LibGuides: Music Engineering: Find Music, Sound Files, and Instruments

Places to find music and sound online

Alexander Street Press Jazz Online Music Library
Alexander Street Press Popular Music Online Library
Alexander Street Press Classical Music Online Library
Naxos Music Libraries
Streaming audio collection of the Naxos recording label, covering classical, folk, jazz, and world music.
NPR Music
Playlists, samples, and background information on a variety of music genres.
SoundExpert
Crowdtesting website featuring audio quality ratings of sound equipment and technologies. Includes downloadable sample files.

These collections usually include photographs, descriptions and articles, and some sound clips.

Musical Instruments at Boston MFA
Explore instruments by types of instruments or geographic origin.
Roderic C. Knight Musical Instrument Collection
at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
Musical Instruments at the Library of Congress
Musical Instruments at the Smithsonian
Held by the National Museum of American History. Includes links to online exhibits.
Stearns Collection
at the University of Michigan.
Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Collection
at the University of Washington. Houses over 400 instruments from around the world. With sound and video files.
National Music Museum
Includes electric and electronic instruments.
Odd Music
Non-Traditional MIDI Controllers