LibGuides: Musical Theatre: Articles/Databases

Key Journals

Find articles on your topic by searching in these databases

There are many potentially helpful journal databases; here are a few of the best for music theatre. These can be accessed either from the links provided here, or from the A-Z Databases list linked from the Library Homepage.

JSTOR
JSTOR is an archive of articles on many topics in the arts and sciences, including music. It contains full text material from 65 music journals, plus two theatre journals. It is important to remember that JSTOR is an archive of journals: it does not include the most recent issues of any journal, so if you want access to these you should consult the Journals List from the library homepage to determine which source has the most recent issues.
Music Periodicals Database
Provides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals, plus full text for 140+ journals. Covers the full pectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.
Performing Arts Periodicals Database
Covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art and more.
Project Muse
Index to full-text collection of journals in literary theory, classics, history and cultural studies, philosophy, film, theatre and performing arts.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM indexes scholarly writings on music and related disciplines, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, music therapy, music librarianship, the physics of music, and other fields as they relate to music.
WorldCat@USD
Search thousands of libraries worldwide in this bibliographic utility. Can't find a score, book, sound recording, or DVD? Look here and find out which libraries have the item, or request an interlibrary loan from right within the database!

Where's the full-text?

If you want to find a specific journal, search the Journals List in OneSearch by journal title.

You can also search for journal articles by entering as much information from the citation you have into OneSearch. Older citations may be available hard copy in the library, if not available electronically.

If the journal title is not found in one of the above, you may order a copy of the article via Interlibrary Loan.

**(How do I sign up for Interlibrary Loan?)

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Why do some journals show coverage to "1 year ago"?
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It is a fairly common practice for scholarly journal publishers to place an "embargo" -- a restriction on access to the full-text of their journal covering a specific time period - on subscriptions to that journal that come through academic database publishers like EBSCOHost. Generally, such an embargo means that while the databases that index the journal will provide abstracts and citation information, the full-text of the article will not be available to Library users during the embargo period.

Embargos usually range from 6 months to 18 months, with 1 year being the most common duration. Note that even if a journal is embargoed, current articles may be obtained via Interlibrary Loan.