Research Guides: Multimedia: Music

In-person assistance with music is available!

Music recordings in CD format are located in the Performing Arts Collection.

Visit the Performing Arts Collection in Campbell Library room 245 for in-person help.

Or, contact Performing Arts Collection Coordinator: Laura Daniels (5-3735).

Music Recordings (CDs)

Enter keywords describing what you're looking for, such as title of work, composer, performer(s), and instrument. The catalog search box below has already been limited to Sound Recordings.

Streaming music

Listen to music in a variety of genres through these subscription music databases.

American Music (Music Online) This link opens in a new window
Audio recordings of historical American songs.
American Music is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests and more.
Classical Music Library (Music Online) This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio of classical musical recordings.
Streaming audio of classical music recordings from over 45 labels with searching available by composer, performer, instrument, genre, historical period, or label. Liner notes also searchable. Provides personal playlist and clip-making options. Offers selected downloads for free and for purchase. Includes themed playlists and listening designed to accompany the major music history and appreciation textbooks.
Contemporary World Music (Music Online) This link opens in a new window
Audio recordings of contemporary world music of all regions from every continent.
Contains important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
Jazz Music Library (Music Online) This link opens in a new window
Library of jazz music in streaming audio format.
Largest and most comprehensive collection of streaming jazz available online - with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio of music recordings in many genres. If you cannot use this resource, please try again later. There is a limit on the number of users at one time.
Provides streaming audio of music recordings, including over 500,000 tracks and 48,000 CD’s on over 132 record labels. Genres include classical, jazz, folk, and some non-western world music.
Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window
Streaming audio of jazz music recordings. If you cannot use this resource, please try again later. There is a limit on the number of users at one time.
Streaming audio service providing nearly 20,000 tracks of jazz, blues and R&B from Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz including Prestige, Debut, Riverside, Stax, Volt, Specialty, and Pablo, along with Prophone and Proprius. Covers international jazz.
Popular Music Library This link opens in a new window
Audio recordings of popular music from around the world.
Popular Music Library from Alexander Street contains a wide range of popular music from around the world, including hundreds of thousands of tracks from major genres in pop music, including alternative, country, Christian, electronic, hip-hop, metal, punk, new age, R&B, reggae, rock, soundtracks and many more.
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries (Music Online) This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.
Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms.

Music Scores

Enter keywords describing what you're looking for, such as title of work, publisher, composer, and instrument. The catalog search box below has already been limited to Music Scores.