For many of these resources (provided by library subscriptions), you will need to input your MySanDiego login.
When you search for a topic in our databases sometimes the article will be available as full-text.
If the article is not available as full text, you will get a list of citations. These citations usually refer to articles appearing in journals, magazines and newspapers. Note the information in the citation (author, title, journal title, volume, date, page numbers).
Then, check our Catalog to see whether we have the journal either in our stacks or through a different online source.
If we do not subscribe to the journal where your article appears, you can use our Interlibrary Loan Service to request a copy of the article you need.
Peer-reviewed journals, also known as refereed journals or scholarly journals, are journals with articles that have been critically evaluated and approved by several scholars (reviewers with expertise in the subject of the article) before inclusion in a journal.
Peer reviews lend credibility to the article because the process confirms the reliability of the data and the findings of the research.
To verify that a journal is peer-reviewed, check Ulrich's Periodical Directory.
Find journal articles through our Catalog Plus (searches several databases at once).
These databases include entries on music as well as a variety of related topics in the Humanities. Many contain journals with full text articles.