Conducting Research in Music at Yale University Library 

What is Scholarly Literature?

• it is almost always peer-reviewed (specialists have checked the validity and accuracy of the author's work)
• authors connect their work to the prior research of others

Starting Points for Literature on Music

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Recent articles in scholarly journals and books...

JSTOR
Core music scholarly journals (contains back issues)

International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
Recent articles in in music periodicals (journals, magazines, and some newspapers)

Oxford Music Online
Looking in Grove Music Online (or other encyclopedias) can be a great starting point to find authoritative articles about your topic. Consult the bibliography attached to the article that relates to your topic.

Need more help?

Orbis
Often times you will encouter references to articles that do not exist online. You may check Orbis to see if Yale owns the printed journal in which the article appears.

Music Index
Index of International scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Best source for popular music. No full-text.

RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1800-1950)
Indexes and provides detailed contents descriptions for 51 periodicals from 15 countries