Library

Discovery Catalog

The Discovery search allows you to search across the library's collections and includes:

Music, books, e-books, recordings, and streamed commercial and concert recordings owned by New England Conservatory.
Research databases like Academic One, Grove Music Online, Music Index, Naxos, Google Scholar, Britannica Encyclopedia, etc.
E-journal collections like JSTOR.

Search the Discovery Catalog

Classic Catalog

New England Conservatory shares a catalog database with other local schools through the Fenway Library Organization.

You may use your NEC ID to borrow materials from all FLO libraries, in addition to the NEC library.

Search the Classic Catalog

Visit Us

The Blumenthal Family Library is located in NEC's Student Life and Performance Center at 255 St. Botolph Street.

Library users who do not have a current, valid NEC ID are welcome, but must sign in at the security desk.

Directions

Library Hours

Mondays through Thursdays: 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Fridays: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sundays: 1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Questions regarding Library Borrowing or Research?

Call Us

Borrowing and general questions: (617) 585-1250
Research questions: (617) 585-1251

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Want to speak with one of our staff members directly?

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Quick Links

Grove Music Online

Music Index Online

Naxos Music Library

RILM

A-Z Guide to Library Databases & Reference Sources

FAQs

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About the Blumenthal Family Library

Located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of NEC's Student Life and Performance Center, the Blumenthal Family Library holds one of the major music collections in the United States, including over 150,000 volumes of scores, sound and video recordings and books about music, as well as subscriptions to all of the major music journals and electronic music databases. In addition, the library archives and special collections boast a rich treasure of manuscripts, 1st editions, personal papers and recorded performances of many of the great composers and musicians who have taught and performed at NEC over the past 150 years.

Current members of the NEC community with a validated NEC ID may borrow materials from the library collections. Visitors from outside NEC are welcome to use print and audio/visual materials within the library itself. During the academic year, the library is open seven days a week and evenings from Sunday through Friday. Reference help is available during weekdays and is also available most evenings at the library's central desk.