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LexisNexis Academic offers several ways to search for current articles relating to aspects of the music industry.

• Choose the news tab. First, add index terms: music industry and North America, select sources: Business News Publications, and specify dates. Then put in search terms.
• Choose the news tab. Select sources: Book, Movie,Music, Play, and Video Reviews
• Choose the news tab. Select sources: Major World Newspapers, add index terms: Editorials & opinions (2nd column)

America's Newspapers also provides various options for searching.

• Select an individual newspaper, such as New York Times or Chicago Tribune, then choose a specific date. Now you will see the newspaper divided by section, such as Arts & Leisure, Tempo, or Arts & Entertainment, with the articles listed within.
• Select one or more papers, choose a date range, and add terms to search. Limit the search to Lead/First Paragraph to make it more focused.
• For opinion pieces, limit the search to section: editorial or section: opinion.

ABI/Inform Globalsearches business & trade magazines and journals. Try "music industry" as a subject and notice the suggested topics above. Use the "Find it" button when the full text isn't present.

Musical America features new articles daily in the Performing Arts and Press Releases sections.

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) searches music periodicals, both trade and academic. Notice that search results are returned in relevance rather than chronological order. If you want the newest first, change the "sort" option to "most recent record first."