Research Guides: Music-Related Databases Guide: Find Books, Scores, and Recordings at the University Libraries and Items Available through Interlibrary Loan

Find Books, Scores, and Recordings at the University Libraries and Items Available through Interlibrary Loan

Daniels' Orchestral Music Online
You can browse the classical repertoire from Karl Friedrich Abel to Ellen Taffee Zwilich and find basic information on composers and instrumentation plus inspiration for advanced programming.
Index to Printed Music
Search for individual pieces of music printed in the complete works of composers, in anthologies containing pieces from disparate historical periods, and in other scholarly editions. Searchable by composer, title, and series name and number. Limited to 1 user at a time.

University of Minnesota Libraries Home Page
Find books, scores, recordings, magazines, journals, movies, and more in the University of Minnesota Libraries catalog.
InterLibrary Loan & Digital Delivery
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Digital Delivery offers access to materials needed for courses and research, including materials not currently available within the University of Minnesota Libraries, AND digital copies of articles and book chapters from our print and microform collections. Free for currently-affiliated University students, faculty, and staff.
Institute for Composer Diversity
The Institute for Composer Diversity, winner of the 2018 ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Media/Internet Award and housed at the State University of New York at Fredonia, is dedicated to the celebration, education, and advocacy of music created by composers from historically underrepresented groups through database resources and programming analysis. Their award-winning Composer Diversity Database allows users to discover over 4000 composers of historically underrepresented genders, racial, ethnic, and cultural heritages, and sexual orientations. You can search by composer name, living or deceased, common large and small ensemble genres, racial, ethnic, or cultural demographics, and by location (city, state, and country).

WorldCat
Find books, journals, articles, maps, music scores, sound recordings, films, theses/dissertations, machine-readable data files, and any other materials available in libraries worldwide. All subject areas are covered. Request items through Interlibrary Loan using the ILLiad link on each item's record. A mobile version of this database is available. Limited to 65 simultaneous users.

Finding Music Materials
Need some help searching for and finding music materials like streaming audio and video, physical recordings, and digital and physical scores? This guide will get your started with instructions, tips, and tricks.

Last Updated: Jun 18, 2025 5:43 PM