Library of Congress (LC) classification for music books, CDs, DVDs, and videos:
M Instrumental and Vocal Music
ML Literature of Music
MT Music Instruction and Study
See the LC class outline for Music for more detail.
Look in Oversize! Many music books, including scores, are shelved in the Oversize collection on the top (3rd) floor.
Music CDs and DVDs are in the lobby. A guide on the first CD display case identifies subject call numbers.
Jazz Transatlantic, Volume I by 2. Find music CDs or DVDs: Use the WorldCat Discovery search box on the library's research page. Type in the title or musician you want to search for and hit enter. Use the limiters on the left side to refine your search by choosing "Format" and then "Music Recording".
3. To find a specific performer: Use the WorldCat Discovery search box on the library's research page. Type in the performer's name and hit enter. From those results, select "Author/Creator" from the limiters on the left side to find your performer.
4. Use the Library Catalog's Advanced Search page for multi-term searches.
1. Find MUSIC SCORES: Use the WorldCat Discovery search box on the library's research page. Type in title or composer you want to search and hit enter. Use limiters on the left side to choose "Format", then "Musical Score". For a general search use Keyword or select Author (composer) or title.
2. For more complicated musical score searches use the WorldCat Discovery's Advanced Search screen. Scroll down to "Format" and click "Musical Score" from the drop down menu. You can now enter your search terms above, and the results will be limited to musical scores.
3. Use truncation for common titles. The truncation symbol is: ? This will find both singular and plural. For example use: symphon? (symphony, symphonies, symphonic) and sonata? (sonata and sonatas).
4. Include both the composer and the title in your search especially if the piece has a common title such as “symphony” or “sonata” or the composer is well-known. Click on Advanced search,and type your search into the text boxes:
mozart and symphon?
beethoven and sonata?
5. The library owns “complete works” of scores for some composers. Each individual composition does NOT appear in the Library Catalog. Complete works are shelved in M3 both in Oversize and in the Circulating Collection. Some composers for which the library owns complete works are:
6. The catalog will identify oversize material as: Location: Oversize book in Quarto Collection, 3rd floor. The call number for an oversize book will have a lower case “q” before the call number on the spine.
