Finding Scores in the Library Catalogue
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All of the resources shown in this video are available to Western students, staff and faculty and can be accessed through the Western Libraries website or library catalogue. Licensed, online resources can be accessed from off-campus. You will need to log in with your Western ID and password.
Western Libraries has a very rich, thorough, deep collection of musical scores. Many of these are available in print. You can find these print scores using the library catalogue. https://www.lib.uwo.ca/search Use the Advanced Search and set the Resource Type limit to Scores.
We're going to do a search for Presser horns quintets part. See our "Search Terms for Finding Music" video https://youtu.be/6TNbXpRo56Y for more tips. Once we've found the item, we'll look for the call number, location and status. We'll need to change this drop-down from Author/Creator to Any field. The search has come back with 12 results. Some of these items are located in Storage, and they can be retrieved from Storage. Some are located in the Music Library. Here's the call number for this particular item, and it appears that it is available. If you'd like to see more options for getting a copy of the score, you'll need to login to your library account. You'll see the loan period of 120 days is provided here up underneath "Get It." You'll see a "Request" option now appearing. This item is a book, and over here you can select one of the available pickup locations. Usually you can just get the call number and take it to the library that the item is located in, and ask for help if required.
Most citation styles aren't very clear on how to cite music sources. See Indiana University Bloomington's "A Guide for Music Citation - Chicago/Turabian Style" for advice. https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/c.php?g=516265&p=3529690
These tips can help you, but finding music can be extremely tricky. If you've spent 10 minutes searching and still haven't found what you're after, ask us for help! We can be reached by email musref at uwo.ca, by phone 519-661-3913 or in person in the Music Library. You can contact me, Dan Sich, the Teaching and Learning Librarian covering Music, at dsich2 at uwo.ca or Brian McMillan, Head of the Music Library, at bmcmill2 at uwo.ca.
Western Libraries Music Library: https://www.lib.uwo.ca/music
