6. Selected Periodicals
Highly selective list of important titles in world popular music. For the sake of brevity limited to English language. Locate print and online holdings in Harvard Libraries by searching the journal title in HOLLIS or E-Research, Find E-Journals. Dates below indicate start of publication; in Hollis click "Availability" to see issue holdings. Click on titles here to access Find it @ Harvard links to full text:
Billboard (1963- ): Online and print access in multiple library locations. Selected content also available via the official Billboard website.
Down Beat (1934- ): Online and print access in multiple library locations (click title for online). Selected content also available via the official Down Beat website.
Journal of Popular Music Studies (1993- ): Loeb Music and online holdings; recent issues cover topics from Arabic hip hop to poetry to VH1 to intellectual property, articles and reviews. Highly authoritative, scholarly journal.
Popular Music (1981- ): Holdings in Lamont and Loeb Music. International and authoritative multi-disciplinary scholarly journal covering all aspects of popular music and many theoretical perspectives, including social and cultural identity formation, global music industry, many aspects of world music.
Popular Music and Society (1971- ): Print holdings in Widener Library.
Rolling Stone (1967- ): Selected content also online at the official Rolling Stone website. Available at many campus libraries including recent issues in the current periodicals areas in Lamont and Widener Libraries.
Spin (1985- ): Official website for Spin, popular music magazine, selected content online.
Cambridge Public Library holds latest year and local academic libraries have print holdings. If you find material not available online, try submitting an inter-library loan request.