Scholarly Music Journals on the Web (free access)
- British Postgraduate MusicologyAn independent, peer-reviewed musicological journal run by postgraduates for postgraduates.
- Critical Studies in ImprovisationFocuses on improvisation, community, and social practice.
- ECHOAn interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal created and edited by graduate musicology students at UCLA.
- Journal of Music History PedagogyA bi-annual, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the publication of original articles and reviews related to teaching music history of all levels and disciplines.
- Journal of Seventeenth-Century MusicPublished by the Society for 17th-Century Music to provide a refereed forum for scholarly studies of the musical cultures of the 17th century
- Music Theory OnlineThe electronic journal of the Society for Music Theory
- Open Access MusicologyPeer-reviewed, scholarly essays addressing a range of histories, methods, voices, and sounds, OAM embraces changes and tensions in the field to help students understand music scholarship as the product of critical inquiry.
- Performance Practice ReviewA peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of Western musical performance practices in all historical periods.
- Popular Musicology OnlineA refereed academic journal with an international advisory panel.. An innovative voice in the development of critical approaches to the field, intended for all scholars of popular music.
- Radical MusicologyProduced by the International Centre for Music Studies at Newcastle University (UK) to provide a forum for progressive thinking across the whole field of musical studies.
- Voices: A World Forum for Music TherapyVoices seeks to nurture an inclusive international profile of music therapy.
Finding Articles
Use the indexes below to find articles on music topics. If the article that you want isn't available online, click "Locate It" to see if we have the journal in our print collection. If all else fails, you can request a copy via Interlibrary Loan by clicking the "submit a request" link or going to our ILL web page
- Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition. (ProQuest)
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics in the arts, humanities, social sciences and some math/science. Most journals have volumes/issues dating from the 19th century to within 3-5 years of present day. (ITHAKA)
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles on topics related to music - from traditional music to popular music to classical music. (EBSCO)
- RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals) This link opens in a new windowSearch for journal articles from primary source music periodicals dating from the Early Romantic to the Modern Period. Collectively this archive offers an almost daily chronicle of musical activities from 1760-1966. (EBSCO)
- Rock's Backpages This link opens in a new windowSearch for articles in an archive of rock and pop music journalism - from mainstream publications and niche magazines. (Rock's Backpages)
- Popular Music Studies DatabaseA searchable database of articles and books (no full text) based on a bibliography by Philip Tagg (University of Montreal), one of the most influential scholars of popular music studies.
- Media History Digital LibraryA free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.
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