Coming Soon: RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full Text

from EBSCO:

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full Text. As a valued customer of RIPM Index to Music Periodicals, as well as the RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals (Full Text), we will be automatically adding the new database to your EBSCOhost profile. Benefits include:

• Combined access to the index and the full-text content directly on the EBSCOhost platform.
• An enhanced search experience across all 125 rare primary source, full-text journals. Your collection includes original volumes, reprints, microforms, and photocopies of music periodicals covering nearly 200 years of musical life in Europe in 14 languages. 

You will retain access to the RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (rph), as well as all linking from the database to RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals (Full Text), through your current subscription period. In addition, you can continue to access this valuable content through your existing database direct links.

However, we encourage all customers to begin using the new version, which can be accessed via the following URL on the date of release:

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=rip  

Note: When the database is released it will appear as an option on the list of available databases via the EBSCOhost platform. Depending on how your access is configured, you may need to update the URL above with the appropriate authentication for your institution.  For more information on direct links, visit the EBSCO Support Site.