# Music & Performing Arts ## Featured [ ![rilm abstracts of music literature with full text web thumbnail image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/rilm-abstracts-of-music-literature-with-full-text-web-thumbnail-image-300.jpg) RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text ](/products/research-databases/rilm-abstracts-music-literature-full-text) [ ![Close-up of a jazz musician playing a saxophone ](https://assets.ebsco.com/asset/01230ab0-b4f8-4848-a70a-b36dfc3142b7/ripm-jazz-thumbnail-web-image-300.png) RIPM Jazz Periodicals: Music, History, and Culture ](/products/research-databases/ripm-jazz-periodicals) [ ![Musical instruments and sheet music](https://assets.ebsco.com/asset/1c2e367c-4b53-427b-b35c-679d93afcf7d/music-index-archive-web-thumbnail-image-300.jpg) Music Index Archive ](/products/research-databases/music-index-archive) ## Research Databases [Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text](/products/research-databases/film-television-literature-index-full-text) · Full TextFilm & Television Literature Index with Full Text is the pinnacle resource for researchers of film and television, providing the most comprehensive collection of full text from scholarly and popular sources, and spanning the entire spectrum of film and television studies. [RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions (RISE)](/products/research-databases/rilm-index-scores-collected-editions-rise)Formerly the Index to Printed Music (IPM), RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions (RISE) is the ultimate digital finding aid for locating scores in collections, sets, and series. Curated by a team of experts at Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM), RISE indexes individual pieces from scholarly editions, anthologies, and composers’ complete works from around the world, including essential metadata not typically found in library catalogs. [International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text](/products/research-databases/international-bibliography-theatre-dance-full-text) · Full TextInternational Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text is the definitive research database for theatre and dance studies. 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