Journals offer content that is typically more current than books or other reference material. They can be found in print or online.
Some music journals are still only available in print. Many databases will index these print journal articles. For example the database listed on this page, Music Index, indexes many of the libraries print and online journals. If you find an article that we have in print, they are located on Moody 3rd floor and are shelved alphabetically. Check out the map on the tab 'Plan and start.." on this guide to see where the music periodicals are shelved.
ONLINE
The best way to locate an article for your research is to go to one of the suggested databases on this page. The tricky part is that OneSearch (the library's catalog) also picks up some articles and databases will often contain more than just journal articles. So how do you know you've found a journal article?
There are filters in OneSearch and in the databases that help you chose 'Articles' or 'Scholarly articles/journals'. When you find a reference to or citation, look for the following:
Example from OneSearch
Example from Music Periodicals Database
Provides citations and abstracts for more than 475 periodicals in all areas of music, including articles, book reviews, recording reviews, first performances, and obituaries.
Provides article citations and abstracts for all types of music, drawn from more than 600 publications that include scholarly and popular periodicals, books, and reference works.
Provides online access to important scholarly journals and books in many different disciplines.
For journals, JSTOR mainly serves an archival function, it contains recent issues for some titles, but for most titles the available issues are two years old or more.
Provides indexing and brief annotations for historical music periodicals published between 1760 and 1966. The cited items include articles, reviews, illustrations, musical examples, advertisements, and press reviews.
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