Article from a Scholarly Journal

An article from a periodical (usually peer-reviewed) aimed at the scholarly community.

Why would I use it?

You are compiling a scholarly bibliography

Your professor has kindly requested that you use it

How do I find it?

Use an index.
This is one of the best ways to efficiently find any kind of periodical article

Get a citation from a bibliography.

RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale)

Access through the library's home page, then "Library Research", then "Electronic Resources", then choose "RILM" from the pull-down menu
Try keyword and abstract searching
"Subject" searching is different than in LUCIA (RILM does not use Library of Congress subject headings)
Often a word from your topic will appear in the title, so also try a title search
Be sure to limit your search to English and also document type to "article in a periodical"
RILM will give you citations, abstracts, and sometimes links to full-text

Most periodicals you find in RILM will qualify as "scholarly."
RILM also includes dissertations, chapters from books, etc. You may also use these as sources.

Music Index Online

Access also through the library's home page, then "Library Research", then "Electronic Resources, then choose ""Music Index Online" from the pull-down menu
Begin with keyword searching
Music Index Online is mostly a citation index but does include some links to full text

EbscoHost

Several databases, some of which include full text, through which RILM and The Music Index Online can be searched either separately or together.

library's home page

"Library Research"

"Electronic Resources

Begin with keyword searching.

The Music Index (paper)

Located in the Reference area, vol. 1-49 (1949-1997) near the big plant.
Use the paper Music Index to find articles published from 1949 to 1976.

To locate articles published prior to 1949, start with History of Music: An Index to the Literature Available in a Selected Group of Musicological Publications compiled by Ernst C. Krohn (Ref. ML113 .K77 1958).

Some periodicals you find will qualify as "scholarly," but not all. Look at the pages in Searchpath that illustrate the difference between popular magazines and scholarly journals. And look at Ulrich's.