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Location & Parking
Music Library
30 Westbrook Music Building
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0101
Music Library Staff
Highlighted Databases
Music Periodical Indexes
Music Index
A guide to music periodicals and literature from 1972 to present.
RILM
A guide to publications about music from all over the world.
Audio Streaming
NAXOS Music Library
A comprehensive collection of classical music .
Music & Performing Arts
A cross-search collection of music and performing arts.
Video Streaming
Opera in Video
The most important opera performances, captured on video.
MET Opera on Demand
Instant access to full-length Met performances.
Scores Online
Classical Scores Library
A collection of classical music scores from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Given in memory of Dr. Nelson T. Potter.
IMSLP
Public domain scores freely accessible on the internet.
Reference Online
Grove Music Online
An authoritative resource of diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe.
Collections & Resources
Music Library Holdings
The Music Library's holdings of books, scores, periodicals, CDs, LPs, videotapes, DVDs, and streaming databases include:
- basic and research collections in music history and theory
- major composers' collected editions and monuments of music
- study scores and performing scores
- bound and online sets of periodicals
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Guides & Tutorials
Image & Multimedia Collections
Special Collections
Collections from School of Music Faculty
Print, Copy & Scan
Printing and copying is available through the cloud-based Wepa station.
Listening, Viewing & Writing
Listening equipment: CD and cassette players, turntables, and dubbers for CDs, LPs and cassettes
Audio recorders available for check-out
Viewing equipment: televisions for VHS and DVDs
Writing stations: iMacs with midi keyboards for use with music-writing software, Sibelius and Finale
Dr. Raymond Haggh
History of the Music Library
The Music Library is one of six branch libraries in the UNL Libraries' system. It was established as a branch in the Westbrook Music Building in 1980, in part due to the efforts of the director of the School of Music, Dr.Raymond Haggh. The Music Library honored him in 1997 by naming the library's main room the Raymond H. Haggh Reading Room.