Contemporary Music

Do you know which search terms to use to find great articles on your topic?
Experiment with your keywords in one of these broad search options before diving into more specialised search locations.

• Discovery searches across a large number of databases. Use Advanced Search and subject filters for the best results.
• Proquest Central is similar to Discovery, searching across multiple databases
• Google Scholar is a convenient search tool, but you'll need to set up Find it @ Unimelb links to effectively use Google Scholar for library research.

Once you've found a few good resources, explore some subject-specific databases and journals.

Our collections include many journals and magazines relevant to the study of Contemporary Art Music. They range from popular magazines, to trade publications, and scholarly, peer-reviewed journals. While scholarly, peer-reviewed journals are preferred in University research, popular magazines often feature useful content like interviews, and reviews. 

The list below is in no way exhaustive, and more can be found by searching in our catalogue, or databases. For comprehensive tips on searching for journal articles, please visit the Research Essentials guide.

Subject Headings are used in our Catalogue to group similarly themed material, like tags. It can be useful to search for Subject Headings to find multiple results grouped by topic. Below are some useful headings, but more can be found by searching the catalogue, using a Subject Search. The Subject Headings listed below can be modified or truncated to include other types of resources, not just periodicals.

• Electronic music -- Periodicals

• Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Periodicals

• Music -- 20th century -- Periodicals.

• Music -- 21st century -- Periodicals.

• Music -- Periodicals.

• Musical analysis -- Periodicals.

• Music and science -- Periodicals.

• Music theory -- History -- 20th century -- Periodicals

• Sound -- Periodicals.