Below is a list of databases that are of special interest to those studying music. A complete list of databases licensed by Missouri State University is also available.
| Title | Access Notes | |
| Academic OneFile | Univ | |
| With full-text coverage for more than 5,000 publications, this scholarly, multi-disciplinary database indexes nearly 13,000 journals in nearly every area of academic study. [more info...] | ||
| Academic Search Premier | Univ | |
| Containing full text for more than 4,000 publications, this scholarly, multi-disciplinary database also offers indexing and abstracts for over 8,000 journals in the collection on nearly every area of academic study. [more info...] | ||
| Arts and Humanities Search (AHSearch) (Available at the Meyer Library reference desk) | Library | |
| Indexes the world's leading arts and humanities journals, with selected articles from social science and science journals. Coverage is from 1980 to present. [more info...] | ||
| Daily Life Online | Univ | |
| Daily Life Online's suite of social history products (over 450 titles) is comprised of four separate modules: Daily Life through History, Daily Life Premium, World Folklore and Folklife, and Daily Life America. [more info...] | ||
| Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre | Univ | |
| Covers both traditional and contemporary Asian theatre, especially South, Southeast, and Far East Asia. [more info...] | ||
| Fine Arts and Music Collection | Univ | |
| As a subset of Academic OneFile, this collection indexes over 250 magazines and journals in the areas of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. [more info...] | ||
| Gale Databases PowerSearch | Univ | |
| The generic name for the platform used to access and search over 40 indexes and databases. [more info...] | ||
| Grove Music Online (5 user limit) | Univ | |
| Contains the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001 ed.), along with four other music resources, including opera and jazz. [more info...] | ||
| Music Index Online | Univ | |
| A subject-author guide to all styles and genres of music, covering over 775 international music periodicals from 1976 to present. [more info...] | ||
| Naxos Music Library (10 user limit) | Univ | |
| Allows access to approximately 85,000 musical selections, primarily classical music, but also some jazz and world music, which will play on most Internet computers through streaming technology. [more info...] | ||
| Oxford Music Online (5 user limit) | Univ | |
| This is the platform for Grove Music Online and two other electronic resources. [more info...] | ||
| Pop Culture Collection | Univ | |
| As a subset of Academic OneFile, this collection contains 100 periodicals, mostly full-text, on all aspects of popular culture in today's society. [more info...] | ||
| Project Muse | Univ | |
| Provides full-text access to over 420 journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences disciplines. [more info...] | ||
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (1 user limit) | Univ | |
| A bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage including records in over 100 languages from thousands of journals, with coverage from 1967 to present. [more info...] |