Contemporary World Music takes listeners around the globe to experience the vibrancy, history, customs, politics, personalities, struggles, and joys of diverse peoples and cultures. Upon completion, the collection will contain 50,000 tracks that you can organize and share using personal play lists and course folders, plus liner notes both in facsimile and as rekeyed, searchable text. The breadth of this collection is impressive, incorporating contemporary reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres. Traditional music such as Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku is also featured to round out the offerings and allow you to see the progression that music has made through the ages.

Free trials are available.

Pricing

MLNC members get a discount on subscription prices which are scaled to the library and based on FTE, population served and/or materials budget.

Please contact MLNC Support for a custom price quote.

Ordering

To order submit a completed order form to the MLNC office via fax: 314-394-1326; or, by mail: 13610 Barrett Office Dr., Suite 206, Ballwin, MO 63021.

A Customer License Agreement is required only if your institution needs the agreement for your own records. A sample license is available. If your library needs a license, please contact MLNC Support for a fully executed copy of the agreement.

Access

Access
Contemporary World Music can be accessed at http://womu.alexanderstreet.com. A subscription confirmation will be sent to your institution after your order is processed, and will include instructions for accessing the resource. 

Remote Access
Remote access to ASP databases is allowed. Contact Technical Support at the phone number or e-mail address listed below for more information.

IP Address Updates
Send IP address updates to Technical Support at the phone number or e-mail address listed below.

Support

MLNC Support
800-969-MLNC (6562)
314-394-1326 (fax)
support@mlnc.org

Technical Support

Alexander Street Press

1-800-889-5937

support@alexanderstreet.com