FCC Library

 

Music

Library Catalog
  • Search for online and print books and DVDs in the "M..."call number range. How to cite:
    APA , MLA
Research Databases

These resources are limited to FCC-affiliated users. Ask Library staff for more info, call 301-846-2444, or contact Ask a Reference Librarian.

·        Academic Search Premier:: Multiple subjects are covered in this database of over 4,600 journals. How to cite: APA, MLA

·        Ebrary: Over 25,000 electronic full-text books from dozens of academic, university, technical, and trade publishers.  Off-campus, you’ll need to log in.with your 14-digit barcode number from your FCC ID.  How to cite: APA, MLA 

  • Naxos Music Library: A comprehensive collection of classical music online, offering over 550,000 tracks of classical music, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music.ON-CAMPUS access is automatic; off-campus use requires user name and password.
Websites
  • All Music Guide: Descriptive content about several genres from classical to country to rock to rap. Information includes styles, tones, moods, themes, nationalities; relational content, such as similar artists and albums, influences; and editorial content like biographies, reviews, and rankings. Allmusic also claims to have the largest digital archive of music, including about six million digital songs, as well as the largest cover art library, with more than half a million cover image scans.
  • IMSLP: Petrucci Music Library "Sharing the world's sheet music in the public domain."

  • Internet Public Library: Music History 102 Information on Western music from the Middle Ages to the present.
  • Performing Arts Encyclopedia: From the Library of Congress. Includes print, video, audio in the fields of music, theater, and dance. Links to databases, special collections of scores, sheet music, and more.