How to find primary sources

Music & recordings

Garland encyclopedia of world music online (includes audio examples, illustrations, photographs, maps, drawings, and more)

Music Online: Classical Scores Library (contains classical scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material)

Naxos Music Library (provides a comprehensive collection of classical music)

Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries (includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of various labels)

See also the Finding music, sounds and images guide.