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How to Find Music

Conduct an Advanced Search of the Duke Catalog

  • Under "Limit search to" on the right, select from the "Format" dropdown menu
    • Audio Music (for CDs, LPs, cassettes)
    • Printed Music (for scores or sheet music)
    • Film/Video (for DVD, VHS, LaserDiscs)
    • Journal/Serial (for journal or serial titles)
    • Etc.

    NOTE:: The Format - Microform option currently does not work. If you truly want to limit your search to microforms, do a keyword search and include the term "microforms"

  • Under "Limit search to" on the right, from the "Location" dropdown menu select "Music" (This can be especially helpful if you are searching for videos and don't want results from Lilly Library.)
     
  • You can also limit by location by going to the "Duke Libraries" tab along the top of the page and selecting "Music." You will then choose again to do a basic or advanced search. NOTE: Once you choose the "Music" tab, all searches you conduct will be limited to the Music Library until you choose another library or move to the "Full Catalog" tab.

Where to Locate Music

Historical Sheet Music
The Historic American Sheet Music website contains a sampling of the sheet music available in Duke's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. To find more historical sheet music visit the RBMSCL Reference Desk.

Music Library and Music Media Center
The Music Library in combination with the Music Media Center houses approximately 110,000 books, scores, and bound journals, 300+ journal subscriptions, 10,000 microfilms, and over 20,000 sound and video recordings in various formats.

Music Library Materials Locations
Books (780s and a few others)
Books Book stacks: right side of library
Reference Books Reference stacks: first stacks on left side of library
Ready reference and indexes Ready Reference/Index table: near computers
Oversize books Last free standing stack in the book section
"Music vault" books Ask at circulation desk in Music Library
Class reserve books Ask at circulation desk in Music Library
Journals
Current issues Bins on the left side of the journals room (accessed by going down first reference row)
Bound journals No call number: Stacks in the journals room With call number: in book stacks
Scores
Scores Score stacks: left side of library, after reference section
Miniature scores Back wall on right side of library
Oversize scores Back wall on left side of library
"Music vault" scores Ask at circulation desk in Media Center
Class reserve scores Ask at circulation desk in Music Library or Media Center

Music Media Center

All Music Media Center items must be requested at the Media Center circulation desk.

  • CDs, LPs, cassettes, VHS tapes, DVDs, laser discs, CD-ROMs, microforms
  • Class reserve recordings and most class reserve scores
  • "Music vault" recordings and scores
Music Media Center Services Locations
Service Location
Photocopier
(black & white)		 Journals room in Music Library
Cards available for purchase 8am-5pm, ask at Music Library circulation desk
Printing Public terminals in Music Library and Music Media Center
  • No e-print at this time
Internet and library resources access Public terminals in Music Library and Music Media Center
Audio/video playback capabilities for all media formats carried in the Media Center Public terminals in Media Center
No reformatting or duplication capabilities
Software for creating music scores Media Center computers (some)
Wireless Internet access Music Library
Work/Study space Music library tables