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encyclopedias@rilm.org, and we will reply to confirm once we have enabled access for your institution.
Once we have your Entity ID in our system, tell your users to:
1) Navigate to rme.rilm.org in their browser
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Not yet. We are talking to discovery service providers about including RILM Music Encyclopedias.
Each year, in January, we add between three and five new titles to the collection. Komponisten der Gegenwart is updated several times a year.
Publications are selected by Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale in collaboration with an international advisory board of prominent musicologists and librarians. This selection is made against the background of changing and expanding needs in musicology and related academic disciplines. Suggestions for new encyclopedia titles are always welcome and can be submitted to
encyclopedias@rilm.org.
Click the Cite button on the right hand sidebar of any article page. You can choose from different citation formats.
Yes. As long as RILM Music Encyclopedias is online, we are committed to preserving the functionality of all article URLs. The URL that appears after clicking the Cite button might be different from the URL in your browser’s address bar, but both are persistent.
Yes. The site supports the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT, which must be typed in uppercase. Grouping can be done with parentheses. The
Search Builder on the
Advanced Search window provides a guided interface for Boolean searching. For more, see our
help page.
Every content page of RILM Music Encyclopedias has a Report an error button on the bottom left. This button allows you to highlight a specific passage on that page and tell us about the error. Comments about any aspect of RILM Music Encyclopedias can also be left via the Contact Us button that appears at the bottom of every page.
RILM Music Encyclopedias content can be automatically translated into English and over 100 other languages with Google Translate, which is integrated directly into the site.
For English and many European languages, it has become quite good in recent years, and gets better every year. However, machine translation like that from Google Translate is imperfect. You may find language that is not idiomatic, not clear, or inaccurate; however, these translations can help users orient themselves within the content.
Our platform is designed to run on current-generation browsers, ensuring optimal performance and security with the latest updates. We've tested compatibility on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari across Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS to provide a seamless user experience.
The site was designed with accessibility in mind, and most images have descriptive captions. Compliance with accessibility standards has not been established.
We do not have an API set up, but this is included in future plans. In the meantime, please contact encyclopedias@rilm.org if you have are interested in using data sets from RILM Music Encyclopedias.
