LibGuides: Illegal Music Downloads and File-Sharing: Articles

Recommended Multi-Subject Databases

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Academic Search Ultimate
(EBSCO) - Includes both scholarly and popular sources, updated daily.

These databases, and others you might be interested in searching, can be found on the UGL's Find Articles Guide.

Pop Culture Universe
Information 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.
Music Index
(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.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
(EBSCO) – Similar to Music Index (described above) but only searches scholarly journals.
Nexis Uni
Allows searching for specific legal cases or cases by subject area, as well as news items and company information.

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