About: Databases
A database is a collection of abstracts, indexes, full text documents (ebooks, articles, statistics, conference papers), or digital media (images, video, audio, maps). Content is created and managed by publishers and / or indexing services, and searching is hosted by their own licensed platform or database vendors like Ebsco and ProQuest.
While some databases are broad and multi-disciplinary in scope, most specialize in a given subject area. Click the Databases tab on the Library homepage and choose from the "Select a Subject" list for a shortlist of recommended databases, or use the A-Z listing if you have a specific database in mind.
Discover is an option that allows you to search across all physical / electronic library materials and most databases all at once.
Music-Related Databases at McDermott Library
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full TextRILM features the content of over 45 countries published from the early 20th century to the present on a variety of topics in music studies: musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, performance, and more. Users may also access indexing and abstracting of content (journals, books, dissertations, and more) spanning back to the 19th century and available in over 140 languages.
- Performing Arts POWERSEARCH This link opens in a new window
This searches the following databases simultaneously: Art & Architecture Complete, Art Index Retrospective, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Humanities Full Text and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text
- Grove Music OnlineGrove Music Online is an online encyclopedia offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. Through GMO, researchers can gain clear overviews of topics from a scholarly perspective and access extensive bibliographies leading to additional scholarship.
- Naxos Music Library OnlineNaxos offers thousands of tracks of jazz, film music, world music, and classic and contemporary rock, with customizable playlists supported. Recordings are searchable by genre, label, instrument, composer, or performer.
- Performing Arts Periodicals DatabaseThis database provides indexing of performing arts journals (many in full text) on subjects including film, television, theater, ballet, opera, musical theater, puppetry, mime, rodeos, circuses, etc.
- Kanopy
Note on Kanopy Access
If a required film for a course is unavailable in Kanopy, please reach out to your course instructor to request access. While the McDermott library will make reasonable efforts to acquire materials required for coursework, the library may not honor all requests due to budgetary reasons. Many of the films may also be available on course reserves as a physical DVD.
The library has a large selection of physical DVDs. If you have questions on obtaining a film, please feel free to contact one of the reference librarians who can assist. Films that we do not have can also often be requested through Interlibrary Loan.
In addition, Students, Faculty, and Staff also have access to streaming films on a wide variety of topics from PBS, Film Platform, and Docuseek. We encourage viewing films on these platforms.
Faculty members may request Kanopy titles for classroom use by email libresv@utdallas.edu or Davin.Pate@utdallas.edu. Physical copies of DVD can be put on Media Course Reserve. The library may request faculty to place the physical copy of a film on course reserves if the class is taught in an in-person setting.
This streaming video service includes documentaries, independent and foreign films, classics, and instructional films. It supports keyword searching as well as browsing by categories like Arts, Business, Education, Foreign Films, Global Studies & Languages, Health, Media & Communications, Movies and TV, Science, and Social Studies.
Hear It and See It: The Naxos Music Library and the Naxos Video Library
The Naxos Music Library provides access to over 85,000 albums. Create your own playlists from over one million tracks of classical, jazz, folk, and rock music, or watch streaming video performances of operas, ballets, live concerts, and dance performances on the Naxos Video Library.
Find links to the Naxos databases in the list above.
Photo of Louis Armstrong (1953) retrieved from Wikimedia
Can't find it? Contact ILL!
Books and articles not found in UTD Library collections can be requested at no charge through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Delivery time: Books/Media: 5-10 business days; Article/Chapter PDF: 1-2 days.