Arts and Humanities Library

Streamed music audio is available to Penn State University students, faculty, and staff through the following resources 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.

Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library streams over 500,000 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.

Smithsonian Global Sound
Smithconian 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.