To determine whether a journal is peer reviewed, search for it in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory and look for the little referee symbol: .
Use the following databases to find scholarly articles, book chapters, and more.
Visit the Starting Your Research Guide to learn about finding specific books and articles, choosing a topic and keywords, putting a search together, evaluating information sources, and more.
The U of A Library Music Guide inludes search techniques for finding different types of music information, including:
Do you want to find biographical information about a musician, or an overview of a genre of music? These are examples of the types of information you can find using the resources below. For more resources, visit Finding Background Information.
In addition to the online collections below, you can search for music scores using the "Search the Library" box at library.ualberta.ca.
Search the following collections for audio and video music recordings. For more, visit the Audio & Video Resources Guide.