Research Guides: MSH 330 / Williamson: Books

Tips for Finding Books

1. General call ranges for books on music:

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATIONS:

M, ML, MT

2. Search for books across all of CUNY & request them via CLICS.

3. combine keywords with composer, e.g.:

cantatas johann sebastian bach

4. Make use of the NYPL Library for The Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. You can search the catalog at: http://catalog.nypl.org/

5. Check our electronic book collections:

http://www.lehman.edu/library/find-ebooks.php

Finding Books at Lehman & CUNY Libraries

Go to: Library website http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/library

Select field by clicking on pull down arrow:

Click on "Guided Search" :
- to search multiple fields (e.g. title and author)
- Search ALL CUNY or LIMIT to Lehman
- Option to LIMIT by Date or type of material.

Using CLICS

Books on the Baroque

Baroque music : music in Western Europe, 1580-1750 by John Walter Hill
Call Number: ML193 .H54 2005
ISBN: 0393978001
Music of the Baroque by David Schulenberg
Call Number: Reserves ML193 .S38 2008
ISBN: 9780195331066

Using WorldCat & ILL

You can locate books at most academic and public libraries around the world through WorldCat.

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: Double check the library's catalog to make sure the item you want is not available in CUNY. Then make your request using our automated interlibrary loan service: ILLIAD