Recommended Multi-Subject Databases
These databases, and others you might be interested in searching, can be found on the Find Articles Guide.
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window(EBSCO) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.
Recommended Discipline-Specific Databases
These databases, and others you might be interested in searching, can be found on the Find Articles Guide.
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Pop Culture Universe This link opens in a new windowInformation on American and world popular culture, past and present. Arranged chronologically (but also broadly searchable), this database has good background articles on the effects and implications of specific technologies like iPods and Napster but also broader topics, such as intellectual property.
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Music Index This link opens in a new window(EBSCO)– Searches a wide variety of music publications, both scholarly (for ex., Popular Music and Society) and popular (Rolling Stone). Contains some full text articles and others that may be accessible through other linked UIUC databases.
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window(EBSCO) – Similar to Music Index (described above) but only searches scholarly journals.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowAllows searching for specific legal cases or cases by subject area, as well as news items and company information.
Suggested Keywords
Try these keywords when searching for information about your topic.
- Copyright
- Digital Millenium Copyright Act
- Digital music
- Downloading
- File sharing
- Internet and copyright
- Internet piracy
- Music and copyright
- Music industry and lawsuit
- Online piracy
- Peer-to-peer file sharing
- Piracy and copyright