Guide to Music Resources

The following is a selected list of resources for starting research in Music. For further assistance, contact
Linda Reeves, Librarian.

 

Books / Media
Online Databases
Web sites

Books / Media

Find books / media at Northwest Vista College and other ACCD colleges.

You can check out books, CDs and videos / DVDs.They are all located in the west wing of the library.
You will need your student ID or a valid picture ID in order to check out materials.

Library Catalog  [ Search Tips ]
Search the NVC catalog for books, ebooks, CDs, and DVDs or search the collections of all ACCD libraries.

Other Options

WorldCat
Search the collections of libraries world-wide -- about 52,000,000 books. Ask a librarian for help in ordering materials.


Online Databases - Find Articles

The online databases give you access to thousands of scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and materials from books. Use your original PALS username and password to log in to the databases from off campus.
[ Off-Campus Access Tutorial ]

Classical Music Library - is a fully searchable classical music resource—a comprehensive database of distinguished classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to over the Internet. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information.

Naxos Music Library
- this database contains information and music selections from the Naxos catalog of music. Examples from classical, jazz, folk and world music are extensive. Windows Media Player is essential for playing the sound files.

Sheet Music - An online collection of thousands of pieces of classical music. Search by composer, title, and print out for use. It will be necessary to download a small ActiveX control, the ebrary reader, to access these files. Access to that plug-in is on the home page for the collection.


Web Sites

Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music

Internet Public Library Music History

Met Opera Archives

Music Resources on the Internet


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