The databases below will be the most useful in assisting with world music research. You may also browse Music Journals by subject area.
Academic Search Complete
Broad interdisciplinary database
Ethnographic Video Online
Database offering streaming video of different anthropological topics including music, culture, and the arts.
Grove Music Online
The most comprehensive reference for all aspects of music. Over 29,000 articles on music, musical instruments and musicians from the past and present. This is a good starting point for all music research.
Humanities International Complete
Broad interdisciplinary database
JSTOR
Peer reviewed articles from a broad range of disciplines in the Humanities, Social Science & Field Sciences
Music Index Online
Contains surveyed data from more than 725 international music periodicals from over 40 countries in 23 languages. Along with RILM, it is a go-to database for music research.
Project MUSE
Interdisciplinary database for Humanities and Arts
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
An international bibliography of scholarly writings on music as well as music-related disciplines. Dating from 1967 through the present, this database offers indexing of sources published in over 140 languages.
