Research Guides: Music Capstone: Online Resources

Reference Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Database of full-text encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is an online library offering access to thousands of academic works from the celebrated scholary list of Oxford University Press.

Library Proxy: Off-Campus Access

When you are doing research from off-campus, you will be prompted to log in to electronic resources with your UCCS username and password. This is just like logging into Canvas.

Click here if you experience problems accessing resources from off campus.

Musical Scores Database

Music Databases

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
An online classical music library that offers streaming access to thousands of music tracks. This database also includes text-based reference materials such as synopses of operas, work analyses, and a glossary.
Note: Headphones are available at the Circulation Desk if you wish to listen to music in the Library.
Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window
The jazz focused version of the Naxos Musical Library. This database offers thousands of online streaming jazz music tracks.
Note: Headphones are available at the Circulation Desk if you wish to listen to music in the Library.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997. It contains a significant amount of new international dissertations and theses both in citations and in full text.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text of hundreds of core journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Coverage often includes the entirety of each journal with the exception of the current two-three years.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others. Includes journal and eBook collections.

Searching Google Scholar

Search the more academic side of Google! Google Scholar can find journal articles, books, government reports, technical papers, etc. Make sure to read the record carefully so that you know what type of source you have found.

DON'T PAY FOR ARTICLES!!!!!!

If you are off campus follow these steps in Google Scholar to access any content the library owns:

On the opening screen of Google Scholar select the link for Settings at the top of the page.
Click on Library Links in the left hand menu and search for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Check the box to add the right library and click on Save preferences.