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.
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BillboardThe international newsweekly of music, video and home entertainment; profiles, commentary, album ratings, feature articles, marketing and reviews.
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Popular Music and SocietyResearch articles and reviews for a general readership about popular music, culture, and sociology.
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Popular Music HistoryScholarly articles on the history of popular music
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General Music TodayContains articles on emerging trends, effective teaching ideas, & new material for teaching general music at all levels.
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Music Theory OnlineFeatures articles, reviews, commentaries, and analytical essays related to the field of professional music theory.
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Computer Music JournalConcentrates on skills, technologies, and promises of digital sound and musical applications of computers.
E-Books
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Pop Culture UniverseAmerican history and popular culture, including fads and entertainment.
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ABC-CLIOE-books related to cultural studies, pop culture, and American history. Search for titles using Library catalog or browse all titles using ABC-Clio interface.
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Ebooks on EBSCOEbooks on EBSCO.
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Fashioning Indie: popular fashion, music and gender by Publication Date: 2019 -
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
Library Databases & More
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Pop Culture UniverseGood for artist biographies, concepts relating to the music, overviews of American decades
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (formerly Gale ebooks)Good for more substantial coverage of topics, including biographies.
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ProQuest Research LibraryA large database! Includes Rolling Stone and Billboard back issues.
Other Resources to try:
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Arizona Daily Star - ArchiveTucson news, back to 2005.
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Encyclopedia of Great Popular SongsListing and descriptions of popular songs by era.
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JSTORAcademic articles.
Try these for researching Jazz
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Pop Culture UniverseAmerican history and popular culture, including fads and entertainment.
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Capturing Sound: How Technology has Changed Music by Publication Date: 2010 -
Magazines Online
New! Print Books
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London, Reign over Me: How England's Capital Built Classic Rock 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
