Collections

Resources in the Arts and Social Sciences Library

Most music resources are found on the second floor of the Arts and Social Sciences Library. These include:

• M - Music scores
• ML - Literature of music, including :
  • books about individual composers at ML 410
• MT - Theory of music (instruction and study)
• journals (print) at Serial ML and Serial MT
• film (videos and DVDs)
• microfilm including British Library Collection of polyphonic music before c1640 at Microfilm ML96 BRI
• resources on sound recording and sound reproduction at TK 7881.4

The Arts and Social Sciences Library classmark scheme shows how the books and journals are arranged. Use the Library catalogue to find the classmark for an item.

Items in heavy demand may be held in the Short Loan Collection (SLC)

Resources in other branches

Other related resources can be found in the following branches:

• Theatre Collection  - material on film, theatre and musicals
• Continuing Education Library - this library is now closed but music resources there are available on request

You are free to use any of the libraries but please remember to carry your library card with you. Opening hours and arrangement (including subject classification of materials) of these branches can be found by going to the Branch libraries page.

If you need an item which is not available anywhere in the library system here in print or online, you can use the Inter-Library Loans service to obtain it from another library. There is a charge for this service, though you may be able to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher to pay for this. See the information for undergraduates, postgraduates or academic staff for details of how to obtain these vouchers. Access to other university libraries and the British Library may be a useful alternative.

New books

• See the information for undergraduates, postgraduates or academic staff for details of how to recommend the purchase of new books, or other materials

Thesis collection

Music PhD theses of staff and students of the Music Department, from 1910 to date, are available in the thesis collection in the Arts and Social Sciences Library.

Special collections

The Arts and Social Sciences Library contains a special collection of rare books.

General resources & collections

See our Library collections and eResources pages for details of our more general resources & collections, including electronic journals, electronic books and databases.

 

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