RIPM Jazz Periodicals database on trial

The library currently provides trial access to RIPM Jazz periodicals database.

RIPM Jazz Periodicals provides access to jazz history through more than 100 (138) magazines from the early 20th century to the early 21st century. The database includes articles, reviews, advertisements, and illustrations from historical jazz magazines such as Down Beat, The Grackle, The Jazz Review, and Jazzbeat. The material is based on the unique and extensive collection of the IJS (Institute of Jazz Studies) at Rutgers University.

The trial period ends on 14 November 2025.

You can find the trial databases from the library’s database list under “Trial / New Databases”. Sign in remotely with your Uniarts credentials.

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The library is taking new databases for trial use throughout the year. New databases can also be suggested to the library using the acquisition proposal form.

What does trial use of library database mean?

Trial use means that the library provides for Uniarts students and staff temporary access to a non-open-access database or electronic material. Feedback from users affects whether the database is acquired for use for the university.

If the decision is made to acquire the database, it will be in use from the beginning of the coming year. Database purchases are not made in the middle of the year.

The decision for the new databases for the following year will be made at the end of the previous year. The decisions are influenced by, among other things, the material appropriations received by the library from the University, the library’s collection policy, feedback and usage statistics received from trial uses.