Guide to Using Music Index Online

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Guide to Using Music Index Online

• Created by Rachel Crane, Music/Fine Arts
  Librarian
• Wichita State University
• 978-5078 rachel.crane_at_wichita.edu

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Music Index Online

• Indexes Music periodicals from 1974 to the
  present
• Covers over 800 international music-related
  journals
• Covers many different journals than RILM,
  although some overlap does occur
• Tends to cover popular music-related periodicals
  more so than RILM
• NEW Music Index now provides abstracts for
  recent entries

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Access Music Index through the library webpage by
clicking on the link to Electronic Databases
(Or click on the Resources by Subject link, or
select the Subject Guides tab, and choose
Music from the lists of guides by subject)
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Type Music Index in the search box, or click on
the letter M and see it listed as the last
item
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Click on the title link to enter the database.
Choose the to view a print guide to the
database.
Note For off-campus access you will need to
log-in with your myWSU ID and password.
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To search both Music Index and RILM
simultaneously, Select Choose Databases toward
the top of the screen. Click the check box for
the additional database and then click OK.
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For a listing of publications indexed, click on
the Publications link.
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From a new search screen, enter your term(s).
This example searches for items about circular
breathingAccept the default search and make no
selection in the field on the right or search a
specific field from the pull-down menu. (Note DO
NOT USE the Linked Full Text option.)
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You may also limit your search by the options at
the bottom of the screen (remembering NOT to use
the Linked Full Text button)
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This search for circular breathing resulted in
44 records.
Author, journal, date, volume, issue and page
numbers and extent are provided directly under
the title.
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Click on the WSU Full Text Finder link to see if
a full text copy of the article is available
online.
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In this example the full text is not available
online. (If full text is available online, links
will automatically be provided or the article
will appear directly. ) As seen below, the page
then provides recommended steps to assist in
locating a copy of the article. Next, try the
ISSN link to see if a print subscription is
available in Ablah Library. If not, you may
click on the Submit request link to send a
request to the Interlibrary Loan department, and
so on, down the page.
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Mouse over the icon will provide the full
citation with an abstract, when available.
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A search may be further limited by the several
options provided at the left of the screen. Again
DO NOT USE the Linked Full Text option. When
this option is checked it displays only those
articles that appear with a full text option
through the Music Index database. This excludes
all other articles that the library may offer
having full-text online through additional
subscriptions. For example, it will exclude
full-text articles found in JSTOR. If the Link
Full Text is selected to refine or limit the
search, no citations will be presented.
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When limited to the Subject Respiration, the
results include 23 records. Note the additional
subjects in each entry as possible narrower or
alternative paths for investigation
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If you have any questions or need further
information, please contact me by email

• rachel.crane_at_wichita.edu
• To return to the Music subject page
• Click here.