The Libraries have just acquired subscription access to two databases supporting investigation into primary sources..Manuscriptorium.This database provides descriptions and many full color reproductions of early European manuscript, map and book sources. Content is interdisciplinary. Contributing institution locations include Stockholm, Ankara, Zagreb, among others, and the project is coordinated by the National... Read the rest of this entry »

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online,  which print version in 10v.  resides in the Music Library's open reserves, is now live. Users are encouraged to explore and practice navigating its new online version. In this its first online iteration, users should note that the publisher has not yet provided... Read the rest of this entry »

The Libraries are pleased to announce access to three new streaming audio subscription packages which join our continuing subscription to Naxos:African American Song      BU-pxTraditions include blues, gospel, jazz, includes material not duplicated in the Smithsonian Global Sound subscription. Classical Music Library      BU-pxRepertoire is chiefly in the Western tradition, labels not duplicated in... Read the rest of this entry »

May 2007. The JSTOR 'Complement' contains 141 titles in Arts and Sciences. A quick search for music in titles such as African Arts, Indonesia, Luzo-Brazilian Review, American Catholic Sociological Review, Social Sciences (New Delhi), Revista Mexicana de Sociología, and Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, yields many rewards depending... Read the rest of this entry »