“Google can bring you back
100,000 answers, a librarian can
bring you back the right one.”
Neil Gaiman
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A VERY simple overview
IIMP Music Index RILM
JSTOR
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Western Art Music
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World Music
Jazz
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Other factors
• Time-frame of music and time-frame of
writing
• Presence of abstracts and/or full text
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