Music Databases
 | An online listening service containing 50,000 tracks of jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African-American music, documenting the history of black American music from the earliest recordings made in the late 19th century to performances of today. At least 5,000 of the tracks are rare or have never before been published. Updated continuously. More Databases in |
| | A streaming music database containing over 12,000 tracks of songs reflecting American history, from the Revolutionary War to pre-1960 popular music. Updated continuously. More Databases in |
| | Arts and Humanities Search - Access through FirstSearch Interface Citation index to the world's leading arts and humanities journals. 1980-present. Updated weekly. More Databases in |
 | CD Sheet Music Sheet music for nineteenth-century art songs, all of which are in the public domain and may be printed out for one's personal use. The collection consists of the following parts: French Art Songs, Early Romantic German Lieder, Mid-Romantic German Lieder, Late Romantic German Lieder, German Lieder for Medium & Low Voice, and the Complete Songs of Schubert. More Databases in |
| | A streaming classical music service containing tens of thousands of music tracks from more than 30 American and European classical music labels. Updated continuously. More Databases in |
| | An online listening service containing contemporary music from every continent. Included are such genres as reggae, calypso, neo-traditional, world fusion, Bollywood, as well as traditional music such as Indian classical, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, and more. Updated continuously. More Databases in |
 | An online encyclopedia of music, containing the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.). Includes links to high-quality web sites which often include sound clips. More Databases in |
| | Indexes nearly 1200 scholarly journals covering the entire range of the humanities and social sciences from 1907-1984. Also covers many important scientific journals through the 1950s. For indexing of articles appearing 1985-present., use Social Sciences Full Text and/or Humanities Full Text. |
 | Indexes and abstracts English-language articles in the most important journals in the humanities, from 1984-present. The full text of many of these articles is available online from 1995 forward. Updated daily. For indexing of articles appearing prior to 1984, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective. More Databases in |
| | Proxy Required for off-campus access! Number of simultaneous users limited, please logoff when finished. Mac users, site does not work with Safari. Must use either Firefox 1.5+ or Netscape 7+. Indexes individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions, such as the complete works of composers and musical anthologies. Updated quarterly. More Databases in |
| | Indexes and abstracts over 60,000 journal articles, books, book articles, and dissertations on all aspects of theatre, dance, and other performing arts worldwide. Years of coverage vary by title. Updated regularly. More Databases in |
| | Indexes articles from 850 international music periodicals on all aspects of classical and popular music. 1973-present. Updated quarterly. More Databases in |
| | A streaming music service containing more than 35,000 tracks of music, spoken word, and natural and human-made sounds. Containing the complete recordings released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and other ethnomusicological collections, it contains a wide array of American ethnic and folk music, as well as traditional music from around the world. Also included are music from American history (from the Revolution through the Civil Rights era), an extensive collection of children's songs, and many speeches, readings of poetry and drama, and sounds from the natural world. Updated continuously. More Databases in |
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