About Music Periodicals Database (Formerly known as---International Index to Music Periodicals Full-Text (IIMPFT))
Description: The database currently includes over 1.3 million article records, the majority of which are journal articles from 1996 onward. Around 200,000 index records in the database are from the backfile (up to 1995) and much of this coverage commences at the first issue of the journal run, some starting as early as 1874. Music Periodicals Database covers a comprehensive range of subject areas in both scholarly and popular music journals ranging from International Journal of Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Education Journal and Musical Times to Rock and Rap Confidential and Rolling Stone. Articles examine the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition. You can find articles on a diverse array of musical genres, from the liturgical chants of medieval monks to the eclectic sounds of contemporary alternative rock musicians.

Dates of Coverage: varies. For most titles, coverage begins in the late 1990's.

Truncation Symbol: *

Concurrent Users: unlimited

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