• audio database and listening service that documents the history of African American music
• collection includes jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs and narratives
• listen online to over 16,000 selections of great historical recordings from Document Records
• audio files can be downloaded
• many items include .pdf files of album covers with liner notes
• browse by artist, ensemble, genre, album title, instrument or label
• includes custom playlist capability

Includes over 5000 documentaries, newsreels, public affiairs, and archival videos from sources such as A&E, PBS, and Universal Newsreel.

Provides free online access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. Materials from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.

• audio database and listening service of classical music from over 30 prominent labels
• collection includes vocal, choral, chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental and opera
• listen online to over 50,000 selections from earliest times to the present
• audio files can be downloaded for a fee
• many items include .pdf files of album covers with liner notes
• browse by artist, ensemble, genre, composer, conductor, period, instrument or label
• includes custom playlist capability

Contains performances, documentaries, and interviews in streaming online video format by the most influential performers & companies of the 20th c. Selections cover ballet, jazz, tap, as well as contemporary, experimental improvisational genres. Liner notes available in pdf.

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• audio database and listening service that provides audio, liner notes and essays from the diverse catalogue of recordings by New World Records
• collection includes folk to opera; Native American to jazz; 19th century classical to early rock; also musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond
• browse by composer, artist, ensemble, genre, instrument or label
• listen online to over 7500 selections through web streaming using QuickTime Player (6.5.2 or later)
• check HELP for troubleshooting about streaming, technical requirements, etc.

"Jazz Music Library will be the largest and most comprehensive collection of jazz available online—with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. At launch, the collection includes works licensed from legendary record labels, including Audiophile, Concord Jazz, Contemporary Records, Fantasy, Jazzology, Milestone, Nessa Records, Original Jazz Classics, Pablo, and Prestige. Labels being added include Circle Records, GHB Records, Good Time Jazz, GRP Records, Impulse, Peak, Riverside, Solo Art Records, Stretch Records, Verve, and dozens more." -Alexander Street Press

Music Online provides a single place to search the entire suite of Alexander Street Press music products that UArts Libraries subscribes to. Music Online can cross-search any combination of these databases:

• African American Music Reference
• American Song
• Classical Music Library
• Classical Music Reference Library
• Classical Scores Library
• Contemporary World Music
• Dance in Video
• The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
• Opera in Video

• audio database and listening service of classical music from the entire Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues
• collection includes classical, jazz, world, folk and Chinese
• listen online to over 165,000 selections
• includes documentation from original disc issues
• browse by artist, genre, composer, year of composition, period or instrument
• includes custom playlist capability

• audio database and listening service of jazz from the entire catalogues of Naxos and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz
• listen online to over 22,600 tracks from over 2,300 albums
• includes documentation from original disc issues
• browse by artist, album, or composition
• includes custom playlist capability

Omnimusic offers tens of thousands of production music tracks for use in film, television, theater, and multimedia projets. Tracks are sorted by style, mood, and tempo and may be downloaded as mp3 or wav files.

• audio database and listening service from various archives worldwide of folk and ethnic musics
• listen online to over 35,000 selections of the world's musical and aural traditions
• audio files can be downloaded
• many items include .pdf files of album covers with liner notes
• browse by artist, ensemble, genre, country, cultural group, language, album title, instrument or label
• includes custom playlist capability