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Music materials shelved in the library fall under the Library of Congress call number "M".  These are located on the second floor of the library.  The library also owns a collection of classical music CDs.  Please consult the catalog for specific works.

 

Databases

Full-text available Indicates some full text is available.
index/abstracts Indexes, sometimes with abstracts (no full text).

Multidisciplinary

Full-text available ABI/Inform Trade & Industry
This database contains publications on every major industry.
 
Full-text available Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Academic Search Premier is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database.

Full-text available Early American Imprints, Series I
This database is based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans. A definitive resource used for every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America.
 
Full-text available Early American Imprints, Series II
Shaw-Showmaker, 1801-1819, with musical content.
 
Full-text available General OneFile
A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

Full-text available Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective
This database covers a wide range of subjects, including music.
 
Full-text available Humanities Full Text
Subject areas include archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary and social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. Full-text coverage begins in January 1995.

Full-text available JSTOR

JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. Includes the following music journals: 19th Century Music, Music Analysis, Music Educators Journal, The Musical Quarterly, Music Theory Spectrum, The Musical Times, and more.
 
Full-text available LexisNexis Academic Legal Research
Accesses over a billion full text news, magazine, legal, and business articles and reports.
 
Full-text available Periodicals Archive Online
Periodicals Archive Online is an online periodical archive which makes the full page image of periodical articles, from 1770 to 1995, available in digital form.
 
Full-text available Project Muse
Scholarly journals include: Computer Music Journal, Journal of the Royal Music Association, Latin American Music Review, Music and Letters, and others.
 
Full-text available Readers' Guide Full Text
Aeronautics, African-Americans, aging, astronomy, automobiles, biography, business, Canada, children, computers, consumer education, current events, education, environment, fashion, film, fine arts, food, foreign affairs, health, history, hobbies, home, journalism, leisure activities, medicine, music, news, nutrition, photography, politics, religion, science, sports, and television.

 

Music-specific Databases
 
 
Full-text available African American Music Reference
African American Music Reference brings together 50,000 pages of text reference, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies which chronicle the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music. The database is constantly expanding to include comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.

Full-text available Classical Music Library
Classical.com includes 10,000+ classical musical recordings for listening, composer and artist biographies, program notes on key works and movements, daily classical music news, a beginner's guide, timeline and glossary.
 
Full-text available DRAM
DRAM is a not-for-profit resource providing CD quality audio, complete and original liner notes and essays from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) and other important labels. DRAM offers the educational community on-demand, high-quality (192kbps/MP4) streaming access to complete works. The basis for the current collection is the diverse catalogue of American music recordings by New World Records from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond. [Click here to see the "DRAM Requirements for Streaming."]
 
Full-text available Oxford Music Online
This resource includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.


index/abstracts Judaica Sound Archives

The Judaica Music Rescue Project is committed to finding phonograph recordings of Yiddish, Hebrew and Sephardic music in any language from the various countries where Jews have lived, both secular and religious. Click on "Search for a Song" to access the Judaica Music Rescue Project database.
 
index/abstracts RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM offers a broad international coverage base and it includes music related works from articles, books, bibliographies, dissertations, film & video to concert reviews and recording notes - provided the items are of scholarly interest.

 

Selected Web Sites

 
General Music Resource Mega-Sites
A comprehensive listing of useful music resources on the internet, created by the University of Arizona Library.
 
The Mozart Project
Contains a biography of Mozart (with chronology and family tree), a listing of his compositions (by date and category), selected essays about him and his music, plus reviews of books on Mozart. Also includes links to more Mozart resources online.

 

For a complete list of all available databases, visit our Electronic Collection.