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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.

Number of records Over 519,000
Dates covered 1967 to present
Updated Monthly
Producer information

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Copyright

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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