BOOKS AND MEDIA
	Recording Labels - Which Database? Use this chart to find which database contains the recording label you need.
	African American Song Steaming audio for jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, narratives, sacred music, etc. Up to the 1970s.
	American Song - 1700s - 1960 Streaming audio; songs by and about miners, native Americans, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers & cowboys. Genres include country, folk, bluegrass, Western, old time, blues, gospel & shape note singing. With liner notes.
	BBC Television Shakespeare Streaming video; BBC production of every Shakespeare play.
	Classical Music Library Streaming audio; includes Arabesque, Bridge, CRD, EMI, Forlane, Hänssler, Hyperion, Mode, Newport Classic, Nimbus, Royal Philharmonic, Vox and other labels.
	Contemporary World Music Streaming audio; emphasis on fusion, world beat, reggae, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing & jazz, etc. Includes Topic, Playasound, Budamusique, Air Mail , Manuiti, Crossing, Lyrichord, Navras, and INEDIT labels.
	Dance in Video Streaming video of dance productions & documentaries by the most influential performers & companies of the 20th century in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental & improvisational dance.
	DRAM Streaming audio (CD-quality, 192kbps/MP4), from New World Records, CRI, Albany, Artifact, Cedille, Cold Blue, Deep Listening, Frog Peak, Innova, Lovely, Mode, Mutable, Open Space, Pogus, and XI Labels.
	Jazz Music Library Streaming audio, with access by performer, ensemble, genre, instrument, recording date, song title, etc. - from traditional to contemporary jazz.
	Music Online Cross-searchable database of Alexander Street Press products (American Song, Contemporary World Music, Classical Scores Library, Opera in Video, Dance in Video, etc.)
	Naxos Music Library Streaming audio; Naxos, Albany, BIS, Bridge, Cedille, Celestial Harmonies, Chandos, Col Legno, Da Capo, Danacord, Delos, Gimell, Hänssler, Hungaraton, Music and Arts, Opera Rara, Vanguard Classics, Wergo, and many other labels.
	Naxos Spoken Word Library Streaming audio for literature, poetry, abridged versions of classic texts and non-fiction.
	Opera in Video Streaming video of major opera performances, including staged productions, interviews & documentaries. Represents the world’s best performers, conductors & opera houses.
	Smithsonian Global Sound Streaming audio of the world's musical and aural traditions; with recordings by the Smithsonian Folkways label & archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon, etc.
	Theatre in Video Streaming video of definitive performances of the world's leading plays, and film documentaries. Users can bookmark specific scenes, monologues and staging.

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