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Introduction
Welcome to the research guide for flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, and saxophone resources in the library! This guide provides information on using library and web resources to find books, journal articles, scores, recordings, and digital projects. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or if there's anything I can do to help!
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Popular Resources
- ScoutScout is a powerful search tool that can be used to find both print and electronic resources. Scout simultaneously searches the libraries' catalog, databases, electronic collections, streaming media, and much more.
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Oxford Music Online (OMO) is the access-point for Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Patrons can cross-search products for full text articles, browse by subject, and link to images, digital sound, and related sites.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of classical music available for streaming online; also includes selections from historical recordings, jazz, world, folk, and Chinese music. Contains the entire Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo catalogs as well as recordings from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BIS (Sweden), and Analekta. Updated monthly.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
RILM (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) Abstracts provides citations and abstracts of articles in music periodicals, conference proceedings, books, bibliographies, catalogs, dissertations, Festschriften, and iconographies. Thousands of journals in hundreds of languages are indexed.
- IMSLP (Interational Music Score Library Project)Virtual collection of public domain scores and licensed recordings.
Recording and Music Technology
- Whisper BoothsThe UA Libraries can help you create audio projects, such as voiceovers and simple keyboard and acoustic instrumental recordings. Two booths are available by reservation.
- Sanford Media CenterUse our software to bring your multimedia project to life! We provide support for a variety of digital media software, including the entire Adobe Creative Suite, music production software, and video editing programs.
- Alabama Digital Humanities Center (ADHC)Offers faculty, staff, and graduate students resources to explore digital humanities. Organized and supported by a community of academics at the University of Alabama, the ADHC provides technical skills, equipment, and collaborative opportunities to researchers at all levels of expertise and interest in the field.