Connect from Off-Campus
UCLA students, faculty, and staff can access Library subscription databases from off-campus using either of the following options.
- UCLA Virtual Private Network (VPN)A program you install on your computer. Already built-in on most mobile devices.
- UCLA OnLine Proxy ServerA simple browser setting which will automatically divert you to a UCLA logon page when you first access a restricted site.
Find CDs
Find a popular song, jazz tune or Broadway show song
Use a Keyword search in the UCLA Library Catalog.
Songs can be hard to find if they have titles like "I Love You", "Go Away", or" Take the A Train", or one word titles like "Summertime". When you search add the name of the performer or song writer and put the title in quotes, for example: "I Love You" ella fitzgerald; summertime lambert hendricks ross. You can add the word "digital" so that you get CDs, for example: "honeysuckle rose" waller digital; "all the things you are" digital. (You can also add the word "sound" but you'll get CDs, LPs, and other formats too.)
Find songs and albums by a band or performer
Use an Author (lastname, firstname) search in the UCLA Library Catalog.
Change the search box from Keyword to Author (lastname, firstname). For people, enter the last name first: Reinhardt Django; Coleman Ornette, etc.
For bands just enter the name of the band: Modern Jazz Quartet; Art Farmer Quintet, etc.
Audio Licensed for UCLA
- Avalon This link opens in a new windowAvalon houses streaming audio and video collections at UCLA. Content is restricted to UCLA users and requires additional UCLA authentication for use both on and off campus via the "Sign in" link. Avalon will be unavailable from 11/12/24-11/15/24 for maintenance.
- DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) This link opens in a new windowRecordings and scholarly resources on modern and contemporary American art music ("new music") and other avant garde genres.
- Music Online: American Music This link opens in a new windowAmerican popular song of all genres, 19th century to the 1960s.
- Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound This link opens in a new windowA virtual encyclopedia of the world musical and aural traditions, from the Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries.
- Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new windowStreaming access to jazz recordings from Naxos, Fantasy, and other major labels.
Video Licensed for UCLA
- Avalon This link opens in a new windowAvalon houses streaming audio and video collections at UCLA. Content is restricted to UCLA users and requires additional UCLA authentication for use both on and off campus via the "Sign in" link. Avalon will be unavailable from 11/12/24-11/15/24 for maintenance.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowOn-demand streaming video service for educational institutions with thousands of documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. More information on Kanopy access and use is available on this guide.
- Medici.tv This link opens in a new windowProvides access to a high definition video library of performances, concerts, recitals, and documentaries in classical music, opera, dance, and jazz.
- Music Online: The Qwest TV Collection, Volume I This link opens in a new windowOffers live music performances, covering the evolution of jazz and beyond - representing funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other world genres.