reference
hymns
streaming audio
- Naxos
- genres --> world
- Music & Performing Arts
- world music
books
- Music -- Religious aspects
- Music and race
- Church music -- Protestant churches
- Music in churches
- Public worship
- Hymnal companions
scholarly articles
- RILM
- limit to scholarly; limit to English
- Music Periodicals Database
- more contemporary and popular than RILM
- ATLA Religion Index
- articles covering all major religions and denominations
other sources
- Anthropology Online
- world cultures
- Proquest Dissertations and Thesis Fulltext
- often covers obscure topics
global context
- World News Digest (country profile)
- Keesing's World News Archive