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Search our new system
Primo
to discover books, articles, e-books, music, plays, dissertations, and more. (The
legacy catalog
will go away after June 2026.)
The Allen Library houses music and dance materials and supports
The Hartt School
programs. See our
new layout (PDF)
.
Questions? Problems?
Contact an Allen staff member
, or call us at 860.768.4491.
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Start Your Research!
Search
eJournal Locator
for the journal title:
Find Books, Music, Recordings, and Plays
Request Materials
Holds
—Ask us to hold items for you to pick up.
Interlibrary Loan/ILL
—Get items from other libraries.
ScanIt
—Ask us to scan a book chapter or article.
Library Catalog (Primo)
—Find music, dance, and theatre materials in our Libraries. (The
old system
will be available through June 2026.)
WorldCat
—Request books, music, and recordings from other libraries.
Google Books and Google Scholar
—Info and links to Google research tools.
Internet Archive
—Free digital books, recordings, and more. Mostly older editions.
Online Scores
—Sites for free digital scores, many available for download.
Subject Guides
—Suggested resources for a variety of performing arts topics.
More Research Tools
Citation & Writing
Copyright
Pronunciation
Find Articles & Dissertations
Music Index
—Article citations from over 700 music journals.
Music Periodicals Database
—Article citations from over 400 music journals.
RILM
—Citations for music/dance books, dissertations, scholarly articles, and more.
Academic Search Premier
—Article citations, all disciplines: arts, sciences, etc.
JSTOR
—Full-text articles from almost 100 performing arts journals, plus other subjects. Excludes recent years.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
—All disciplines, citations often with full text.
Database Locator
—Browse for databases on any subject, e.g. art, health.
Key Reference Resources
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Essays about music around the world.
Grove/Oxford Music Online (Encyclopedia)
Includes works lists and citations.
Oxford Bibliographies (Music)
Citation lists for starting research.
Streaming Audio
Naxos Music Library
—Our largest classical music audio database.
Berlin Philharmonic
—Concerts and more, in HD video. Limit 1 user at a time. Create a free account your first time; revalidate every 90 days:
click for more instructions
.
DRAM
—Mainly 20th- and 21st-century American music.
Jazz Music Library
—Over 85,000 albums in all jazz styles.
Smithsonian Global Sound
—Folk and popular music around the world.
More Databases:
Classical
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Contemporary world
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Popular covers/pops
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USA of the past
See more on streaming audio
Streaming Video
Berlin Philharmonic
—Concerts and more, in HD video. Limit 3 users at a time. Create a free account your first time; revalidate every 90 days:
click for more instructions
.
Dance in Video
—Hundreds of dance videos covering ballet, jazz, contemporary, and more.
Digital Theatre Plus
—Full-length videos of plays and musicals, plus interviews, study guides, and more.
Drama Online
—Includes National Theatre and the European Theater video collections, in addition to selected full-text playscripts.
Jacob's Pillow Dance Interactive
—Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival videos, from the 1920s to today. Additional videos, interviews, and more in
Jacob's Pillow Dance Stream
.
Met Opera on Demand
—Video and audio for over 850 Metropolitan Opera productions. (Pre‑recorded. Excludes live-streamed performances. Live streams are added in 3 to 6 months.)
See more on streaming video
More Music Databases
IPA Source
Transcriptions and translations of aria and song texts.
Go to IPA Source
Music ID
Music and artist rankings from 5,000+ charts in 70+ countries.
Go to Music ID
Musical America
Find jobs, artist managers, industry news, and more.
Go to Musical America
Dance and Theatre Guides
Dance
Discover videos, books, online resources, and more.
Music Theatre
Help with auditions, researching shows, and more.
Theatre
Find plays, improve your acting skills, and more.
More Theatre Databases
Dictionary of Literary Biography
—Essays on playwrights and other literary figures.
Digital Theatre Plus
—Full-length videos of plays and musicals, plus interviews, study guides, and more.
Drama Online
—Full-text playscripts from ancient, modern and contemporary playwrights, plus National Theatre and European Theater video collections.
Oxford English Dictionary
—Definitions and pronunciations, useful for Shakespeare plays.
Browse all theatre databases
The Hartt School
and Allen work closely to support performing arts education. These are just a few of our many links!
Connect with The Hartt School
Hartt Community Division
—All HCD students, faculty, and staff may use the Harrison Libraries.
Learn more about library resources and HCD borrowing.
Hartt Performance Library
—Scores and parts for Hartt’s large performing ensembles.
Hartt Recording Studio
—Hartt performance recordings, many held in Allen and
Archives
.