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Marian Anderson Photograph Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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This guide provides information about the resources available in the duPont-Ball Libary and on the web in support of students working to complete a B.A. in Music at Stetson.

Search tips for finding books, ebooks, journal articles and other materials are covered.

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Best Bets

Best Bets for Journal Articles

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
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Bibliography of music literature providing broad international coverage.

Best Bets for Information about Music and Composers

Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music Online) This link opens in a new window
The gateway to all Oxford's music resources, including Grove Music Online, Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Oxford Companion to Music.
Music Online Reference Databases This link opens in a new window
Cross searchable database of music reference sources that allows the user to search the following titles simultaneously: African American Music Reference, Classical Music Reference Library, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online, and Classical Scores Library. The subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users.
Music in Print This link opens in a new window
Gives full bibliographic information for printed scores, including sources for purchase.
Includes the Music-In-Print volumes on Sacred Choral, Classical Vocal, Orchestral, String, Classical Guitar, Woodwind, and Piano Music In Print. A new feature is a collection entitled Miscellaneous Music In Print which includes several important categories coming soon to The Music-In-Print Series: Band, Brass, Handbell, Percussion, Harp, and more. Secular Choral and Organ Music In Print are to be made available in 2002. Please note that due to copyright issues, the base volume of String Music In Print (1973) is not available online.

Best Bets for Streaming Music for Listening

Music Online: Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive streaming audio collection of classical music. It currently provides streaming access to more than 766,000 tracks, including almost 50,000 recordings from EMI, and is growing monthly as new recordings are added. The subscription is limited to 3 simultaneous users. I
Naxos Music Listening Library This link opens in a new window
The world's largest online classical music library. Offers the catalogs of more than 50 classical, jazz and world music labels with more labels joining every month. Includes leading independent classical labels such as BIS, Chandos, CPO, Haenssler, Hungaroton, Marco Polo, Vanguard Classics, VOX, and of course Naxos. World music content is provided by ARC, Celestial Harmonies and others.

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