Streaming Media Resources

this is a guide to audio and video services available from the library and on demand, including both licensed and free resources.

Free Music Sites

allmusic
The allmusic website was created in 1995 as a place for music fans to indulge their passion.

African American Music Reference This link opens in a new window
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Brings together text reference, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies which chronicle the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music. The database is constantly expanding to include comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

Audio Case Files
Audio opinions of more than 1,000 precedent setting cases and over 4,500 hours of Courtroom View Network's (CVN) video archive. Register using a UMass Amherst email address. Download MP3s of case summaries.
Classical Music Library
Audio database of classical music, with reference section. Playlist option available. Downloading available for a fee.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music This link opens in a new window
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Essays, images and audio examples about world music.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

IE 7.0 or Firefox 1.0 or higher recommended.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
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Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 129,810 CDs with more than 1,985,900 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window
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Five thousand tracks of recorded jazz music, with notes.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new window
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Music from America and elsewhere on the Folkways label. Listen for free and download for a fee. Playlist option available.
Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

The Gale research databases provide MP3 files of most of the articles contained, which is a great benefit if you prefer listening to reading.