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Follow the link below to see a list of journals, magazines, newspapers and other periodicals at Oesterle Library on the topic of music.

The following library databases contain recordings, articles and other content on music and related topics.

Music Online
Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 75,000 American, classical and global songs from many genres. Searches across the American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music and Jazz Music Library databases.
African American Song
Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 16,000 African-American songs; genres include blues, jazz, gospel, ragtime, and more
American Song
Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 14,000 American songs; genres include folk, rock, jazz, zydeco, bluegrass and more
Classical Music Library
Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 50,000 classical music recordings
Contemporary World Music
Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 9,000 songs from contemporary artists from around the globe; genres include reggae, Tejano, Afropop, Bollywood, flamenco and more
Jazz Music Library
Streaming audio and liner notes for more than 18,000 jazz music recordings.
Smithsonian Global Sound
Streaming audio and liner notes for tens of thousands of folk, traditional, classical, and popular music recordings from around the globe; includes complete Smithsonian Folkways collection
JSTOR
Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects
Academic Search Premier
4,500+ full-text publications covering most academic subjects