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Music

Tips, techniques & resources to help with your research papers, projects, artistic and performance study and practice.

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  • Search by author, title, subject, keyword and then refine your results by using the limiters in the left sidebar.
  • By default, the system searches for books at all four UM campuses.
    • Click the request button next to an item from another campus or a depository to request that it be sent to Ellis, or to request that we pull materials from our collection for you to pick up.
  • In the right sidebar you'll find links to MOBIUS (consortium of Missouri libraries). You can request materials be sent to Ellis from a Mobius library using this.
  • You can also use InterLibrary Loans to request books from other Libraries. 
  • To find a book in the Library stacks, note the location and the call number, which guide you to the book.

Library of Congress Classification for M call number

Use these guides to learn more about how music books and scores are organized on the Library shelves:

To help with browsing, look for posters posted in the Music sections of the 4th floor stacks. They look like this:

Poster showing M call numbers for browsing Poster showing MT call numbers for browsing Poster showing ML call numbers for browsing