Music databases
AES (Audio Engineering Society) E-Library
- Over 13,000 fully searchable PDF files documenting the progression of audio research from 1953 to the present day.
- NOT included in the main library search.
British Library Sounds
- Contains over 12,000 recordings from the British Library's Sound Archive of the spoken word, music, interviews and sound effects.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Business Source Ultimate
- UK and international business, management and economics issues across a range of sectors including construction, IT, education, and health.
- Included in the main library search.
Education & Bass
- An online music production school giving students free access to online music education videos, over 1000 courses, tutorials and lectures for all electronic genres.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Grove Music Online
- A dynamic research tool combining the full text of the 29-volume print edition.
- Sophisticated search capabilities, one-click cross-referencing, and an ever increasing network of web-links to musical sites around the world.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Independent Local Radio
- Audio files from four archives of Independent Local Radio from 1973 to 1996.
- NOT included in the main library search.
JSTOR
- UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV.
- A scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals.
Marketline Advantage
- An international database giving full-text, in-depth reports.
- Covers 50,000 companies worldwide, 2,000 industries and 215 countries.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Mintel
- This database gives full-text access to market survey information produced by Mintel.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Open Score
- A crowd funded/sourced collection of public domain works and original works.
- Users are responsible for checking the copyright terms of the work as displayed on the site due to variance between UK and US legislation.
- Included in the main library search.
Passport
- A business information resource providing intelligence on industries, countries and consumers.
- Economic data and analysis for the economies of 68 countries, covering 177 industries.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Petrucci Music Library (International Music Score Library Project)
- A community wiki allowing the archiving and access of public domain music scores and performances.
- Users are responsible for checking the copyright terms of the work as displayed on the site due to variance between UK and US legislation.
- Included in the main library search.
Project Muse
- Online access to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.
- Included in the main library search.
The Purple Guide
- Help for those who organise music or similar events, so that the events can run safely.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Routledge Handbooks Online Music Collection
- Routledge Music handbooks and companions revolve around current topics such as Music and Cognition, and evolving areas of study like music and visual culture, and popular music analysis.
- Included in the main library search.
SAGE Research Methods
- A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
- SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
- Included in the main library search.
ScienceDirect
- Explore scientific, technical, and medical research from over 1,000 electronic journals.
- Includes business, economics and social sciences.
- Included in the main library search.
Taylor & Francis
- Provides access to over 2,500 full-text journals published by Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.
- Included in the main library search.
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