 

PsycInfo

Good database for researching psychological influences of music on individuals and groups.

 

Oxford Music Online

Great database for historical information and biographies of composers/performers in a variety of musical genres.

 

Oxford African American Studies Center

Great database for information on the music, people, and events which influence African American culture.

 

Websites

Billboard

Via Google Book search, this allows you to search through every issue of the popular music magazine Billboard, up through 12/17/2011.

Research databases for theater

 

MLA International Bibliography

  • Good database for scholarly literature about drama and theater.

 

JSTOR

  • Excellent database for scholarly literature about many theater productions, as well as drama and theater as art form.

Project Muse

  • Similar to JSTOR, has a variety of scholarly literature on theater/drama, but different journal coverage.

 

Humanities International Complete

  • Good database for researching general literature on drama and theater.

Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text

  • Contains academic literature on the film/television industry as well as criticism on works within the industry. 

 

Gale Literature Criticism Online

  • Similar to MLA International Bibliography, this is a good database for scholarly literature about drama and theater.