BU Libraries subscribe to the following streaming music databases and audio archives:
Music & Performing Arts' collections include American Music, Classical, Contemporary World, Jazz, Popular, Smithsonian's Global Sound, Ethnographic Sound Archives, American Film Scripts, Asian American Drama, Black Drama, North American Drama, and Theatre in Context. Search results include links to the full text of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (1997-2001), with additional audio examples.
Usually known as just "Naxos," this is an audio streaming package of hundreds of classical music lables with very good indexing and search capabilities. It is a reliable destination for Early Music, lesser-known classics, and Contemporary Music. Folk, Blues, Jazz, Nostalgia, Chinese, and World in more limited quantities can be found here. The audio is streamed on demand, not downloaded.
For more access to scores and books on the topic of music, visit BU Libraries' own Music Library (located on the second floor of Mugar Memorial Library at 771 Commonwealth Ave.): www.bu.edu/library/music.
Consult the following sections of the Chicago Manual of Style Online:
| How to Cite | Chicago Manual of Style section: |
| Musical Recordings | 14.163 |
| Video and Film Recordings | 14.165 |
| Live Performances | 14.166 |
| Online Video | 14.167 |