Online Resources for the Study of Music, Theatre, & Dance
New! Audio databases (online listening)
Classical Music Library
DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music
Naxos Music Library
Smithsonian Global Sound
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- UMD Libraries Catalog (books, recordings, journals, scores
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- UMD Digital Collections (films, recordings, images
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- Research Port (Databases and Electronic Journals on all subjects)
Important databases in Research Port
- America: History and Life
- Grove Music On-Line
- Historical Abstracts
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International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance
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Modern Language
Association International Bibliography (MLA)
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Music Index OnLine
- New York Public Library Dance Catalog
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RILM
Abstracts of Music Literature Index
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RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
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WorldCat
Guides by University of Maryland Librarians
Music
- Basic
Music Reference Tools **Use this guide with the others listed here.**
- Early Music: Medieval & Renaissance Music History
- Baroque Music History
- Late 18th-Century Music History
- 19th-Century Music History
- 20th-Century Music History
 Guides to primary sources in music, scores, and sound recordings
- Identifying and Locating Musical Sources
- Finding Music Scores
- Finding Sound Recordings
Theatre
- Play Locator
- Play Reviews
- Theatre
Dance
- Dance
Other Online Resources
- Citing music sources
Advice from a music librarian and music professor at Western Ontario University
- Music resources
Websites chosen by the Yale University Music Library
- Performing Arts resources
Websites collected by the Library of Congress
- Performing Arts databases and electronic resources at the Library of Congress
Some available onsite only. Visit the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room
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