Selected Online Journals
The online journals listed below live in the library's databases. Click on the links for shortcuts that go directly to that journal without having to locate them through a database.
- BillboardThe international newsweekly of music, video and home entertainment; profiles, commentary, album ratings, feature articles, marketing and reviews.
- Popular Music and SocietyResearch articles and reviews for a general readership about popular music, culture, and sociology.
- Popular Music HistoryScholarly articles on the history of popular music
- General Music TodayContains articles on emerging trends, effective teaching ideas, & new material for teaching general music at all levels.
- Music Theory OnlineFeatures articles, reviews, commentaries, and analytical essays related to the field of professional music theory.
- Computer Music JournalConcentrates on skills, technologies, and promises of digital sound and musical applications of computers.
E-Books
- Pop Culture Universe This link opens in a new windowAmerican history and popular culture, including fads and entertainment.
- ABC-CLIO This link opens in a new windowE-books related to cultural studies, pop culture, and American history. Search for titles using Library catalog or browse all titles using ABC-Clio interface.
Cool Town: how Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture by Publication Date: 2020-03-23
The Transformation of Black Music by Publication Date: 2017
The SAGE Handbook of Popular Music by Publication Date: 2015
Icons of Rock by Publication Date: 2007
From Tejano to Tango: Latin Popular Music by Publication Date: 2013
Jazz Notes: Interviews Across Generations by Publication Date: 2009
The Original Guitar Hero and the Power of Music: the Legendary Lonnie Johnson by Publication Date: 2014
Music of the Postwar Era by Publication Date: 2007
Icons of R&B and Soul by Call Number: https://library2.pima.edu/record=b1851369Publication Date: 2007
Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion by Publication Date: 2008
Discovering Country Music by Publication Date: 2008
Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music by Publication Date: 2009
Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture by Publication Date: 2006
Ethnic and Border Music: A Regional Exploration by Publication Date: 2007
Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest by Publication Date: 2014
Library Databases & More
- Pop Culture Universe This link opens in a new windowGood for artist biographies, concepts relating to the music, overviews of American decades
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (formerly Gale ebooks) This link opens in a new windowGood for more substantial coverage of topics, including biographies.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowA large database! Includes Rolling Stone and Billboard back issues.
- MegaSearch This link opens in a new window
Other Resources to try:
- Arizona Daily Star - ArchiveTucson news, back to 2005.
- Encyclopedia of Great Popular SongsListing and descriptions of popular songs by era.
Try these for researching Jazz
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAcademic journals, books, and primary sources as well as current issues of journals in the humanities and social sciences.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (formerly Gale ebooks) This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
- Pop Culture Universe This link opens in a new windowAmerican history and popular culture, including fads and entertainment.
Capturing Sound: How Technology has Changed Music by Publication Date: 2010
Magazines Online
New! Print Books
Emo : How Fans Defined a Subculture by Publication Date: 2020
London, Reign over Me: How England's Capital Built Classic Rock by Publication Date: 2020
Latin Jazz by Publication Date: 2020
Music Is Power: popular songs, social justice and the will to change by Publication Date: 2020
Music: a Subversive History by Publication Date: 2019
Towards Gender Equality in the Music Industry by Publication Date: 2019
