Music Education Research
For first-time users, this website is designed as a guide to the main sources of information for your study and research. You are advised to use SuperSearch as the comprehensive research gateway to resources and the sub-category Music Education is recommended. More about SuperSearch, from Researching Music tutorial, Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne.
Search the databases to find journal articles, books and other publications
of interest. Within the results lists, the 'Source it' icon
will link to the articles online if they are available. When 'Source it'
fails, you can use the Find e-journal search, or use the Music Journals List A-Z. If we do not hold the items you need, eligible patrons may request them through our Interlibrary
Loans service.
If you have a question about locating the information you need, contact us for expert assistance.
| Music Databases | Education Databases | Popular Databases |
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| Oxford Music Online - Encyclopedia Combined fulltext access to
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A+ Education (Informit) 
"Indexed from 700+ journals in AEI (Australian Education Index) with approximately 33% available in fulltext. Covers all levels of education, from early childhood to tertiary and adult learning. |
Google
Scholar - Learn Google 201 Google Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies and pre-print archives. Set Scholar Preferences to display |
JSTOR, 1800-  Index and fulltext to 33 Music titles plus over 1434 core research journals in many subject areas, from the first issue to the most recent years (as required by the publisher). Tutorials Guide |
AEI : Australian Education Index Index and abstracts to printed and electronic sources at all levels of education and related fields. |
Google Advanced Book Search - Using Google Book Search Search the full text of books to discover those that are most useful to you. From your results, you'll be able to see everything from a few short excerpts to the entire book. Alternatively, for each book, - use the Borrow this book "Find this book in a library" link. |
| Music Index Online 1974- (EBSCO) Index to 800 international music periodicals with selective fulltext. Guide |
Education: A SAGE Full-Text Collection (CSA) Access to over 700 education journals on a variety of education topics. |
APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs. Full text articles: 1995- ; Index: 1978- Covers current affairs, economics, humanities, law, literature, politics and social sciences and is produced by the National Library of Australia. |
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, 1967- (CSA) A unique index to music books, articles, essays, reviews, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, etc. Coverage is broad, extending well beyond the primary journals. Guide |
Education Complete (Proquest) An index with full-text to multiple databases. For full text articles only, check 'Full text documents only' box. For refereed journals only, check 'Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed' box. Guide |
British Humanities Index, 1962- Index with abstracts to over 320 international humanities journals and weekly magazines including quality newspapers published in the UK and the United States. |
| Music
Education Resource Base "MERB/CMI is a bibliographic database of more than 31,000 resources in music and music education from 38 Canadian and International journals and other sources covering the period 1956 through the present. The journals are fully indexed by title, author, and subject." Includes Subject, People, Places and Ensemble lists, as well as a online search tips. |
Education Research Complete (EBSCO) - Fulltext A bibliographic and full text database covering scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Online resource to a large collection of full text education journals. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, areas of curriculum instruction and related social issues. |
Current Contents Connect A multi-disciplinary index and access to the tables of contents from current issues of many scholarly research journals and books. |
| MESS :
Music Education Search System - Music Journal Search An index of more than 130,000 articles from 12 journal titles. |
Educational Research Abstracts Online Indexes over 700 education journals. Click on the link ERA Online - Login. Password is NOT required. |
Emerald Fulltext (Emerald) A multi-disciplinary database with full text. E-journals: fulltext articles from your desktop. |
| MIML: Musical
Instruction and Musical Learning, 1450-1650 A search engine and links to the introduction (About), the bibliographic overview (Overview), and the various options for navigating the roughly 250 citations. To browse the entire bibliography, click on "all citations"; for access by category, click on "search options." One can also search by author, by keyword, or by partial title (or even partial word) using the search box provided near the bottom of each page. |
ERIC (CSA),1966- Index with fulltext to journal articles from over 750 professional journals plus conferences, theses, bibliographies, and books. Guide ERIC - Free Access |
Expanded
Academic ASAP 1980- A multi-disciplinary database with full text access to scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers, including the New York Times. Guide |
| RIPM Online (Répertoire International de la Presse Musicale) A retrospective index to international music periodicals of the 1800s and 1900-1950. Guide |
ingentaconnect.com (Ingenta) A multidisciplinary index and access to more than 5,000 electronic publications from over 190 publishers. E-journals: fulltext articles from your desktop |
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| Psychology Databases | Popular Databases, cont. | |
| Wiley InterScience - Fulltext Previously Blackwell Synergy Provides an index and access to the fulltext of the journals from Blackwell Publishing and has much useful material for music therapy and multidisciplinary research topics. Guide |
Project Muse A multi-disciplinary database of the fulltext electronic journals from America's Johns Hopkins University Press covering humanities and social sciences. |
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| PsycArticles (CSA),
1985- Index with fulltext to US, Canadian, and European journals in general and specialized psychology. Quick Reference Guide Guide
PsycBOOKS (CSA) |
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| ScienceDirect An international, multidisciplinary full-text journal service (Elsevier) with index. Numerous psychology journals are included E-journals: Fulltext Articles from your Desktop |
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| SpringerLink (Metapress) Index with some fulltext to Springer Publishing journals including psychology and neuroscience titles. E-journals: Fulltext Articles from your Desktop |
links to University of Melbourne holdings and subscriptions.