Music Production and Popular Music Subject Guide: Key databases

Rock's Backpages is an online database of pop music writing from the 1950s to the present day. It includes articles from the music and mainstream press, as well as audio interviews.

The website for Sound On Sound magazine. Current and past issues are available in print form, with some accessible online.

A collection of unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds.

Scopus uniquely combines a comprehensive, expertly curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.

Scopus quickly finds relevant and authoritative research, identifies experts and provides access to reliable data, metrics and analytical tools.

Web of Science is a comprehensive research platform that provides access to a wide range of scholarly literature, including journal articles, patents, websites, conference proceedings, and Open Access material. The Web of Science Core Collection is a curated database of the most important and useful journals in the world.