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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

Revised 3/25/2004

Database Name: RILM_Music_Abstracts
Short Database Name: RILM
Available On: FirstSearch Production Server and Test Server

Why select this database?

  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, published by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, New York, 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.
  • The majority of citations include abstracts.
  • Over 500 scholarly journals are represented.
  • 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 20,000 new records are added to the database each year.
Subjects included
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

Coverage/update frequency

Covers 1967 to the present.
Updated monthly.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for RILM_Music_Abstracts and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Field Name MARC field(s)
Date 008
RILM No. 069/a
Author 100/a
Record Group 110/a
Title 245/a
Eng Title 246/a
RILM Year 260/c
Auth Source 500/a
Short Entry 500/a
Spec Feature 500/a
Main Work: See RILM 500/a
Reviewed Wk: See RILM 500/a
Doc Type 500/a
Term 500/a
Ref Type 500/a
Suggestion 500/a
Reviewed Item Info 500/a
Abstract 520/a
(also URL in separate 520/a)
Language 546/a
Sponsor 590/a
Subject 650/a,b,c
Class 651/a,b,c
Meeting 711/a
811/a
Source* 773/d,g,t,x,y,z
Library Holdings 948
Detailed holdings information is available in FirstSearch Z39.50 Configuration Guide - Element Set Names.

*Note: Records can have more then one 773 Source information.

Indexes

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

  1. For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
  2. Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
  3. Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.

FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:

FirstSearch Index Label Use Value Structure Restrictor
Keyword (kw) Any
Body of Text
Server-choice 		5110
1010
1017 		word
word
word 		 
Keyword All Any 1016 word  
Abstract (ab) Abstract 62 word  
Access Method Nonstandard 5856 word  
Author (au) Personal Name
Name
Author 		1
1002
1003 		word, phrase, 101
word, phrase, 101
word, phrase, 101 		 
AV Source (av) Nonstandard 2005 word  
Citation (ci) Record Source 1019 word  
Classification (cd) Local Classification 20 word, phrase  
Conference Name (cn) Conference Name 3 word  
Contents of Work (cw) Nonstandard 2000 word  
Cross Reference (xr) Nonstandard 2009 word  
Descriptor (de) Server-choice 5650 word, phrase  
Dissertation (di) Nonstandard 2006 word
Document Type (dt) Record Type 1001 word, phrase yes
Issue (is) Nonstandard 5004 word
Language (ln) Code--language 54 phrase yes
Main Work (mw) Nonstandard 2001 word
Publication Place (pl) Place Publication 59 word
Publisher (pb) Publisher 1018 word  
Reviewed Item (ri) Nonstandard 2002 word  
Reviewed Work (rw) Nonstandard 2003 word  
RILM Number (no) Local Number 12 word  
Series (se) Title Series 5 word  
Short entry (en) Nonstandard 2007 word  
Source (so) Title Running 39 word, phrase  
Special Features (sf) Nonstandard 5010 word  
Sponsor (sp) Nonstandard 2004 word  
Standard Number (sn) Identifier--standard 1007 word  
Sub Auth Ref (ss) Nonstandard 2008 word  
Subject (su) Subject Heading 21 word, phrase  
Subject All Phrase (sa=) OCLC Defined 5090 1  
Title (ti) Title 4 word, phrase  
Volume (vo) Nonstandard 5013 word  
Year (yr) Date-publication 31 date 4, range 5  

Restrictors

The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search.   They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results:

Restrictor Limit Type Restrictor Terms
Document Type All
Books
Articles
Commentary
Media
Dissertations
Reviews		 --
bks
art
comm
med
diss
rev
Language All
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish 		--
english
french
german
italian
polish
russian
spanish

General punctuation rules

(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):

Punctuation Rule Punctuation Rule
" Delete and collapse $ Delete and collapse
' (apostrophe) Delete and collapse % Delete and collapse
. Delete and collapse * Delete and collapse
, (comma) Delete and collapse + Delete and collapse
; Delete and collapse > Delete and collapse
: Delete and collapse < Delete and collapse
() Delete and collapse @ Delete and collapse
<> Delete and collapse ? Delete and collapse
{} Delete and collapse -- Delete and collapse
[] Delete and collapse / Substitute a space
= Delete and collapse - Retain and index
! Delete and collapse & Retain and index
# Delete and collapse

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