Your experience of searching and browsing RILM will be to some extent determined by the interface through which you access the database.

In addition to the full range of bibliographical categories, RILM offers Subject Headings and Classification to help you browse a wide range of specific topics and disciplines.

Browse 1400 Subject Headings covering special topics, instruments, and geography through 19 facets under which they are grouped. Click here to access a printer-friendly PDF version of the same Subject Headings. This document presents the Subject Headings in both faceted and alphabetical (p. 14) orders. Performers are listed separately (p. 21).

Browse RILM’s Classification System which groups 87 classes under 12 super classes.

Documents are also grouped under a wide range of document types.

The two interfaces through which you can access RILM are listed in the access page.