Dublin City Libraries will be closed from Saturday 3 to Monday 5 May 2025 (inclusive). Our online services will continue as usual. We will reopen on Tuesday, 6 May.
Just to note, the digital magazines and books listed below are subject to change depending on publishers and the resource provider. Over time, some of the titles listed here may disappear and new titles appear.
To access Oxford Music Online, enter your Dublin City library card number where indicated (usually to the left of the screen), and select Dublin City Libraries from the options given.
Through a single gateway, library members can access and cross-search a number of acclaimed and regularly updated music reference works including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music.
The world's leading classical music channel is now available for free with your Dublin City Libraries card. Choose from an extensive selection of concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries and master classes:
When I began this piece a few days ago, we hadn’t seen the sunshine in days and the cold air was gripping beneath the grey skies. Can’t meet my friends, go to a gig or go to the cinema, never mind a disco! So I decided I had to start moving for warmth and pretending I was on holiday to lift myself out of the gloom of the winter days.
There is a quote from the play the Mourning Bride by William Congreve that "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast". In our Naxos Music Library e- resource there is music that can soothe fans of any conceivable type of music.
Join us on Zoom tomorrow for a social gathering. That's Wednesday 6th, at 10.30am, on Nollaig na mBan, everyone is welcome. Please get in touch with the library at [email protected].
