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Lewis Music Library


Peter Munstedt
Music Librarian
pmunsted@mit.edu




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Music Materials

The Lewis Music Library collection includes:

  • Over 15,000 books
  • 75 print journal subscriptions
  • 35,000 scores
  • 20,000 recordings

Using Barton

Barton, the MIT Libraries' online catalog: http://libraries.mit.edu/barton

Online Resources

Streaming audio:

  • American Song includes 865 albums, equalling 14,632 tracks, covering genres from African American, American Folk, American Indian, and Bluegrass to Tex-Mex, Traditional, and Vocal & Choral. The library's subscription allows 3 simultaneous users.
    Bookmarkable URL: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/amsong

  • DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) contains over 9,800 compositions (1,500 CDs) by American composers and artists from the New World, CRI, and other important labels. Instructions for accessing DRAM: http://libraries.mit.edu/music/dram.html

  • The Naxos Music Library contains over 240,000 tracks of music (mostly classical).
    Instructions for accessing Naxos: http://libraries.mit.edu/music/naxos.html

  • Naxos Jazz offers nearly 20,000 tracks from over 2,000 albums, representing over 500 jazz artists.
    Instructions for accessing Naxos Jazz: http://libraries.mit.edu/music/naxos.html#jazz

Researching a topic:

Writing Tips

MIT Libraries' Information Navigator: http://libraries.mit.edu/tutorials/general/index.html

Organizing Your References

Suggestions for keeping track of your references: http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/organizing-references/574/

Library Updates (also available as RSS)

Library Materials Not at MIT

  • InterLibrary Borrowing may be able to get an article (usually within a week) or book (can take up to two weeks) not owned by the MIT Libraries: http://libraries.mit.edu/ilb

  • Boston Library Consortium (BLC): http://libraries.mit.edu/blc
    The Boston Library Consortium is a cooperative association of academic and research libraries in the greater Boston area Most BLC member libraries are open to on-site use by MIT users. If your research requires materials not available at MIT, you may qualify for a BLC borrowing card. Ask the reference staff in Hayden, Barker, Dewey, or Rotch Library.

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