RILM: full name parent company years of coverage number of journals indexed number of citations retrospective indexing |
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Repertoire international de litterature musicale EBSCO began 1967-present 1830 core journals 13,267 altogether 898,029 records conference reports since 1835 Festschriften since 1840 |
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Music Index: parent company years of coverage number of journals indexed number of citations retrospective indexing |
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EBSCO online began 1970-present print index began 1949 about 800 journals, many inactive 2,434,757 records, 1/2 of which are reviews 5000 earlier records have been inherited from EBSCO |
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IIMP: full and current name parent company years of coverage number of journals indexed number of citations retrospective indexing |
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International Index to Music Periodicals now called Music Periodicals Database PROQUEST began in 1995 620 journals, many no longer active 1.3 million records 80 important journals are retrospectively indexed, the earliest from 1874 |
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BMS Online: full name years of coverage number of journals indexed number of citations retrospective indexing |
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Bibliographie des Musikschrifftums print index covers 1950-1988 online index covers 1936-present (1936-1950 is spotty due to WWII) 180 journals since 1993 360,000 records 1950-1936 indexing is retrospective |
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RILM: full text online? abstracts? foreign language sources? How many? |
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limited to titles EBSCO has rights to Yes, best source for abstracts 143 lagnuages, 178 countries |
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Music Index: full text online? abstracts? foreign language sources? How many? |
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about 419,000 full text online few abstracts, only those inherited from EBSCO 42 languages |
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IIMP:full text online? abstracts? foreign language sources? How many? |
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direct online access to 140 journals full text no abstracts except those inherited from ProQuest 32 languages; least international index |
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BMS: full text online? abstracts? foreign language sources? How many? |
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yes if the journal is published online abstracts are brief in earliest records, available for all focus on major Eastern/western European language sources. |
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RIPM: full text online? abstracts? foreign language sources? How many? |
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186 articles have full text available online or in their e-library no abstracts about 32 languages (lots of variants of English and Spanish) |
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RILM: What non-periodical types of records are covered? Scholarly or non-scholarly? Are reviews included? |
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Contains more record types (books, etc) than any other index Focus is on scholarly research Reviews are limited to substantial ones |
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Music Index: What non-periodical types of records are covered? Scholarly or non-scholarly? Are reviews included? |
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Mostly articles are covered, with a few books Focus is non-scholarly. Everything is indexed, scholarly and non-scholarly, including magazines, reviews, pedagogical writings, letters to the editor. Coverage of reviews is extensive, forming about half of the entire index |
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IIMP: What non-periodical types of records are covered? Scholarly or non-scholarly? Are reviews included? |
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Wide variety of documents due to ProQuest merger, used to be only articles Contains a mix of scholarly and non-scholarly items Coverage of reviews is extensive, forming about half of the entire index |
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BMS: What non-periodical types of records are covered? Scholarly or non-scholarly? Are reviews included? How is the search engine? |
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Covers many non-periodical sources, including critical commentary, conference reports, collections of essays, and Festschriften. Focus is on scholarly research. Reviews limited to major scholarly reviews. Search engine is not as good as the others. |
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RIPM: What non-periodical types of records are covered? Scholarly or non-scholarly? Are reviews included? |
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Only periodicals are covered, but includes everything in the journal, including pictures and ads. Because these are historical sources, all now have scholarly significance. Many reviews are included. |
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RILM: Strengths, distinctive features |
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Indexing is done by an army of volunteers throughout the world. Unparalleled international coverage Only scholarly research is included The only index with good abstracts for every item Covers the widest variety of publication types |
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Music Index: Strengths, distinctive features |
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Best coverage of reviews Best coverage of pedagogical writings Includes non-scholarly sources and perspective |
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IIMP: Strengths, distinctive features |
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Excellent retrospective indexing, 80 important journals from as early as 1874. Indexes most important journals rather than all. Best access to full text online. |
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BMS: Strengths, distinctive features |
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Covers print volumes as well as RILM Focus on Europe. 1936-1988 has RILM quality materials Started 17 years earlier than RILM (1950 vs. 1967), so fills in gaps in records |
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RIPM: Strengths, distinctive features |
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Indexes everything in the historic journals, not just articles. Great retrospective coverage, going back the furthest in time. |
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RIPM:full name years of coverage number of journals indexed number of citations retrospective indexing |
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Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals Covers 1760-1966 243 journals 800,000 citations All entries are retrospective indexing |
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