Introduction
There are few journals that deal specifically with ethnomusicology, but many that might be helpful depending on your area of research. The list of recommended journals below is limited to publications specific to ethnomusicology. You can find others by browsing in the music library or the area studies library most closely related to your research or searching the catalog.
Journal Recommendations
- EthnomusicologyCall Number: Online and MPAL Special Collection FILM 784.405 ETThis is the primary journal for ethnomusicology, put out by the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM).
- SEM NewsletterCall Number: MPAL Periodicals Non-circulating 781.71 Se51The SEM also puts out a quarterly newsletter.
- British Journal of EthnomusicologyCall Number: Online and Oak St Library ML3797.6 B74Partially available in JSTOR. Later issues called British Forum for Ethnomusicology Newsletter and Ethnomusicology Forum.
- British Forum for Ethnomusicology NewsletterCall Number: MPAL Periodicals Non-circulating ML3544 N48Earlier issues called British Journal of Ethnomusicology and later issues called Ethnomusicology Forum.
- Ethnomusicology ForumCall Number: Online and Oak St Library ML3797.6 B741Partially available online in Informaworld and EBSCO. Earlier issues called British Journal of Ethnomusicology and British Forum for Ethnomusicology.
- The World of MusicCall Number: Online with print collections split between MPAL and Oak St LibraryThis was originally the journal of the International Music Council, then the International Institute for Traditional Music and currently the Department of Ethnomusicology, Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg.