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Online audio
- DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music
- Stream sound recordings from independent labels and sound archives (e.g. New World Records, Composers Recordings (CRI), Albany Records)
- Primarily American music
- Encompasses avant-garde, contemporary, electronic, folk, opera, indigenous, jazz, musical theatre, and more
- Access original liner notes and essays
- Naxos Music Library Jazz (NML3 - Jazz)
- Streaming audio library (jazz music)
- Access more than 200,000 tracks of jazz music
- Includes notes on the works and biographical information on composers and artists
- Note: This database has a limited number of simultaneous users. If you have trouble accessing or receive an error message, please try again later.
- Naxos Music Library Jazz App: Available for Apple or Android mobile devices. You must create a personal account prior to using the app.
Online video and film
- Qwest.tv
- Dedicated to jazz, soul, funk, and world music
- Catalogue features over 1,300 concerts, documentaries, and rare archival footage
- Most videos are subtitled in English or French
- Academic Video Online (Alexander Street)
- Multidisciplinary video platform that includes a substantial component of Music & Performing Arts content (e.g. documentaries, performances, interviews, instructional material)
- Filter by subject, such as Black Studies, Indigenous Peoples, or Diversity
- Black Film Archive
- A living register of Black films, showcasing films made from 1915 to 1979
- Films are organized chronologically and by genre, including music
