Subscription Databases and E-books
Freegal Downloadable Music
Freegal is an online database that provides access to songs from Sony Music’s catalog of artists.  Each library card holder may download three songs per week in the MP3 format.  One's download counter resets each Sunday at 9:00 p.m. One may browse Freegal using genre and artist lists or search for a particular artist.  Whether you enjoy Alternative Rock, Classic Rock, R&B, Country, Classical, Pop, Latin Pop, or Jazz, the library provides access to your favorite hits. Play the file in a program such as iTunes or Windows Media Player.  The file will not expire. For additional information, including troubleshooting information, please click here.
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. The collection also contains a diverse range of genres such as jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narratives, among others.
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.
Contemporary World Music (streaming)
delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more. This release includes 2,047 albums, equaling 27,644 tracks, growing regularly.
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 Downloadable Music
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