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| amp: Australian Music Presented amp is a growing online collection of Australian classical and experimental music drawn from the ABC's vast archive of music recordings.  |
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Australian Composers Online A new TIES Grant teaching resource initiative of the University Library making available more than 200 e-scores of works by a selection of leading Australian composers, contemporary and historical, in downloadable PDF format. Click the Limit/Sort Search button at the top of the screen to search for specific composers or works. |
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Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library is a large streaming database of Classical music recordings from eminent labels including Hyperion, Sanctuary Classics, Hänssler Classic, and many more. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. (Search Classical Music Library and Classical Scores Library together via Music Online) |
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Classical Scores Library Includes the major composers and many lesser known composers and works, from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Some major contemporary Australian composers are soon to be included. Content includes in-copyright material from Boosey and Hawkes and selected material from the University Music Editions microfilm series. (Search Classical Music Library and Classical Scores Library together via Music Online) |
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| Naxos Music Library
A collection of audio music containing the Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues; includes classical music, historical recordings, jazz, world and folk music, along with textual notes on the works being played and biographical information on composers or artists. |
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| Naxos Music Library Jazz
Comprises music files from Naxos Jazz and the 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz. Fantasy labels include Prestige, Debut, Riverside, Stax, Volt, Specialty, Pablo and more. Over 500 jazz artists are represented on more than 1,800 albums. |
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Oxford Music Online
Comprises the full-text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition. Full-text search is possible. Includes illustrations and sound samples. |
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Oxford Music Online
Oxford's portal for reference works on music. Includes Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music Includes illustrations and sound samples. |
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| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature via Ebsco (1967 - present) Compiled by the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, this large bibliography provides broad international coverage including records in over 100 languages from journals, books, dissertations, conference proceedings, Festschriften etc. |
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| Music Index(1973 - present)
Indexes book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry. |
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| IIMP : International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text
Covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. IIPA and IIMP may be searched together as Music & Performing Arts Online. |
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| IIPA : International Index to Performing Arts Full Text(1864 - present)
Provides indexing, abstracts and full-text to over 240 international periodicals, covering a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry. IIPA and IIMP may be searched together as Music & Performing Arts Online. |
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APA-FT: Australian Public Affairs Full Text via Informit Online (1978 - present)
A good starting point for articles on Australian music as well as humanities, literature, politics, history, social sciences, culture and public affairs. It includes full text articles 1994/1995 -, from the top 200 journals indexed.
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| Dissertation & Theses Full Text Major source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Full text is available from 1997 to the present. Note: It contains very large files; may be slow to download off-campus. |
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| Eighteenth Century Collections Onlinevia Gale Infotrac
Access digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. Based on The English Short Title Catalogue, it includes every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain, along with thousands of important works from the Americas. As well as books and directories it covers sheet music, pamphlets and advertisements. |
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| Expanded Academic Index ASAP via Gale Infotrac (1980-present) Full text and abstracts from a large number of multidisciplinary journals. |
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| Factiva Full text newspaper articles and pictures of over 8,000 international newspaper and newswire publications, from mid-1980s onwards. Note: Click Logout when finished. |
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| Google Scholar An academic version of the famous search engine. |
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IPA Source
A large library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera aria, art song, and Latin liturgical texts (with phonetic transcriptions and English translations). |
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| JSTOR
Full-text of major academic journals and scholarly literature from around the world, covering music and other disciplines. The last five years are not available in this database. |
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| MusicAustralia
Find music scores, sound recordings, websites and a range of other music-related material held by a large number of Australia's cultural institutions or described by specialist music services. Both heritage and contemporary music are covered. 
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Music Online cross-search Classical Music Library and Classical Scores Library)
Classical Music Library is a large streaming database of Classical music recordings; Classical Scores Library) includes the major composers and many lesser known composers and works, from the Renaissance to the 21st century. |
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Oxford Music Online
Comprises the full-text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition. Full-text search is possible. Includes illustrations and sound samples. |
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| Oxford Scholarship Online Full text books online with a large selection of economics, finance, philosophy, religion, music,and political science titles. Economics & finance title list Philosophy title list Political science title list Religion title list Music title list |
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| Project Muse Full text of peer-reviewed humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from over 60 scholarly publishers. |
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RILM, RIPM, RISM and Film & Television Literature Index combined search
via Ebsco Search these databases together, or use their individual links. |
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| RIPM : Répertoire international de la presse musicalevia Ebsco (1800 - 1950)
An international annotated bibliography of writings on musical history and culture, found in music periodicals published in seventeen countries. Treating primary source material, RIPM indexes the content of complete runs of journals, including articles, reviews, news columns, miscellaneous items, surveys of the press, bibliographies, iconography and advertising. |
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| RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 via Ebsco Find musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections. Provides full bibliographic records of manuscripts written mainly between 1600 - 1850. |
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| Web of Sciencevia ISI Web of Knowledge
Contains the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Useful for subject and citation searching for any discipline. |
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