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Library and internet resources for music research.

Database with Performance, Score, and Recording Reviews

SLUth - Search Plus This link opens in a new window
Use SLUth to find reviews of recordings, scores, and performances. Search for a specific recording or performance and filter by Source Type to Reviews.

Database with Contemporary Performance Reviews

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Primarily 1980-present. Access full-text articles from newspapers (international, national, and regional). Use Nexis Uni to find reviews of performances published in newspapers.

Databases with Historical Performance Reviews

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search across the following historical newspapers at one time: Chicago Defender (July 1909-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1996), Kansas City Call (1919-2010), Los Angeles Times (1881-2014), The New York Times (1851-2016) and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-2003)....more.

On the Advanced Search page, limit your results by document type to reviews.

Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 This link opens in a new window
1785-1985. Search the first 200 years of The Times (London) and display and print page images of individual articles or an entire page....more.

On the Advanced search page, limit by document type to reviews and/or opera reviews.