Music Indexes Available Online

International Index to Music Periodicals

Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1996-. IIMP draws its current content from more than 300 international music periodicals from over 20 countries, and also indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in The New York Times and The Washington Post. IIMP covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to popular music. Every IIMP record in the current file (1996 forward) contains an abstract. There is selective coverage of music periodicals before 1996.

RILM - Répertoire international de littérature musicale (International Inventory of Music Literature: RILM Abstracts of Music Literature)

New York: International RILM Center, 1967-1993 (in print), 1969- (online). Index Ref ML1.I83 RILM provides citations and abstracts for books and articles about music. The coverage is international and emphasizes scholarly literature. Although there is some overlap with Music Index and the International Index of Music Periodicals, the duplication between them is not great. The sources complement one another. More information can be found on the RILM web page. This link can be used to search RILM and RIPMat the same time.

RIPM - Répertoire international de la presse musicale

Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1988- . Oversize ML128.P24 R4 RIPM is an ongoing series of indexes to nineteenth-century music periodicals. More information can be found on the RIPM web page. This link can be used to search RILM and RIPMat the same time.

RILM and RIPM

Simultaneously search both RILM and RIPM databases.
Répertoire international de littérature musicale indexes and abstracts music journals and books, 1969 to the present. Printed volumes cover 1967-1993. Index Ref ML1.I83
Répertoire international de la presse musicale. Index to 19th-century music periodicals and journals. The printed volumes published from 1988-2001 are shelved under call number Oversize ML128 .P24 R4.

Canadian Music Periodical Index

CMPI is an index of articles from Canadian music periodicals. CMPI is a free service provided by the National Library of Canada. Texts of articles are not available from this site, but can be obtained through interlibrary loan at your local library.

The CMPI database includes nearly 30 000 entries on articles dating from the late-19th century to the present day. 500 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines are represented here, almost 200 of which are currently active and continue to be indexed

JSTOR

full-text archive of over 125 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years.

RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600

An inventory of music mainly printed between 1600-1850