Research Guides: Music Education: Articles

Journals and Databases for Finding Music Education Articles

Journals focused on Music Education Research

The UO Libraries Music Collection subscribes to the following print and online journals related to music education research:

British Journal of Music Education by Cambridge University Press
Call Number: Print: ML5 .B73 Audio Cassette1437M Compact Disc: CX5679
Publication Date: 1984-present
International Journal of Music Education by International Society for Music Education
Call Number: ML5 .I525
Publication Date: 1983-present
Jazz Education Journal. by International Association for Jazz Education.
Call Number: ML1 .N124
Publication Date: vol. 34 (2001) - vol. 40 (2007)
Earlier Title: Jazz Educators Journal
Journal of Historical Research in Music Education by School of Music, Arizona State University
Call Number: ML1 .B8
Publication Date: 1999-present
Journal of Music Teacher Education by Music Educators National Conference
Call Number: MT1 .J69
Publication Date: 1991-present
Journal of Research in Music Education by Music Educators National Conference
Call Number: ML1 .J6 + online
Publication Date: 1953-present
Vols. 1-58 (1953-2011) available in print in the Music Collection. All volumes available online.
Music Education Research
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 1999-present
Most recent 18 months of articles not available online.
Music Educators Journal by Music Educators' National Conference
Call Number: ML1 .M25 + online
Publication Date: 1934-present
Vol. 21 (1934) through present issue available online and in print in the Music Collection.
Oregon Music Educator by Oregon Music Educators' Association
Call Number: ML27.U5 O8
Publication Date: 1954-present

Databases for Finding Music Education Articles

To find articles and dissertations related to music education 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
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)
Bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage of thousands of journals, books, dissertations, conference proceedings and Festscrhiften.
ERIC
Database of journal and non-journal literature covering all areas in the field of education.
Education Abstracts
Indexing and abstacts of English language journals on education topics.
Education Database
Covers the literature on primary, secondary and higher education as well as special education, home schooling and adult education.
JSTOR
Online archive of peer reviewed/scholarly journals in all disciplines.

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