Discographies from the Catalog
The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Call Number: Loeb Music Aldrich Room ML156.4.P6 W44 2010 (Library use only)ISBN: 9780823085545Publication Date: 2010-10-05Search Hollis for "Joel Whitburn Billboard" to find many, many related titles.
Tip: Borrowing Recordings
To borrow a Music Library recording for use in a class presentation, please speak to Public Services staff in advance (email, 5-2794, or ask for a supervisor at the circulation desk); we're happy to lend recordings for this purpose.
Finding Recordings in HOLLIS+
In the Library Catalogues
Search for popular music using the performer or ensemble name, the title of the album, or the title of the song (use keywords to search for song titles). Recordings at the Loeb Music Library may be used in the library and borrowed for presentations; recordings from the Lamont Media Center may be checked out for 28 days.
1. Use a keyword search, then refine your results to "Sound
recording" using the facets to the right of the results list.
2. Use the advanced search option for "Audio and Video."
Choose the Expanded Search option and set the format limit to "Audio Music."
Online Audio and Video
Harvard subscribes to a number of streaming audio and video collections, each holding thousands of recordings, including:
- Music OnlineA family of audio and video collections, including: Classical Music Library; Jazz Music Library; Opera in Video; Dance in Video; American Song and African American Music; Smithsonian Global Sound; Contemporary World Music; Popular Music Library
- Naxos Music LibraryClassical, world, jazz, and folk recordings, with biographical information, opera synopses and libretti, glossaries and pronunciation guides.
- Naxos Music Library: JazzJazz, blues, R&B, rock, and spoken word from Blue Note, Fantasy, Warner, Naxos Jazz and 150+ record labels.
- Naxos Music Library WorldWorld music from the catalogues of Smithsonian Folkways, ARC Music, Nonesuch, and other labels.
- DRAMA collection focused on independent label American recordings (including New World Records and CRI), with liner notes,essays, bibliographies, and discographies
- KanopyKanopy provides access to films, documentaries, and television shows from a variety of independent filmmakers and distributors, including the BBC, PBS and the Criterion Collection.