Subscription Databases and E-books
African American Song (streaming)
the first online resource to document the history of African American music in an online music listening service. The collection contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others. The African American experience is deeply connected to music. Whether using guitar, piano, voice, harmonica, violin, or spoons, African Americans have always expressed their joy, pain, and hopes through song.
American Song (streaming)
American Song is a history database containing tracks that allow people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database contains songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.
Classical Music Library (streaming)
is the world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Coverage of repertoire is increasing as new labels are added , with a particular focus on content that meets the needs of educators and students. Never before have institutions been able to offer library users such ease of access to our recorded heritage - both recordings of the past, and new releases.
Global Sound (Smithsonian) (streaming)
produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms.
OverDrive Music Downloads
Download music to your computer or portable device through the OverDrive Music online database.

Websites Selected by Librarians
Internet Resources in Music
Extensive musical links provided by the University of California Santa Barbara Arts Library including instruments, library archives, associations and popular music.
Teoria
This website on music theory includes articles, reference, interactive exercises, and software. Also available in Spanish.
MusicTheory.net
Includes introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, ear trainers, and books.
Music Library & Listening Center
A collection of links to Web resources about the study of folk and primitive music arranged by categories by the University of Washington.
AMG All Music Guide
Comprehensive database of recorded music, this site contains ratings and reviews of more than 400,000 record albums. Search by artist, album, song title, music style, and label. Find information on new releases, biographies of musicians, and discographies of both in and out-of-print titles.
Music Links
Links to a selection of sites for music, including music charts, awards, and song lyrics.
Music Collections
Online index to San Jose Public Library's extensive music holdings available in the Choral Music Collection, Magazine Music Collection, Sheet Music Collection, Songs/Songbooks Collection, and Stock Music Collection.

Local Music Resources
The Choral Project
San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Opera
Opera San Jose
San Jose Jazz
San Jose Symphonic Choir
San Jose Wind Symphony
South Bay Folks
South Bay Guitar Society
Symphony Silicon Valley