But there will be times when, because of their different coverage and wider spread of dates covered, the others listed here may be of use too. You may also find it useful, from time to time, to consult abstracting and indexing services in related areas. The sources listed in History in the Library and English literature in the Library , for instance, may be helpful. There are more detailed Library guides to each of the indexes listed below, available both in hard copy in the Library and in the Library's pages on the Web, and the full range of electronic information services and the ways of accessing them can be found in the Library guide entitled Electronic information services, which is available similarly. British Humanities Index BHI plus provides access to the British humanities index .
Humanities is interpreted very broadly, and the coverage also includes the social sciences.
About 350 English language journals are indexed, mostly British and American, and it is the American component that is the most important for readers in the U.K., given that British coverage is broader in the British Humanities Index . There is no better single source for exploring the world of music from Western and Eastern classical to pop, folk, and jazz. Over 269,100 abstracts, written and edited by an international staff of music professionals, are drawn from articles, books, conference proceedings, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, festchriften, iconographics, critical commentries to complete works, ethnographic recordings and videos, reviews and more. Sponsered by the International Musicological Society, the International Association of Music Libraries, and the International Council on Traditional Music, RILM Abstracts documents the music scholarship of some 60 countries. It is for the musician, therefore, the starting point for finding information about music in writings which have been published in the last thirty-four years.