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Producer:

Chadwyck-Healey

Vendor:

ProQuest-CSA

Brief Description:

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) is the ultimate resource for music periodicals available on the web. It provides indexing and abstracts for more than 430 international music periodicals from over 20 countries.

Full Description:

IIMP includes a comprehensive range of subject areas in both scholarly and popular music journals ranging from International Journal of Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Education Journal and Musical Times to Rock and Rap Confidential and Rolling Stone. Indexed articles cover the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition. You can find articles on a diverse array of musical genres, from the liturgical chants of medieval monks to the eclectic sounds of contemporary alternative rock musicians.

Update Frequency:

Monthly

Coverage:

Abstracts of journal and magazine articles from1874 to the present.

Number & Type of Contents:

The database currently includes over 530,000 records, the majority of which index the most recent eight years of publication. More than 200,000 records in IIMP are from the backfile (up to 1995) and much of this coverage commences at the first issue of the journal run, some starting as early as 1874. Some complete journal runs are included, which cover the first published issue right up to the most current.

Simultaneous Users:

IPFW library allows eight simultaneous users.

Geographic Focus:

Worldwide

Tools Available:

IIMP User Guide

Help

Type:

Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities, Education, Music

Liaison:

D. Buhr

URL:

http://iimp.chadwyck.com/