Selected Music Resources


Databases
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    *360Search
    Use 360 Search to search the Rhodes library catalog, selected databases and online journals simultaneously.
  • *Academic Onefile
    A premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world′s leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995. Updated daily.
  • *America: History and Life
    Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, America: History and Life coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Over 90% of the articles included are published in English-language journals.
  • Aria Database
    The Aria Database is a collection of information about opera and operatic arias. Besides providing basic information about each aria, the Database includes translations for many arias and aria texts for those that are not affected by copyright restrictions. The Database also provides access to a collection of operatic MIDI files to give visitors an idea of what each aria sounds like. Currently, the Database holds information on the complete operatic aria collections of Mozart, Verdi, Berlioz, Wagner, and Puccini as well as the partial collections of over 50 other composers.
  • *American National Biography
    Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
  • Bach Bibliography Database
    The aim of releasing the Bach Bibliography on the Internet is to provide facilities for scholarly community world-wide the most up-to-date and most comprehensive bibliography of J. S. Bach in most useful and efficient way.
  • Bach - Texts of the Complete Vocal Works (UVA)
  • Beethoven Bibliography Database
    The Database is a fully-indexed bibliography of published (and selected unpublished) materials relating to Ludwig van Beethoven
  • *Black Thought and Culture
    When complete, Black Thought and Culture will provide approximately 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to 1975. The collection is intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art.
  • CANTUS: A Database for Gregorian Chant
    The purpose of CANTUS is to assemble and publish indices of the chants found in manuscript and early printed sources for the liturgical Office.  Each record in the database represents one chant from a particular source.
  • Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature (Indiana University)
    Includes: Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum; Saggi musicali italiani ; Texts on Music in English from the Medieval and Early Modern Eras; Traités français sur la musique
  • Chopin Early Editions (U Chicago Digital Library)
    Chopin Early Editions consist of digitized images of all scores in the University of Chicago Library′s Chopin collection.
  • Choral Domain Public Library
    Begun in December 1998, CPDL is one of the world′s largest free sheet music sites.You can use CPDL to find scores, texts, translations, and information about composers.
  • Digital Mozart
    The purpose of this web site operated by the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum in cooperation with the Packard Humanities Institute is to make Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart′s musical compositions widely and conveniently accessible to the public, for personal study and for educational and classroom use. Wholesale downloading or reuse of the contents of this website is prohibited under all circumstances, whether commercial or otherwise.
  • Music International Database of Choral Music Repertoire
  • *ProQuest Research
    ProQuest Research Library features a highly-respected, diversified mix of general reference, scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers. This combination of volume and scope makes it one of the broadest, most inclusive databases, providing resources for both the basic needs and high-end requirements of researchers.
  • *RILM Music Abstracts
    RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, published by Rèpertoire International de Littèrature Musicale, New York, contains records in over 100 languages; entries include original-language titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, and abstracts in English, as well as author, journal, and in-depth subject indexes. Records appear in over a hundred languages and include original language titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, and abstracts in English, as well as author, journal, and in-depth subject indexes. The majority of citations include abstracts. Over 500 scholarly journals are represented.  
  • *Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition (1982 -)
    Electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad. Contains Readers Guide and Humanities Index.

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