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Online Resources
I.I.M.P. (International Index to Music Periodicals)
This online service is provided for the music students and faculty of the seminary. It is accessible only from computers on the campus network. Similar to other databases, it is bibliographic in nature and deals with periodic literature in the field of music.
Classical Music
Information on music and musicians as well as access to several thousand recordings of classical music which you can listen or download (for a nominal fee).
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Search the New Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians online! It has the same content as the print resource. It is currently available only through computers on the main campus.
Classical Net
"The internet's premier classical music source" (from the web site). Features more than 7500 files including more than 5200 CD, SACD, DVD and Book reviews and over 5500 links to other classical music web sites.
Classical.com
Find recordings, bios, and sheet music here. Registration is free, listening is free, but you do have to pay or downloads.
Music Index Online
The editor-librarians at Harmonie Park Press have surveyed data from more than 700 international music periodicals. 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 duly cites book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. [from their web site]
Music Dictionary Online
Music Dictionary Online's primary purpose is, in the case of non-English words and phrases, to offer translations and, more generally, and where appropriate, to offer explanations and comments about general (non-musical) and specialist (i.e. musical, etc.) terms that might be found in musical scores, books on music, web sites, CD notes, concert programmes, etc.
RISM Online (International Inventory of Musical Sources)
This database offers around 700,000 mainly manuscript sources catalogued in detail according to academic criteria. The manuscripts are currently stored in hundreds of libraries and archives around the world. They pass down to later generations the musical works of 30,000 composers. The catalogue was made possible through cooperation between the International Inventory of Musical Sources (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales, /RISM/ for short), the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) and the State Library of Berlin (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin).
The database provides information not only about the dissemination of works by composers who are still well known today, but also a wealth of knowledge about those many creative musicians who were highly regarded in their day, but are currently either little known or even forgotten. This makes the database invaluable for music historians, and also makes it possible for performing musicians to "excavate" and rediscover many things.
A variety of search fields makes it possible to investigate not only according to particular composers, work titles or performance forces, but also by place and time of origin or various people like librettists, previous owners or dedicatees. The original sources are available from the libraries, music archives, and private collections as indicated in the RISM database. These institutions can often be approached for reproductions.
Music Theory & History Online
Meant to be offer music theory and history in a unique fashion, utilizing expertise of those supporting this site. Some topics are covered better by other, thus in these cases, web sites links are provided that do consider these topics fully. By embedding these resources from the web, we believe the method becomes much richer. You may call upon the skills of thousands of professional teachers and musicians rather than just those of a single author. The music theory resource includes a comprehensive music dictionary which is added to on a daily basis. As a companion a dictionary of composers biographical information is being developed. In addition to the extensive introduction to music theory, there are a series of essays on music history. Highlighted topics that are easily isolated within a narrow time period are offered with introductory remarks that may help prepare those seeking deeper insight from more substantial published works.
Canadian Music Periodical Index
CMPI is an index of articles from Canadian music periodicals. CMPI is a free service provided by the National Library of Canada. Texts of articles are not available from this site, but can be obtained through interlibrary loan at your local library. The CMPI database includes nearly 30 000 entries on articles dating from the late-19th century to the present day. 500 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines are represented here, almost 200 of which are currently active and continue to be indexed.
Music & Dance Reference
Source for finding/listing of FREE online music journals. In the "Simple Search" mode select "Electronic Journal" from the CATEGORY drop-down menu.
Music Education Resource Base
A bibliographic database of more than 31,000 resources in music and music education from 35 Canadian and International journals and other sources covering the period 1956 through the present. The journals are fully indexed by title, author, and subject.
CD-ROM Resources
- Electronic Encyclopedia of Hymnology
- HymnQuest 2000
- Performing Arts in Colonial America Newspapers (1690-1783)
- The Virtual Musician
E-Journals
Journal Title |
Coverage / Access |
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** only NOBTS |
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| Computer Music Journal | select |
| Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay) | Sept. 1999 - current |
| The Diapason | ** only NOBTS |
| Electronic Musician | |
| Ethnomusicology Online | complete |
| Gallery Music & Psalmody | |
| Guitar Sessions (Mel Bay) | |
| Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music | complete |
| Keyboard | |
| Music Theory Online | complete |
| OperaNet | |
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** only NOBTS |
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| Strings Magazine | select |
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select |
Related Resources
FirstSearch
FirstSearch is an on-line service which allows the searching of about 35 bibliographic databases. Some of these databases do provide links from the bibliographic entries to a full-text, on-line documents. This service can be utilized at the library or from your home or office computer. This service is available ONLY to NOBTS students and faculty. Passkeys may be obtained by contacting the library and giving proof of your relationship to the seminary.
ProQuest Religion
ProQuest complements the ATLA database in the FirstSearch system. As with ATLA, this database is a bibliographic index of religious periodicals -- some not indexed in ATLA. Full-text articles are available. This service is available ONLY to NOBTS students and faculty. The URL & passkeys may be obtained by contacting the library and giving proof of your relationship to the seminary.
Christian Periodical Index (CPI)
CPI is a database which provides bibliographic access to articles and reviews from over 130 publications within a broad range of evangelical Christianity. Academic/scholarly and professional type journals are indexed here. As with FirstSearch, this service is available ONLY to NOBTS students and faculty. Passkeys may be obtained by contacting the library and giving proof of your relationship to the seminary.
ProQuest Dissertation Database
This is an online service for NOBTS students ONLY. Here, students may access dissertations and theses (UMI) online and even download them if desired. The URL & passkeys may be obtained by contacting the library and giving proof of your relationship to the seminary. If you experience any problems, ProQuest technical support has asked that you call them directly. Their toll free number is 1-800-889-3358. This does NOT work if you have AOL.
Research in Ministry (RIM)
This database is available at no charge on the ATLA web site. Multiple search field will access nearly 500 submissions a year representing the most current reports and theses from approximately 50 Doctor of Ministry programs accredited by the Association of Theological School in the Untied States and Canada. Bibliographic access is available by author, title, institution, and subject headings. Some abstracts are available.
TREN (Theological Research Exchange Network)
TREN is a library of over 10,000 theological dissertation/thesis titles, representing research from as many as 70 institutions offering D.Min., Th.M., M.A., and other theologically related degrees. TREN also makes available papers presented at several academic society meetings. This is a bibliographic database, but items on the TREN web site are available for purchase.
Dissertations Abroad
The following resources are available online to assist students in their dissertation research by accessing bibliographic databases for dissertation in other countries:
- ETHoS (British theses)
- ABES (French)
- CRL (Center for Research Libraries)
- Academic Dissertation Publishers
- Theses Canada -- http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html (some D.Min. full-text here)