You can find music and worship research in these library search engines and databases:
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
JSTOR is an interdisciplinary archive of over one thousand leading academic journals from the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. It is full-text searchable and includes images. There are embargos of between 3-5 years for most journal titles. Journals are always included from volume 1, issue 1.
Provides an index and some linked full-text for a wide range of music literature, including magazines, journals, and other periodicals. Good database for trade journals, less scholarly content than RILM database.
Online coverage spans from 1976 to the present and contains surveyed data from 775 international music periodicals from over 40 countries, with English translations from 22 languages. Some backfile data from the period 1962-1975 is also included.
Topics concerned with every aspect of the classical and popular world of music are thoroughly categorized and organized according to the framework of an internal Subject List, which includes both Subject and Geographic headings. Covering all styles and genres of music, The Music Index cites book reviews, obituaries, news periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. The thoroughness of indexing and subject heading research, along with comprehensive coverage of the music field, makes The Music Index an invaluable resource for both the novice scholar and the experienced academician.
Contains research on different types of music from classical, popular, traditional, and jazz. Also covers related musical topics such as ethnomusicology, music therapy, music education, and music theory. Covers the early 1800s through the present.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is an international bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines. RILM provides a broad, international coverage and concise abstracts. All scholarly works are indexed (articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, films and videos, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, reviews, etc.). Concert reviews, recording notes, pedagogical manuals, etc. are indexed if they are of scholarly interest.
Areas of coverage encompass historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, librarianship, performance practice and notation, theory and analysis, pedagogy, liturgy, dance, criticism, music therapy, and interdisciplinary studies on music and various other fields, including literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, acoustics, aesthetics, anthropology, sociology, linguistics and semiotics, mathematics, philosophy, physiology, psychology, and physics.
Contains articles, reviews, and essays in all fields of religion, theology, and philosophy.
The ATLA Religion Database is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion, including Bible, archaeology, and antiquities; human culture and society; church history, missions, and ecumenism; pastoral ministry; world religions and religious studies; and theology, philosophy, and ethics. The ATLA Religion Database includes a full range of index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews.
Provides articles from major religion and theology journals.
ATLASerials offers full text for over 211,000 electronic articles and book reviews, from more than 100 journals selected by leading religion scholars in the United States.
Browse the databases Naxos Music and Naxos Music Jazz for music recordings and additional information, such as artist or composer, for your written response essays.
Contains over 500,000 music tracks that can be listened to online. Information about composers, CD cover art, and liner notes are available. Search options allow you to locate music by genre, composers, country, work title, year, instrument, music category, or name of artist.
NAXOS is the world's leading producer of classical music. The NAXOS Music Library consists of over 500,000 music tracks that can be listened to in CD quality online. Information about composers, CD cover art, and liner notes are also available. Standard and Advance search options allow you to locate music by genre, composers, country, work title, period, year of composition, instrument, music category, or name of artist.
Contains comprehensive collection of jazz music with over 20,000 tracks, including international jazz. Information about composers, CD cover art, and liner notes are available. Search options allow you to locate music by genre, composers, country, work title, year, instrument, music category, or name of artist.
Naxos Music Library Jazz offers close to 20,000 tracks of jazz from over 1,900 albums. Over 500 jazz artists are represented. Naxos Music Library Jazz comprises Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. Naxos Jazz, along with Prophone and Proprius, brings you the world of international Jazz, covering Sweden and Scandinavian jazz artist. US-based Fantasy has the world's deepest jazz catalogue and offers the very best in blues and R&B. New jazz releases are continually added to ensure that the music library is always up-to-date. Faculty can also create playlists for educational use.
Explore the database Met Opera on Demand for recordings of opera performances, as well as information about opera's plot synopsis, performance date, cast, orchestra, and more!
A streaming platform featuring performances of the Met (New York Metropolitan Opera). Includes cinematic Live in HD performances, classic telecast performances from the 1970s-2000s, and audio-only radio broadcasts dating back to the 1930s.
Cedarville's library also has online encyclopedias for background research and information on music-related topics:
Online music encyclopedia offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, instruments, and music scholarship. Contains The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Updated frequently, Grove Music Online is an essential tool for anyone interested in researching, teaching, or just learning more about music. Written and edited by more than 9,000 subject experts, Grove’s 57,000 articles offer clear overviews of topics from a scholarly perspective and include extensive bibliographies, which are curated to guide users through existing scholarship. Grove’s 40,000 biographical articles provide life information and detailed works lists for composers, performers, and other important musical figures. Grove Music Online also features more than 6,000 images, musical examples, and links to audio and video examples. It is the perfect starting point for scholarly research, but with a clear and engaging writing style, Grove is easily accessible to amateur music-lovers as well.
As well as some music encyclopedias in print in the library:
Shakespeare's plays are in the public domain, so it's very easy to find full text access! Use any of the options below: