Research Guides: FYS Kvetko: Find Articles

Tips for searching about music and musicians

Search for an Artist (James Brown, Queen Latifah, A Tribe Called Quest, Martha and the Vandellas)
Search for a Song or Album Title (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Straight Outta Compton, "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay")
Search for a Genre (Hip hop, Funk, Soul, R&B)
Search using focused words and synonyms. For example: "James Brown" and civil rights

This library resource specializes in music (performance, criticism, theory, and research)

Music Index This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles from more than 705 international music periodicals on all aspects of classical & popular music. 1970-present. Updated regularly.

This library resource is a great place to find articles on society and culture

SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
SocINDEX with Full Text offers coverage from all subdisciplines of sociology, including abortion, anthropology, criminology, criminal justice, cultural sociology, demography, economic development, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, social structure, social work, sociological theory, sociology of education, substance abuse, urban studies, violence, welfare, and many others.

Here are some great places to start your research.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
An important resource for many academic subjects including the social sciences, humanities, education and more. It includes full text and abstracts for thousands of academic journals. This resource includes content from Academic Search Premier and Academic Search Elite.
African American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience, African American Newspapers, Series 1, features 280 newspapers from 35 states, including many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.

HUGE resources to find lots of articles, books, research
Google Scholar
Library Search

These are selected magazines and journals on music and African American culture that we have at SSU.

Music Magazines

African American Culture and Music Magazines

African American Studies