Online Resources for the Study of Music, Theatre, & Dance
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Music Librarian: Steve Henry
Theatre/Dance Librarian: Leahkim Gannett
Highlights from the Collection
A Selection of Rare Books
Music Microfilm Sets
New! Video databases
Dance in Video
Opera in Video
Theatre in Video
New! Audio Database
Contemporary World Music
New! Online Music Scores
Classical Scores Library
New! Reference Collections
African American Music Reference
Classical Music Reference Library
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Oxford Music Online
Start your research here
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
- A Guide for Recitalists: Choosing Music and Writing Program Notes Using Library and Online Resources
- Music Education
 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
- Theatre Fundamentals
Dance
- Dance
Research Collections at the UMD Libraries
The following four collections are available from the UMD Libraries Home Page
- UMD Libraries Catalog (books, recordings, journals, scores
)
- UMD Digital Collections (films, recordings, images
)
- DRUM (Digital Repository at UM) (theses and dissertations written recently at UM, research conducted by UM faculty and researchers)
- Research Port (Databases and Electronic Journals on all subjects)
Important databases in Research Port
Note: the following databases represent the resources most likely to offer information on the performing arts. Many other databases in Research Port may contain valuable information pertaining to your research. Please contact librarians Steve Henry (music) or Leahkim Gannett (theatre and dance) for further guidance.
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Audio databases (online listening)
- Classical Music Library
- DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music
- Naxos Music Library
- Smithsonian Global Sound
Dance
- International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance
- New York Public Library Dance Catalog (OR go directly to
NYPL Web site)
- Academic Search Premier
Theatre
- International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance
- Modern Language
Association International Bibliography (MLA)
- Academic Search Premier
Music
- Grove Music On-Line (Now available through Oxford Music Online)
- Music Index OnLine
- Oxford Music Online (includes Grove Music Online)
- RILM
Abstracts of Music Literature Index
- RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
General Databases that include information on Dance, Theatre, and Music
- America: History and Life
- Historical Abstracts
- JSTOR
- Project Muse
- WorldCat
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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