The library's databases offer a variety of streaming media options for you to share with your students. If you'd like to add a link to a specific audio file to your syllabus or Canvas, please feel free to do so. The instructions on this page will help you, and if you need further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact Courtney Fuson or Brittany Mountford.
These instructions are for linking to a single streaming audio file. If you'd like to know more about how to create playlists and link to those, please contact the Music Librarian, Lina Sheahan, for assistance.
Please note that many of our streaming sources will no longer work in Internet Explorer. Please use either Firefox or Chrome to access these resources.
Most of our streaming audio content comes from Alexander Street Press. This includes content found in American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Jazz Music Library, Music Online: Premium, Popular Music Library, Psychological Experiments Online, and Smithsonian Global Sound.
Alexander Street Press provides three options for linking to content. All of them are found using the </> Embed/Link tool under the track title.
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Click on that tool, and a pop up window allows you to copy and past the permanent link or embed the player for the specific track that you are looking at. You can also get a link that is specifically designed to work in Canvas.
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To link to Alexander Street Press without embedding, find the item that you want to use and copy the URL in the address bar of your browser. Paste the link you want to use into the OpenAthens Link Generator. Copy the OpenAthens generated link and share with your students.
DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) provides a Permalink option for albums in their collection. Find the item you want to use and right-click on the Permalink link. Choose "Copy Link Address" or "Copy link location" to get the permalink. Paste the permalink you want to use into the OpenAthens Link Generator. Copy the OpenAthens generated link and share with your students.
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Naxos our other main provider of streaming audio content. This includes content found in Naxos Classical Music Library and Naxos Jazz Music Library. Naxos provides Static URLs for each CD and track in its collection. First, click on the "Show Static URL" button above the track list for a CD.
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To link to Naxos, find the CD or track that you want to use and copy the Static URL. Paste the link you want to use into the OpenAthens Link Generator. Copy the OpenAthens generated link and share with your students.