Catalogs & Databases

Online catalogue

The online library catalogue provides access to more than 70.000 records. This is only a part of the entire collection, but constantly new records are added. 

Access for students and staff

Students and staff of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and the Erasmus University College can, through password identification, access EhBib Search. This tool allows you to simultaneously search EhB e-resources.

For an overview of the ca. 190 available electronic journals, click here.

Overview of all available databases

To consult a music database: 

• Index to Printed Music
• JSTOR Music Collection
• Oxford Music Online
• RILM - International Repertory of Music Literature
• RIPM - International Repertory of Music Periodicals
• RIPM Jazz
• RISM - International Repertory of Music Sources

To access online scores:

• Classical Score Library I-V

Online streaming audio or video:

• Naxos Music Library

To access multidisciplinary databases containing music information:

• Arts Premium Collection 
• DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
• Sage Journals
• ScienceDirect
• Wiley Online Library

Pedagogical databases:

• ERIC, Education Resource Information Center
• Teacher Reference Center

Catalogus Wotquenne:

• Part 1 & 2
• Part 3
• Part 4

Dictionnaries & translations:

• Van Dale Dictionnaries
• Music Terminology Dutch-EN & EN-Dutch
• Deepl
• Google translate

Other online resources:

• Petrucci Library

Historical collection

Interested in the historical collection? The international bibliographic database of RISM, Répertoire international des sources musicales gives access to more than 1 million records.

This database contains more than 21,000 records of works from the Conservatory library:

• approximately 16,300 music manuscripts till ca. 1850
• 5,000 printed editions till ca. 1800.