- Archive of World Music
- Collections from Asia and the Middle East at Harvard's Loeb Music Library.
- Archives of African American Music and Culture
- AAAMC is a repository of materials covering various musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era at Indiana University.
- Archives of Traditional Music
- Indiana University Music Library's ethnographic sound archives, including commercial and field recordings of vocal and instrumental music, folktales, interviews, and oral history, as well as videotapes, photographs, and manuscripts.
- Australian Folk Songs
- A collection of Australian traditional and bush songs, with words, music and information about each song.
- British Library Sounds: World & traditional music
- Ethnographic collection available for non-commercial research, study and private enjoyment. Not to be altered or used in ways that might be derogatory to the indigenous communities who are traditional custodians of the content. Before using these recordings, please read Ethical and permitted usage of recordings.
- Ethnomusicology - World Music
- Extensive links provided by University of Washington Music Library.
- National Museum of American History
- Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries
- Queen's community restricted access (requires web proxy) to published recordings owned by the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label, as well as to the archival audio collections of legendary record labels in the United States. Also includes music recorded in Africa and South Asia.
- Smithsonian Institution
- Links to sites for artists, exhibitions, musical instruments, performances and recordings, including Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
- The Society for Ethnomusicology
- Links to web sites and several online journals with ethnomusic content.
Topical ethnomusicology sites
- Musical Traditions Internet Magazine
- Contains articles for traditional music throughout the world, including one on Inuit Throat-Singing.TuneBook Live!
- Formerly entitled Richard Robinson’s Tunebook, this is a database of various traditional forms of northern and western European traditional tunes (jigs and reels, polka, polska, schottische, bourrée, etc.) and their North American relatives. Contains PDF links to sheet music and midi files.
- Woody Guthrie and the Archive of American Folk Song
- Highlights correspondence between Woody Guthrie and staff of the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) at the Library of Congress, between 1940-1950.
