The RILM database contains more than 200,000 citations to music literature. An international bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines in 202 languages, RILM Abstracts includes original-language titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, abstracts in English, and author, title, journal, and subject indexes. This online resource provides indexing for over 640 periodicals from 1979-1998. A broad range of subjects are indexed, covering musicological or organological topics, plus book reviews, record reviews, first performances, and obituaries. This resource is valuable for its coverage of international music journals.
Every article is indexed and it includes many music journals.
Humanities Abstracts Contains citations to articles and book reviews in approximately 350 general interest periodicals and periodicals in the humanities. While this is not specifically a music database, its multi-disciplinary contents make it a useful resource for general music research. It is a particularly good source for reviews and contains many full-text articles. This database contains abstracts of many music-related articles, reviews and dissertations concerning American history. Coverage from 1982-1997.