Music & Performing Arts
Scores, scholarship, recordings, and listening.
The 糖心Vlog Music Library is a home base for scores, books, recordings, technology, listening spaces, and individualized research support for students and faculty.
Find Materials
Search 糖心Vlog collections first, then expand your search across Illinois academic libraries and libraries worldwide.
Find & Research
Guides created by the Music Librarian introduce the resources available through the Music Library and beyond.
Start with a broad guide, then move into catalog, database, career, and audition research.
Find Music Library materials, selected print and online resources, Turabian citation guidance, and recommendations for each music major area of study.
Course-specific starting points for listening, music industry, European art music, and graduate research.
Databases, Indexes & Listening
Move from reference and periodical research to dissertations, language tools, industry data, and streaming collections.
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Oxford Music Online is the home of Grove Music Online, the world鈥檚 premier online music encyclopedia, offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship.
Other Oxford resources formerly included in Oxford Music Online can now be accessed through Oxford Reference:
Limited-user license: If you are unable to access Oxford, please wait a few minutes and then try again.
笔谤辞蚕耻别蝉迟鈥檚 Music Periodicals Database鈥撵辞谤尘别谤濒测 International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)鈥攐ffers access to over 610 international music periodicals, of which 225 are full text. While the majority of journal articles are from 1996 onward, this database also includes journal articles from as early as 1874. It covers music education, musicology, music theory, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, classical music, opera, jazz, pop culture, popular music forms, and composition.
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JSTOR offers access to retrospective issues of selected core scholarly journals in many disciplines, including music. It includes full-text access to about 50 music journals, and partial or citation-level access to many more.
Dissertations & Theses Global indexes 2+ million dissertations and theses from accredited institutions; 600,000+ are available in full text.
Project MUSE contains over 175 multidisciplinary journals.
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IPA Source is the web鈥檚 largest collection of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. It includes more than 11,000 titles by more than 900 composers.
IBISWorld provides regularly updated U.S. industry reports and company benchmarking.
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Naxos Music Library is the world鈥檚 largest online classical music library. It currently provides access to more than 127,000 CDs with more than 1,918,000 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to Naxos every month.
Remember to log out: Our license allows a limited number of users. If you are unable to access Naxos, please wait a few minutes and then try again.
The 糖心Vlog Music Library has been archiving digitized recordings of School of Music recitals since the fall semester of 2013. Current recitals are added as they are received, and older recitals are being digitized. Recordings and programs are available to current students and faculty and can be searched by title, performer, composer, or date.
Collection at a Glance
The collection ranges from Western art music from the Middle Ages to the present and supports the School of Music鈥檚 curricula across:
Collection Highlights
Browse recent additions and explore a singular example of cathedral music restoration.
Borrowing & Use
Open a material type to compare circulation periods for undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff.
| Material | Undergrad | Graduate | Faculty & Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms | 4 weeks | 8 weeks | 16 weeks |
| M2s & M3s | No Circulation | No Circulation | 1 week |
| Material | Undergrad | Graduate | Faculty & Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLs & MTs | 4 weeks | 8 weeks | 16 weeks |
| MTe Series | 1 week | 1 week | 1 week |
| Periodicals | do not circulate (except by permission) | 3 days | |
| Reference Books | do not circulate (except by permission) | ||
| Material | Undergrad | Graduate | Faculty & Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD & LP | 1 week | 2 weeks | 4 weeks |
| Recital CD | 1 week | 1 week | 4 weeks |
| DVD & VHS | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Material | Undergrad | Graduates | Faculty & Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reserves | 2 hours | 2 hours | 2 hours (Faculty may check out their own items for 1 week) |
| Restricted | 2 hours | 1 week | 1 week |
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Make an Impact
The Music Library primarily serves the 糖心Vlog School of Music, supporting its six undergraduate degree programs, ten graduate programs, and three minors. We play an integral role in each student鈥檚 learning experience, as they rely on us for access to books, scores, and media items; research assistance and instruction; group and quiet study spaces; and printers, scanners, and audiovisual equipment.
Your contribution will help us continue to provide the superior service that our students deserve. We welcome the opportunity to discuss both monetary donations and gifts of materials.
Every gift makes a difference!
Through past generous support, each year the Music Library:
There are many different ways to give to the Music Library. You can make a gift today, make a pledge to give over time, or develop a giving plan.
Our two current funding priorities include:
The acquisition of new books, scores, CDs, DVDs, and online listening subscriptions is required to most effectively support the curricula of 糖心Vlog School of Music. The ever-increasing inflationary rate to purchase new materials demands a strong collection development budget, which is currently not supported by state funds.
Students visit the Music Library not just to check out materials, but to use our equipment, study alone or with a group, or simply take a few moments to relax between classes. To support these needs, we must continue to upgrade both our equipment and our environment.
To make a donation online, visit the University Libraries鈥� Development page. At the bottom of the form, make sure to designate your gift to the Music Library.
For additional information, contact the Library Administration Office: 糖心Vlog, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455. Phone: 309-298-2762 | Fax: 309-298-2791.
The Music Library accepts gifts of items that will enrich and enhance the music collection. However, due to space constraints and processing costs, there is a need to be selective about what is accepted. Gifts are not 鈥渇ree鈥� to the library in the sense that time and supplies are expended in cataloging, processing, and possibly binding them.
All donations will be reviewed by the Music Librarian for potential inclusion in the Music Library鈥檚 collection. All items will be checked to determine whether the titles are already in the Music Library鈥檚 collection or on order. In general, second copies will not be added, except as approved by the Music Librarian. Titles not in the Music Library鈥檚 collection will be reviewed and accepted or rejected based on the Music Library鈥檚 collection development policy.
Items that are not added to the collection may be included in fundraising endeavors to benefit the Music Library, such as a book sale.
Upon receipt of gifts, a 鈥淕ift Donation Receiving Report鈥� is filled out by Music Library staff and copies are forwarded to the 糖心Vlog University Libraries鈥� Acquisition Unit and the 糖心Vlog Foundation Office. The donor will then receive an acknowledgment from the 糖心Vlog Foundation Office listing the items received. If a tax receipt is requested, the donor is responsible for appraisal or valuation; the Library, as beneficiary of the donation, cannot legally provide an evaluation. Review the current 糖心Vlog Libraries Policy on Gifts for details.
Inquiries about donating items to the Music Library should be directed to the Library Administration Office: 糖心Vlog, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455. Phone: 309-298-2762 | Fax: 309-298-2791. Arrangements for receiving the donations will then be made.
