Kodály Music Education Research Guide: Finding Music

This collection from Holy Names University contains folk songs representing most of the geographic and cultural populations of the United States. Each song has been selected for its beauty, suitability for teaching and musical versatility. All songs in the collection include lyrics, a musical score and song analysis showing how it can be used to develop children’s musical and cultural understanding.

Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. Use the "Browse by Genre" feature on the left-hand side of the page to find American Folk music, or search for a specific artist or album. This database catalogs albums available for purchase through Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

Search engine that locates sheet music, tabs and chords. Displays results from a variety of free online sources.

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music is part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. It contains more than 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American Music spanning the period 1780 to 1960. An image of the cover and each page of music will be retrievable if the music was published before 1923 and is in the public domain.

The Sheet Music Consortium provides tools and services that promote access to and use of online sheet music collections by scholars, students, and the general public.