Presented by Rebecca J. Littman, Head University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Music Library. rlittman@uwm.edu

The purpose of presenting this information in this format is to encourage the exploration of non music-specific resources to locate music-related materials in resources that might not seem obviously useful.

The databases used for this presentation, or cited below if not demonstrated, are limited to those currently subscribed to by the Libraries of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. Your library may provide access to a similar resource if not the ones listed here. Some of the databases are available through multiple vendors. Your library may offer a database that UWM subscribes to from Proquest through OCLC FirstSearch, Wilson, or some other subscription service.

The UWM Libraries Databases A-to-Z page provides access to all UWM users through a proxy server and includes a Guide to Searching for most of them.

Business Related Information

• ABI/Inform. More than 600 of the indexed titles are available in full-text. Look for marketing and sales data for the music industry in particular.
• Business Full Text. More than 300 of the indexed titles are available in full-text. Look for management, accounting, marketing, small business, and corporate information
• Business Source Elite. Full text of over 1,100 journals on marketing and management, etc. dating back to 1985.

Health Issues

• Alt-Healthwatch. More than 140 periodicals, journals, professional publications, magazines, consumer newsletters and newspapers, research reports, and association newsletters focused on complementary, alternative and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.
• PubMed (Medline). Free acceess to the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 14 million citations in MEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to participating online journals.

Ethnological Materials

• Ethnic NewsWatch. 1990-present; a full-text comprehensive collection of over 250 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press.
• GenderWatch. Full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues.
• eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. a cross-cultural database that contains full-text materials, such as books, journal articles, manuscripts, reports, and dissertations on world cultures. eHRAF currently consists of documents pertaining to 90 culture groups (about 1/4 of the HRAF collection), covering both North American immigrant groups and selected pre-industrial cultures from around the world.

Contemporary Scholarly Research Sources

• American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) History E-Book Project. Over 800 full-text scholarly books on history, many published only in electronic form.
• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library. Computing-related articles include product reviews and technological discussions of interfaces and usability issues published in the journals of the ACM.
• Humanities Full Text. More than 530 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature. Full-text is available for 185 journals starting with 1983.
• Project Muse. Access to the full-text of over 220 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
• PsycINFO with PsycARTICLES. Full-text access from 1987-present of American Psychological Association publications. Links are provide from PsychInfo to the full-text.
• Social Science Full Text. English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Full-text is available for 169 journals starting with January 1995.

Current News and Facts/Figures

• Census: American FactFinder. Primary source for the U.S. 2000 Census records. Includes the 2000 Census of Population & Housing, the 1997 Economic Census, and the American Community Survey.
• Columbia International Affairs Online. Research in the field of international affairs, including full-text documents such as working papers and policy briefs. Coverage is 1991-present.
• Contemporary Authors. Biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 110,000 U.S. and international authors.
• CQ Researcher. Reports from Congressional Quarterly providing analysis on issues in the news. Coverage is 1991-present. Follow Congress' copyright deliberations, and more.
• Knight Ridder Collection. Last 90-day full-text archive of approximately 100 newspapers from the Knight Ridder wire service.
• LexisNexis Academic. Full-text of over 4,000 current events/news publications, legal and government information; and business news and corporate information. International concert reviews anyone ?
• Proquest Newspapers. Full text of over 550 U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of over 150 major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London.
• Readers' Guide Full Text. Over 360 popular periodicals published in the U.S. and Canada with full text available for most journals beginning in January 1994. Includes current events, news, and many other subject areas.

Educational Resources

• Kraus Curriculum Development Library. Curriculum information on a variety of subjects covered in PreK-12 and Adult Basic Education. Includes nearly 5,000 documents.
• Middle Search Plus. Full text for over 150 magazines, and indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines covering general topics appropriate for middle and jr. high school students from 1989-present.
• Primary Search. Full text access for more than 60 children's magazines, over 100 children's pamphlets, and indexing and abstracts for over 80 magazines designed for the elementary school student from 1990-present.
• Professional Development Collection. Full-text of more than 550 full text education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage is 1965-present !

Historical Content

• JSTOR. Full text, searchable backfiles of 343 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, some going back as far as 1800. Rolling ending date excludes last 5 years.
• Proquest Historical Newspapers. Covers Sept 18,1851-Dec 31, 2001 of the New York Times. Fully searchable, with full image reproduction of every page. Includes concert reviews, display and classified ads, editorials, etc.
• NewspaperArchive Elite. Full text of older newspapers in PDF. Over 14.4 million fully searchable pages representing over 400 cities and towns.

Alexander Street Press titles

• North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories. Over 340 authors and approximately 10,000 pages of primary source information. Includes letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives from 1840-present.
• Early Encounters in North America. Full text documents on the relationships among peoples and the environment in North America from 1534-1850.
• British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries. Letters and other personal writings of women, with biographical information and annotated source bibliographies.
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries. Includes 120,000 pages of diaries and letters from over 600 women from the Colonial period through 1950.
• Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period. 60 volumes of romantic poetry and contemporary critical reviews in full image.
• Women and Social Movements in the United States from 1600-2000. Original documents and historical analysis pertaining to Women and Social Movements.

Chadwyck Healey Titles

• The Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online from 1543-1945. Collection of books and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and women's rights. Contains over two million page images.
• African American Biographical Database from 1790-1950. Biographical information, including photographs, illustrations, and primary sources, for African Americans
• Early English Books Online. Over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661).