A-R Editions’ Online Music Anthology (ARMA) is a collection of music sheets, articles, and commentary designed expressly for music history and theory courses. In ARMA’s pre-selected textbook are broad surveys, genres and forms by musical period, music theory, biographies of major composers, and analysis of significant works.
The Classical Scores Library is a reliable and searchable database for well-known classical canon and lesser-known contemporary works, with over 5 volumes of scores spanning from the Renaissance to the 21st century.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is a comprehensive bibliography of writings about music featuring citations, abstracts, and indexes. It covers over one million publications worldwide on traditional music, popular music, classical music, and related subjects. Coverage begins in the early 19th century and extends to the present.
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.