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Performing Arts Library

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About the Performing Arts Library

The PAL is located on the 11th floor of the historic Auditorium Building at 430 S. Michigan Ave in downtown Chicago. From the Michigan Ave. lobby on the ground floor, take the south bank of elevators (left as you enter).

See the Hours

Research

  • RILM – Full Text
  • IPA Source
  • Music Index
  • Oxford Music Online (Grove)
  • Play Index
  • JSTOR
  • Gale Fine Arts
  • ERIC - Education Databases
  • Proquest: Music & Performing Arts Collection
  • EbscoHost Databases
  • Proquest One Academic

Streaming Services

  • Naxos Music Library
  • Met Opera On Demand
  • Opera In Video
  • Alexander Street Theatre Resources
  • Digital Theatre Plus
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Video Library
  • Medici.tv
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  • Music and Dance Online
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Research Guides

  • All Guides
  • Performing Arts

Scores and Digital Collections

  • IMSLP
  • BabelScores
  • New Play Exchange (NPX)
  • Eastman Case Studies - On Campus Access Only
  • Charles Sengstock Jr. Chicago Jazz & Dance Band Research
  • Chicago Musical College/CCPA Theses & Dissertations

Services

  • Course Reserves
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Contact the Library

  • Phone: 312-341-3651
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Questions about this page?

Barbara Anderson
Head Instruction/Learning Library
Office: AUD 1030
banderson17@roosevelt.edu
312-341-3647
Chicago Campus
430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 341-3500
Schaumburg Campus
1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Schaumburg, IL 60173
(847) 619-7300

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