Academic Search Complete
Provides references to articles from scholarly journals and magazines. Full text is available for many articles.
Google Scholar
Provides references to scholarly books and articles.
Humanities Abstracts (1984-)
Provides references to articles from academic journals.
Humanities Source
Provides references to articles from scholarly journals. Includes some coverage of music. Full text is available for many articles.
JSTOR
Provides full text articles from academic journals.
Nexis Uni
This database includes extensive coverage of newspaper articles. Major national newspapers and smaller regional newspapers are included, and there is coverage of international newspapers as well. This database can be especially valuable for music news and reviews of concerts and sound recordings.
WorldCat
Provides references to books, videos, cds and other items in academic and public libraries.