Library Guides: Music: Subject Databases

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Music Index
Covers international music periodicals, listing articles dealing with every aspect of classical and popular music.
Date Coverage: 1979-date
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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RILM
Indexes articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, film, and videos.
Date Coverage: 1969-date.

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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Naxos Music Library
Provides online access to western classical music , world music, and jazz recordings.
Date Coverage: Varies
Maximum Users: 5
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Naxos Video Library
A streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts, documentaries, and master classes.
Maximum Users: 10
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
The premier music encyclopedia. Includes the New Grove Dictionaries of Jazz and Opera.
Date Coverage: Second edition

Maximum Users: 1

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WorldCat
International catalog containing over 95 million records of books and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Titles unavailable elsewhere can be requested here.
Date Coverage: Before 1000 BC-date

Maximum Users: Unlimited

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