The RILM Engine of Music Discovery

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The RILM Engine of Music Discovery

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The RILM Engine of Music Discovery

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text (RAFT)

RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions (RISE)

RILM Music Encyclopedias (RME) 

Available Search Options:

  • Basic Search
  • Advanced Search
    • Proximity
    • Find all my search terms
    • Find any of my search terms
    • SmartText Searching
  • Natural Language Search

RILM Subject Expertise:

  • Metadata and abstracts curated and written by RILM's global team
  • RILM has earned UNESCO accreditation as a non-governmental organization (NGO) to provide advisory services to the Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

RAFT: RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text

  • 298 full-text journals
  • Scholarly articles
  • Advertisements
  • Correspondence
  • Obituaries
  • Reviews
  • Editorials
  • News items

RISE: RILM Index to Scores and Collected Editions

  • 557,270 works
  • Detailed information on:
    • Performing forces
    • Format
    • Language
    • Series
    • Genre
    • Publisher
    • Type of score

RME: RILM Music Encyclopedias

  • 72 Music Encyclopedias
  • Important subject areas include:
    • Popular music
    • Gospel
    • Opera
    • Recorded sound
    • Instruments
    • Women composers

Controls & Search Expanders

  • Peer Reviewed
  • Abstract Available
  • Collected Works
  • Full Text
  • Main Records
  • Review Records
  • Publication Date
  • Source Types
  • Subject: Major Heading
  • Subject
  • Publication
  • Language
  • Apply equivalent subjects

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