Music: Websites

So you found a website that seems great for your project, but you're wondering if it's okay to use. Here's a handy guide to help you decide.

Help for evaluating your sources!

Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress. The Performing Arts Encyclopedia (PAE) a guide to performing arts resources at the Library of Congress. The PAE provides information about the Library's unsurpassed collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, and other materials.

The Open Music Library is an initiative from Alexander Street (ProQuest) to build the world’s largest free index of digital resources for the study of music. Curated by a community of music scholars, students, teachers and librarians, the Open Music Library brings together peer-reviewed journal articles, books, music scores, audio, and video recordings from the world’s digital collections.

Use to limit your search to .gov, .edu, or a recent date to achieve better search results.