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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (RILM_Music_Abstracts)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Why select this database?
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, New York, contains records in over 294 languages; entries include original-language titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, and abstracts in English, as well as author, journal, and in-depth subject indexes.
- The majority of citations include abstracts.
- Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, ethnographic recordings, Festschriften, films, iconographies, and videos are all covered by RILM.
- Concert reviews, recording notes, and pedagogical manuals are indexed if they are of scholarly interest.
- Over 30,000 new records are added to the database each year.
| Database details |
| Subjects |
Music and various other fields as they relate to music including:
| acoustics |
liturgy |
| aesthetics |
mathematics |
| anthropology |
music therapy |
| criticism |
pedagogy |
| dance |
performance practice and notation |
| dramatic arts |
philosophy |
| ethnomusicology |
physics |
| historical musicology |
physiology |
| instruments and voice |
psychology |
| librarianship |
sociology |
| linguistics and semiotics |
theory and analysis |
| literature |
visual arts | |
| Sources |
10,442 journals
Please visit: http://www.rilm.org/6200.html for the current title list.
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| Number of records |
Over 519,000 |
| Dates covered |
1967 to present |
| Updated |
Monthly |
| Producer information |
RILM International Center
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
New York NY 10016
USA
Phone:+1-212-817-1990
Fax: +1-212-817-1569
Web:
http://www.rilm.org
E-mail:
rilm@gc.cuny.edu
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| Copyright |
Copyright ©
2008
, RILM Abstracts. All Rights Reserved. |
Index labels and examples of
an expert search in RILM Abstracts of Music LiteratureUse a colon after an index label (for example, au:)
when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign
after an index label (au=) for
an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any
search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu
selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual
searches.
| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
folksong+
[the keyword index searches the Abstract, Source Phrase, Subject, Title, and Cross
Reference indexes] |
| Abstract |
ab: |
accordion |
| Abstract present |
pr: |
yes |
| Accession number |
no: |
97-13174-dm |
| Access method |
am: |
music
[omit http:// and @, use spaces instead of periods or slashes] |
| Author |
au: |
o'hara
ohara |
| Author phrase |
au= |
ohala john
[last name first] |
| AV source |
av: |
video |
| Citation |
ci: |
suzuki
[use to search all citation data] |
| Classification |
cd: |
dance and asia |
| Classification phrase |
cd= |
ethnimusicology - the discipline |
| Conference name |
cn: |
montreal |
| Contents of work |
cw: |
92-00276
[use to search for individual articles or essays in a Main work] |
| Cross reference |
xr: |
technology |
| Descriptor |
de: |
rhythm |
| Descriptor phrase |
de= |
rhythm and meter |
| Dissertation |
di: |
yale |
| Document type |
dt: |
books
[use to refine other search terms;
browse index for available document types] |
| Document type phrase |
dt= |
doctoral dissertation
[use to refine other search terms;
browse index for available document types] |
| Issue |
is: |
29 |
| Language phrase |
ln= |
english
[also includes summary languages, notes languages, etc.] |
| Main work |
mw: |
92-06780
[found in some collected works records, search to find main work] |
| Publisher |
pb: |
macmillan |
| Publisher location |
pl: |
milwaukee |
| Reviewed work |
rw: |
90-00222
[found in review records, search to find original record] |
| Reviews of item |
ri: |
90-00257
[original works RILM number searched to find review] |
| Series |
se: |
gesellschaft |
| Series phrase |
se= |
babel poche |
| Short entry |
dt: |
essays |
| Source |
so: |
schirmer |
| Source phrase |
so= |
wagner news |
| Special feature |
sf: |
charts |
| Sponsor |
sp: |
smithsonian |
| Standard number |
sn: |
0351-5796
[use hyphens for ISSNs, omit hyphens for ISBNs;
pre-1989 data is indexed with and without hyphens] |
| Subject |
su: |
chamber-vocal |
| Subject all phrase |
sa= |
opera haydn j fedelta premiata |
| Subject author crossref |
ss: |
kabibble |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
bach adaptations |
| Title |
ti: |
harp* |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
television theme songs a content analysis |
| Volume |
vo: |
4 |
| Year |
yr: |
1999
1999-2001 |
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