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Dissertations

ProQuest Dissertations & Thesis (PQDT)
The most comprehensive, international collection of dissertations and theses spanning from 1861 to the present day and offering full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997. Citations for dissertations and master's theses published 1980+ offer abstracts. Formerly known as Dissertation Abstracts.
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (DDM-Online)
International database of completed and in-progress musicology dissertations with abstracts
Music Theory Online (MTO) Dissertation Index
Maintained by the Society for Music Theory--includes all dissertation listings published in Music Theory Online.
Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music
Database of European music dissertations maintained by the Royal Holloway Department of Music, University of London.
Dissertations & Theses @ Princeton University
Citations and abstracts of only Princeton University dissertations. Princeton users may download for free the full text of dissertations published after 1996. This is a subset of ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.
Foreign Doctoral Dissertations Database (CRL)
The Center for Research Libraries has more than 750,000 uncataloged foreign doctoral dissertations, of which approximately 20,000 are included in this database. If you do not find the title you need, search the CRL catalog

Bibliographies

Oxford Bibliographies Music
Regularly updated, annotated bibliographies of key resources on composers, musical periods and styles, genres, stylistic movements, theory, instruments, regions, and popular and ethnic music, compiled by experts from a wide spectrum of music scholars.

Music Periodical Databases

Use these resources primarily to find print and online articles, reports, notices, reviews, and other writings on the music industry published in music journals, trade publications, and magazines.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, and music therapy. If related to music, works in other fields, such as literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and physics are included. 1967+
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Indexes music journals covering a broad scope of research from performance, theory and composition to music education, jazz and ethnomusicology. Provides selected full text coverage of the most important music journals, and both scholarly and popular publications.
Music Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Includes international music periodicals covering classical, popular and world of music. Comprehensively cites articles and news about music, musicians and the music industry as well as book and concert reviews and obituaries. 1970+
Print volumes covering 1949-1972 are available in Mendel Music Library: Reference (SV) ML 118 M84.

Book & Music Reviews

See also the Journals, Magazines & Newspapers on Music Guide for citation and full-text databases that include performance and recording reviews.

Gramophone Archive
Searchable database containing every issue of Gramophone ("the world's authority on classical music") from April 1923 to the latest issue. Free registration required for access.