Research Guides: Ethnomusicology: Articles

Journals and Databases for Finding Ethnomusicological Articles

Journals Focused on Research in Ethnomusicology

The UO Libraries Music Collection subscribes to the following journals related to ethnomusicology research:

British Journal of Ethnomusicology by International Council for Traditional Music
Call Number: ML3798.6 .B75 + online access
Publication Date: 1992-2003
Print Holdings: v. 11 (2002)-v. 12 (2003)
Online holdings: 1992-2003
Ethno-musicology by Society for Ethnomusicology
Call Number: ML1 .E77 + online access
Publication Date: 1953-present
Print holdings: v. 1 (1953)-v. 54 (2010)
Online holdings: 1953-
Ethnomusicology Forum by British Forum for Ethnomusicology
Call Number: ML3797 .6 .B75 + online access
Publication Date: 2004-present
Print holdings: v. 13 (2004)-v. 16 (2007)
Online holdings: 2004-
European Meetings in Ethnomusicology by Romanian Society for Ethnomusicology
Call Number: ML3797.6 .E37
Publication Date: 2001-present
Print holdings: v. 9 (2002)-v. 12 (2007)
Pacific review of ethnomusicology by UCLA Ethnomusicology Students Association
Call Number: ML1 .P10515 + online access
Publication Date: 1984-present
Print holdings: v. 8 (1996/97)-v. 10 (2002)
Online holdings: 1984-
Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology by Los Angeles Dept. of Ethnomusicology, UCLA
Call Number: ML3547.1 .S44
Publication Date: 1974-2005
Print holdings: v. 2 (1974)-v. 12 (2005)

Databases for Locating Research Articles in Ethnomusicology

To find articles and dissertations related to ethnomusicology in other scholarly and trade publications, try searching in some of the following databases. Some of these provide full-text access to articles, while others provide only citation information and abstracts (summaries); you can use InterLibrary Loan (ILL) to request copies of articles that UO does not have. See the "Articles" tab in the main Music Research Guide for additional database suggestions.

Music Index This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive guide to music periodicals and literature featuring digitized content from 1970 to present. This database contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts of articles about music, musicians, and the music industry for more than 475 periodicals, as well as book reviews, obituaries, news, and selective coverage for more than 230 periodicals. .
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1967-present) This link opens in a new window
Bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage of thousands of journals, books, dissertations, conference proceedings and Festscrhiften.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
Database of journal and non-journal literature covering all areas in the field of education.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Online archive of peer reviewed/scholarly journals in all disciplines.
Anthropology Plus This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles & other sources in the fields of anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore and more.

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