Music Subject Guide: Books|Staley Library| Millikin University

When doing your research, sometimes books are exactly what you need.

Books provide you with comprehensive information about your topic, providing you with an overview, background, and major theories in depth.

Finding books by different authors will often allow you to have many different points of view about the same subject.

Search for books here at Millikin's library in the online catalog Millinet.

Books of and on Music:

Browse the following areas of the library's stacks (third floor) in the following call number ranges:

M (Music)

M 3 - 3.3 (Collected Works of Individual Composers)

M 5 - 1490 (Instrumental Music)

M 6 - 175.5 (Solo Instruments)

M 176 (Instrumental Music for Motion Pictures)

M 177 - 990 (Music for Two or More Solo Instruments)

M 1000 - 1075 (Orchestra)

M 1100 - 1160 (String Orchestra)

M 1200 - 1269 (Band)

M 1366 (Jazz Ensembles)

M 1375 - 1420 (Instrumental Music for Children)

M 1495 - 5000 (Vocal Music)

M 1497 - 1998 (Secular Vocal Music)

M 1999 - 2199 (Sacred Vocal Music)

ML (Literature on Music)

ML 47 - 54.8 (Librettos. Scenarios)

ML 159 - 3775 (History and Criticism)

ML 385 - 429 (Biography)

ML 430 - 455 (Composition)

ML 459 - 1380 (Instruments and Instrumental Music)

ML 1400 - 3275 (Vocal Music)

ML 3469 - 3541 (Popular Music)

ML 3544 - 3775 (National Music)

ML 3800 - 3923 (Philosophy and Physics of Music)

MT (Music Instruction and Study)

MT 5 - 5.7 (Music Theory)

MT 40 - 67 (Composition)

MT 68 (Improvisation)

MT 70 - 74 (Instrumentation and Orchestration, band)

MT 90 - 146 (Analysis and Appreciation of Musical Works)

MT 170 - 810 (Instrumental Techniques)

MT 820 - 915 (Singing and Vocal Technique)

MT 918 - 948 (School Music)

MT 955 - 956 (Musical Theatre)

Searching for Scores

On the Quick Search screen of Millinet, use the drop down "Quick Limit" menu to choose "Music Scores."

Searching for Recordings

On the Quick Search screen of Millinet, use the drop down "Quick Limit" menu to choose "Music Recordings."

Browse by subject in the online catalog:

Sometimes one of the best ways to find books on your topic is to do some subject browsing in the Online catalog.

There are two ways to do this easily:

Number 1

Do a regular search (either Quick or Advanced) for your topic and find a book that is good for your research.

In the result list from the search, click on the title of the book so that you can the full record of information about it.

After the publication information, there is a section called "Subject LCSH".

This list of the subjects describes the content of the book. If one of these subject headings looks useful for your topic, click on it.

That will bring you to an alphabetical listing of the subject headings for the online catalog. This listing shows you how many books the library owns which fall into each category.

Find the category you want and click on it. This brings up the list of books categorized for that subject.

Number 2

In either the Advanced or Quick search, type in the term for your search.

Set the Search By box to Subject or Subject Words.

Click search, this brings up the alphabetical listing of the subject headings for the online catalog.

This listing shows you how many books the library owns which fall into each category.

Find the category you want and click on it. This brings up the list of books categorized for that subject.

Possible Subject Headings to use as search terms:

Alternative Rock Music
Arrangement (Music)
Choral Music
Christmas Music
Composition (Music)
Contemporary Christian Music
Country Music
Dance Music
Ear Training
Feminism and Music
Folk Music
Grunge Music
Hip Hop
Instrumental Music
Jazz
Motion Picture Music
Music - History and Criticism
Music - Instruction and Study
Music Appreciation
Musical Analysis
Musical Form
Popular Music
Punk Rock Music
Rap
Reggae Music
Rock Music
Vocal Music
Voice
World Music

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