Streaming Media

Contains over 35,000 tracks of historical American songs written by and about American Indians, African Americans, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Includes songs about the Civil Rights Movement, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and others.
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Contains almost 60,000 classical music tracks that span styles from Medieval to contemporary times, including symphonic music, vocal and instrumental music, chamber groups, and other forms. Many recordings are distinguished performances from major recording labels. Program notes, composer biographies, recommended playlists, and images are included as supplementary reference information.
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Contains over 50,000 contemporary and traditional world music recordings in genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more.
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Described as the largest and most comprehensive collection of jazz music available online. Users can stream music online from thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres. Includes works licensed from major record labels.
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Contains the online full text of over 350,000 works of poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the seventh century to the present day, including American literature, English literature, and other literature written in English. Includes full-text reference resources, biographical information, and literary criticism from over 130 current literature journals, as well as nearly 900 videos of poets reading poetry and unabridged audio recordings of Shakespeare's 38 plays.
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Cross-searches eight music collections from Alexander Street Press, including over 23,000 classical music scores, nearly 300,000 streaming music tracks in a variety of genres, and major music encyclopedias and dictionaries.
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Contains over 700,000 audio tracks on 51,000 discs from 250 independent recording labels. Classical music is the primary genre, but also includes world/folk music, Chinese orchestral, and traditional music. Includes 10,000 composer and artist biographies, as well as libretti and synopses of over 700 operas. Note: Requires Adobe Flash Player version 10 for PC or version 9 for MAC.
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Described as a "virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions," this database contains over 40,000 tracks of traditional music and spoken sound from around the world. Notes, images, videos, educational features, and lesson plans accompany the music.
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