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Music research databases: Periodical literature

Periodical literature

Indexes several thousand journal titles, many linking to full text via our subscription services such as JSTOR and Google Scholar. Select "full text" for direct access to pdfs provided by RILM for 290 journal titles.  See the RILM site for more details, including lists of included titles.

"RIPM publications offer access online for the first time to extensive collections of rare, primary source music periodicals dating from the Early Romantic to the Modern Period. Collectively this unique archive offers both an almost daily chronicle of musical activities extending over a period of more than 200 years ()."  Read more and view the list of titles indexed.

The first release of RIPM Jazz Periodicals contains 105 jazz journals, covering the period from 1914 to 2006.