VanderCook College of Music
Library & Archives
Welcome to the Ruppel Library
Library Catalogs
Ruppel Library catalog – basic search
Ruppel Library catalog – advanced search
Chicago Public Library catalog – basic search
Galvin Library at the Illinois Institute of Technology
WorldCat – OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide (Click here to learn more about WorldCat searches)
Journals and Databases
MPD – Music Periodicals Database – provides citations and full-text articles from hundreds of music periodicals worldwide
WorldCat – WorldCat provides access to a number of databases, including the following:
- ArticleFirst (OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals)
- ECO (An OCLC collection of scholarly journals)
- ERIC (Journal articles and reports in education)
Click here to learn about WorldCat searches
NAfME Publications
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME) publishes the following journals which may be accessed via MPD or directly with the following links:
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online provides access to a number of highly-regarded music reference sources including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
VanderCook and Other Resources
VCM Articles & Dissertations (full text, searchable through library catalog – must be logged into VCM email)
VCM Masters Project Online Collection (PDF’s from 1993 – present)
VCM Concert & Recital Programs (PDF’s from 1948 – present)
VCM Course Syllabi (PDF’s from 2000 – present)
Streaming Audio
Naxos Music Library (classical)
Naxos Music Library (jazz)
Music Scores
Chopin Early Editions
Ignaz Pleyel Early Editions
Juilliard Manuscript Collections
IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library – free public domain sheet music