MUS111: Historical Survey of Western Music

This guide supports the research objectives of MUS111

Journal Resources

Best Bets

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
Citation information and abstracts to research about music on various musical genres from around the world.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Interdisciplinary search engine of academic journals, books, and other materials across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Other Great Journal Databases

Canadian Music Periodical Index (CMPI) This link opens in a new window
The Canadian Music Periodical Index (CMPI) is an index of articles from Canadian music periodicals. You can use this resource to focus your searches, and then look for full texts of the articles at U of T.

The CMPI database includes over 37,000 entries on articles dating from the late-19th century to the present day. Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines are represented here, almost 200 of which are currently active and continue to be indexed. Since 1999, significant articles published in Canadian periodicals about international music and musicians have been added to the index.
Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Citation information, including abstracts, of key music journals and magazine articles, with additional full-text coverage for select titles.