Which databases are listed as periodical databases for music history?

• A. JSTOR; Journal of Musicology; RIPM Retrospective Index
• B. Project MUSE; Google Scholar; Scopus
• C. WorldCat; Gale Music Reference
• D. IMDb; PubMed; IEEE Xplore

Answer: (A)

In music history research you want sources that specifically index or provide access to periodical literature in the field. JSTOR is a core repository for scholarly journals, and it includes many important music history titles with reliable full‑text access. RIPM Retrospective Index is purpose‑built to index music periodicals, including historical journals that aren’t always well covered in broader databases. The Journal of Musicology is itself a peer‑reviewed scholarly periodical, representing the type of periodical literature researchers in music history seek and, in practice, would be among the sources indexed by dedicated music history databases like JSTOR and RIPM.

Other options mix broader platforms or resources outside music history—Project MUSE covers humanities journals in general, Google Scholar is a broad search tool rather than a specialized periodical index, Scopus is a wide abstract and citation database with broad scope, IMDb is for film, PubMed for biomedical topics, IEEE Xplore for engineering, WorldCat is a library catalog, and Gale Music Reference is a music reference work but not a focused periodical index for music history.