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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, NY, contains records in over 200 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.
- Non-roman writing systems, such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, and Thai, are displayed and indexed for searching.
- Articles, books, commentaries, conference proceedings, dissertations, festschriften, reviews, internet resources, motion pictures, sound recordings and technical drawings of musical instruments are all covered.
- 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 |
10,000+ journals
Please visit: http://journals.rilm.org 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 ©
2009
, 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, Notes, Source Phrase, Subject and Title indexes] |
| Abstract |
ab: |
accordion |
| Abstract present |
ai: |
y |
| Access method |
am: |
net |
| Accession number |
no: |
2005-799 |
| Author |
au: |
o'hara
ohara |
| Author phrase |
au= |
ohala john
[last name first] |
| Classification |
cd: |
dance and asia |
| Classification phrase |
cd= |
music and related disciplines archaeology |
| Conference name |
cn: |
montreal |
| Conference name phrase |
cn= |
music and lifelong learning |
| Content |
rt: |
electronic |
| Content type phrase |
rt= |
review of performance |
| Cross reference |
xr: |
technology |
| Dissertation |
di: |
yale |
| Document type phrase |
dt= |
dissertation
[use to refine other search terms;
browse index for available document types] |
| First page |
pg: |
55 |
| Issue |
is: |
29 |
| Language phrase |
ln= |
english |
| Multimedia |
mm: |
cd |
| Notes |
nt: |
maps |
| Peer reviewed |
pr: |
reviewed |
| Publication date |
pd: |
march |
| Publisher |
pb: |
macmillan |
| Publisher location |
pl: |
milwaukee |
| Series |
se: |
gesellschaft |
| Series phrase |
se= |
babel poche |
| Source |
so: |
jazz |
| 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 |
| Subject |
su: |
chamber-vocal |
| Subject all phrase |
sa= |
piazza giovanni battista |
| Subject author crossref |
ss: |
kabibble |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
bach adaptations |
| Technical drawing |
tw: |
flute |
| Title |
ti: |
harp* |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
television theme songs a content analysis |
| Volume |
vo: |
4 |
| Year |
yr: |
1999
1999-2001 |
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