W.E.B. DU BOIS LIBRARY
CATALOGING & INFORMATION PROCESSING DEPT.
CATALOGING MUSIC RESOURCES


Grove Music Online



AUDIOS, MP3'S, FILE SHARING, ETC.


Archos AV320 MediaBox
Burning CDs and DVDs
DVD Copying Connection
File Sharing FAQ
iPOD
Kazaa
Launch- Yahoo! Music downloads
Listen.com- Home of Rhapsody, a digital music service
Lycos Music Downloads
MP3Board.com
MP3 Newswire
MP3 Standards
MP3 Streaming Music
Music Match.com
My Free Music.com
NAPSTER
NetNew Music 
NPR.org
Radio (Open Directory)
RealOne Rhapsody
Roxio - Buyers of NAPSTER
SingingFish.com
Sonique- Free audio and MP3 player
Sound Files (Open Directory)
WAVCentral.com
World Radio Network (Int'l. Public Radio)

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AUTHORITY WORK

Authority Tools for Audiovisual and Music Catalogers: An Annotated List of Useful Resources - Updated 1/2/04
Chronologies and Necrologies
Gaylord Music Library Necrology
MLA Obituary Index (Stanford)
Musical Times "In Memoriam" Page
NACO Music Project Examples - Revised 12/5/03
Timeline of Composers

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CDs, CD-Rs, DVDs, DVD-Rs, etc.

Care & Handling for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs - A guide for librarians & archivists
CDConnection.com - Best first place to look. Has superior search engine

CD Hotlist: New Releases for Libraries
CD Information Center
CDNow
CD-Recordable FAQ
Digital Audio Guide
DVD Audio FAQ
DVD Review
DVD Ripping
DVD-Rs
How DVDs Work
How Permanent is CD-R Media?
NetFlix - Rent DVDs online
Play.com

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CLASSICAL, COMPOSERS AND OPERA

American Composers Forum
Andante (Everything Classical)
Classical Composer's Archive
Classical Live Online Radio
Classical Music Dictionary
Classical Music Navigator
Classical Net - Features 2700 CD reviews, 6000 files & over 4000 links to classical music sites
Classical Performers
Composer-Specific Sites
Composers - From Grove Music Online
Digital Classics TV
Directory of Composers on the Net
DW3 Classical Music Resources - Duke's comprehensive collection of links
Early Women Composers
Glimmerglass Opera
HB Recordings Direct
Manuscripts Catalogue Front Page (the British Library)
MuseData: an Electronic Library of Classical Music Scores
MusiClassical Directory
Opera (Open Directory)
OperaNet

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COPYRIGHT ISSUES

Copyrightlaws.com
Federal Anti-Piracy and Bootleg FAQ
MLA Copyright for Music Librarians
Morpheus 3.4
Music and Copyright Law
Music Plagiarism Project
Napster (Under Construction)
Public Domain Music
RIAA (Recording Industry of America)
United States Copyright Law: a Guide for Music Educators
U.S. Copyright Office (Library of Congress)

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DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

African Music Encyclopedia
Canadian Music Encyclopedia
Classical Music Dictionary
Dance Music Dictionary
Encyclopedia of Music
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Music Dictionary and Terminology
Music Dictionary Online
Music Web Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Notation Machine Free Music Dictionary
Thesaurus of Musical Instruments
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

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GENRES

Alternative Rock
Archives of African American Music and Culture
Blues
Cajun and Zydeco Music
Celtic
Children's Music Web
Contemporary List of Jazz Links
Corridos Sin Fronteras
Country Music Index Search Engine
Cyber-Tango
Ethnomusicology Online - Excellent multimedia journal combining text, audio, and video
Finnish Music Information Centre
Folk and Non-Western Music Sites (Sibley Music Library)
Folk Music
Folk Music: an Index to Recorded Resources
Genres and Types of Music
Gregorian Chant Homepage
Grove Music Popular Genres
Heavy Metal Music
Hungarian Music
Internet Chinese Music Archive
Jazz from Grove Music Online - Currently 201 free articles online
Jewish Music WebCenter
Individual Musicians (All Genres) and Popular Groups
Latin House Music
Latin Pop Music
Links to Middle Eastern Music Sites
Marching and Concert Bands
La Musica: IU's Latin American Music Center Newsletter
Musicals and Operettas
National, International, and World Music
Progressive Music
Punk
Reggae
Rock Music
Sacred Music
Ska 
Swing Music
Traditional Ballad Index
Vocal
The Wanderer (Oldies Music)
Worldbeat

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GERMAN, RUSSIAN AND SWEDISH MUSIC SITES

20,000 Volkslieder, German and Other Folksongs
Archives of Lieder-l
Art of Singing Piano: Lied - Melodie - Art Song
Great Russian Voices
Heine-Lieder universelle Botschaft
Ihr Lieder! Ihr Meine Guten Lieder! - "A performer's guide to musical settings for one or two voices of the poetry of Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)" by Peter W. Shea
Internetresurser for musikbibliotekarier: katalogiseringshjalpmedel
Joachim Raff Society Homepage
Open Directory: Arts:Music: Styles: Classic: Lieder
Ring Disc: an Interactive Guide to Wagner's Ring Cycle
Russian Classical Music
Schubert Institute (UK)
Schubertiade
Startseite des Heinrich-Heine-Instituts
Swedish Music Information Center: Contemporary Classical Music

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INDEXES, DIRECTORIES AND ARCHIVES

Audio Find.com
Barewalls Music Index

Canadian Music Periodical Index
Classical Composers Database
Classical Music Archives
Cosmopolis Music Archives
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music - With special metadata section
Digital Music Archives
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online - Free search
Grove Music
Harrassowitz Thematic Indices
IIMP (International Index to Music Periodicals) Search
Index to Mugwumps Online
Internet Underground Music Archive
Irish Traditional Music Archive
IUMA: Internet Underground Music Archive
LLAMA - Lowland's Alternative Music Archives
M-Files, Music Files, Music Archives
MP3 Search.com
Music and Technology.com: Resources for the Recording Musician
Music Archives, Associations, Centers, Institutes, and Societies
Music Database (World's Largest Industrial/Gothic Music Index)
Music Libraries and Music Archives
Music Searcher.com
MusicSeek Search
RISM Online (Repertoire International des Sources Musicales
Rock Music Archives on the Web
Singer Songwriter Directory
Strange Music Archives - Mandelbrot, Medieval/Renaissance, Fractal Music, etc.
Themefinder
Ultimate Band List

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LOCAL

Arcadia Players
BandShack.com: Massachusetts Bands and Musicians
Black Rebels
Boston Groupie News
Brass Attack of Springfield
Caught in the Act: WGBY's Local Band Downloads
Contra Dances in Western Massachusetts

Dirty Water: the Boston Rock & Roll Museum
Iron Horse Entertainment Group
Massachusetts Radio Stations Online
MassHome Radio Stations
New England Music Scrapbook Homepage
Pause-O-Record

Pioneer Valley Symphony
Ray Mason Band
Viva Quetzal
Western Mass. Independent Media Center
Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Singings
WFCR (88.5 FM)
WGBY
WRNX - 100.9 FM
WRSI - 93.9 "The River"

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LYRICS

#1 Songs of 1930-1999
All But Forgotten Oldies
American Song-Poem Music Archives
A-Z Lyrics Universe
British Song - With extensive search engine
Get Lyrical.com
Irish Songs by Donal O'Shaughnessy
Links to Lyrics Pages
Lyrics Post
Lyrics Search Engine
Lyricsfreak.com
Music Lyrics Resources - Includes the Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Who Does That Song?

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MISCELLANEOUS

Acadia Early Music Archive
American Music Research Center Collection
Anti Music: the Hate Ring
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments (Oxford)
Charts All Over the World
Digital Music Library Project (Indiana University, Variations 2)
Dr. Demento
Dr. Prestamo's Music Links
Harmony Central
Historic American Sheet Music
Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music (Milton S. Eisenhower Library of Johns Hopkins University)
LPDB.net (Vinyl LP Record Reference)
Music Awards
Music: Bands and Artists (Open Directory)
Music History Resources
Music Resources on the WWW (Yale)
Music Selection Resources on the WWW (Yale)
Musical Notation Codes: SMDL, NIFF, DARMS, GUIDO, abc, MusiXML
MusicalAmerica.com
Musician.com
Musicians and Injuries
Musicology
Musicology and Music History
Quirky Music Reference Site
Record Labels on the Web
Recorded Sound Reference Center (Library of Congress)
Recording Technology History
This Day in Music History
This Day in Rock & Roll History
Vocal Ranges

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MUSIC CATALOGING

048 - No. of Musical Instruments or Voices Code (Bib. Format & Standards)
Basics of Music Uniform Titles
Chief Source of Information for Scores and Sound Recordings
Coding for Form &Topic Subdivisions in SHs for Musical Compositions & Books About Music
Comparison of Musical Uniform Titles and Music Subject Headings
Contents Notes for Music
Cutter Numbers for Composers
Dating LPs
Digital Projects and Developing Technologies in Music & Media Libraries
Entry Element for Surnames With Separately Written Prefixes
Extent of Item (Including Specific Material Designation) LCRI6.5B1
Guidelines for Determining Proper Format for Scores and Score-Like Material
Internet Resources for Music Catalogers (Harvard)
Jazz and Popuar Music Subject Heading Divisions
M - Music: Library of Congress Classification System
Music / AV Team Procedures for Cataloging Music Materials (Penn State)
Music Cataloging at Yale
Music Cataloging Resources (State Univ. of West Georgia)
Music Classification (MIT)
Music Librarians' Homepages (Simmons)
Music Libraries and Library Associations
Music Libraries: Special Collections of Music
Musical Presentation Statement Area (254 Field) for Scores
Names of Keys in French, German, Italian and Spanish
Order of Instruments in Subject Headings
Physical Description Area (300 Field) for Scores
SONIC - Sound Online Inventory and Catalog (LC) - Search a portion of the Library of Congress's audio collection here. Includes special search screens for radio broadcasts, news only radio broadcasts, commercial 78s, 45s, and cassettes, unpublished archival collections, music only, and spoken word only.
Sound Recordings for Main and Added Entries
Subject Headings for Vocal Music
Those Darn Chorus Subject Headings!
Types of Composition for Use in Music UTs: AACR2 Chapter 25 (rev. 2002)

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MUSIC PORTALS AND SEARCH ENGINES

Ace on the Web - Song titles licensed by ASCAP
American Music Resource
AMG All-Music Guide
Classical Music Search Engine
FindSounds.com: Search the Web for Sounds
Kaman Music Portal
MusicPortal.com
MusicRemedy.com
MusicSearch.com
MusicSeek: Online Music Search Engine
Pop Music Portal
World Music Central
Yahoo! Music Shopping

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MUSIC-RELATED PUBLISHERS AND VENDORS

AllRecordLabels.com
Berkshire Record Outlet
Classical Vocal Repertoire
Crutchfield Audio/Video & Electronics
GMN.com: Global Music Network
Harrassowitz
Hyperion Records
J & J Lubrano, Music Antiquarians
MDT Mail Order
MiniDisc CD/MD Deck Product Table
MiniDisc Community Page
MiniDisc T-Station Home
MiniDisco
MPA Directory of Music Publishers
Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music
Northampton Audio (Now Spearit Sound)
Opera World
Recital Publications
Yesterday Service Inc: Classical Sheet Music

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ONLINE JOURNALS

Alternate Music Press
Billboard.com
Classical Music World
CMJ: New Music First
Down Beat.com
Electronic Music Journals and Newspapers (Indiana Univ.)
Golden Pages: Jls. & E-Jls, Especially Those for Musicians, Music Theorists, and Musicologists
Journal of New Music Research
Magazines and E-Zines
MSU Vincent Voice Library
Music and Vision ("world's first daily classical music magazine")
Music Journals and Magazines, Newspapers, and Periodicals
Musicals and Operettas
New England Music Scrapbook Excerpts

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ORGANIZATIONS

American Musicological Society
American Symphony Orchestra League
ASCAP
Bagaduce Music  Lending Library
BMG Music Services
IAML (Int.l Ass'n. of Music Libraries, Archives & Documentation Centers)
Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations
MLA (Music Library Association) - Link to newsletters, technical reports, and much more
MLAL
MOUG (Music OCLC Users Group)
Music Library Related Organizations on the Web
Musical Heritage Society Online
NEMLA (New England Chapter of the MLA)
Society for Ethnomusicology

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Columbia Univ. Gabe M. Weiner Music and Arts Library
Duke University Music Library
Indiana University Bloomington Libraries / Wm. & Gayle Cook Music Library
Juilliard School Library Webcat
Loeb Music Library (Harvard)
MIT Music Library
Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music
UC Berkeley Music Library
UCLA Music Library
University of Arizona Prototype Fine Arts Library
University of Chicago Music Dept. Page
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Music Library

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