Streamed music audio and video is available to Penn State University students, faculty, and staff through the following databases provided by the University Libraries.
Audio Electronic Reserves
The University Libraries’ electronic course reserve service for audio employs streaming technology to provide Penn State students and instructors access to audio being studied in courses at Penn State University. The service is available to any instructor at any Penn State location. Click here for more information.
Dance in Video
Dance in Video streams video recordings of dance productions and documentaries. The focus is on 20th-century dance. To ensure that your computer is set up to listen, please consult the publisher's technical requirements.
Click here to go to Dance in Video.
DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music)
DRAM (formerly the Database of Recorded American Music) streams audio from over two dozen independent record labels that reflect the diversity of 20th- and 21st-century American classical music. The collection includes all recordings from the labels New World Records and Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) as well as other recordings of aesthetic and historical value largely ignored by the commercial marketplace. Liner notes and cover art are included. DRAM is a not-for-profit, online music database dedicated to preserving and disseminating important music recordings that may be difficult or impossible to obtain by other means. To ensure that your computer is set up to listen, please consult the publisher's technical requirements.
Click here to go to DRAM.
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library streams over 900,000 tracks from the complete Naxos, Marco Polo, and Dacapo record catalogs plus many other independent labels: mostly classical music, with some jazz, world, and folk music. While listening, users can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers and artists. To ensure that your computer is set up to listen, please consult the publisher's minimum system requirements.
Click here to go to Naxos Music Library.
Opera in Video
Opera in Video streams video recordings of opera productions and documentaries. Coverage is the baroque era through the 20th century. To ensure that your computer is set up to listen, please consult the publisher's technical requirements.
Click here to go to Opera in Video.
Smithsonian Global Sound
Smithsonian Global Sound streams world music, American folk music, blues, jazz, American Indian music, and children's music. This collection also streams spoken word. The music is sourced from the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label, the archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, and other labels. To ensure that your computer is set up to listen, please consult the publisher's compatibility overview webpage that outlines system requirements.
Click here to go to Smithsonian Global Sound.
