Searching for music in the library catalog requires more complex search strategies than for books due to the many variations in musical works' titles, authors, formats, and other attributes. The document provides tips for effective searching, such as using boolean operators to combine search terms like composer names and titles, limiting searches to specific formats, and searching added author/title fields when available. Music librarians are available for assistance with constructing searches for musical scores, recordings, and other music materials in the catalog.

2. Searching for Music in Cardcat

3. Start with the Library’s home page: http://www.bsu.edu/library/

4. Then click CardCat

5. Next, choose whether to log in

6. Logging in allows you to: Access Course Reserves Place Holds/Recalls Renew library items You do NOT have to log in just to search cardcat!

7. Searching for Sheet Music(Scores)

8. Searching for books is simple: There are few variations amongst editions

9. Searching for music is different...

10. Searching for Music vs. Books Books usually have one format: BOOK!

11. Sheet Music Comes in Many Formats And each format has its own keywords for searching Score: Miniature Score: Set of Parts

13. One Title

14. Unique Contents

17. The arranger or editorA special size

18. Let’s say you want the full score for Trauermusik by Paul Hindemith...

19. You can type the title into the Basic Search textbox as a keyword: trauermusik

20. Your query returns 15 results... What???? but…

21. Some of the results are “false hits”

22. If you want “Trauermusik” by Hindemith, this isn’t it! The uniform title for Mozart’s Mass in C happens to use the term “Trauermusik!”

23. Title of the piece: Trauermusik Composer: Hindemith Solo instrument: Viola Arrangement with Piano? No! For more targeted results, use more search terms:

24. Combine terms with Boolean commands such as “and” and “not”

25. Now there are fewer results:

26. ...and the results are more specific! This one is the score

27. Clicking on “Details” shows you the full cataloging record:

28. Searching for Music Recordings(Compact Discs)

30. Librettist

31. Conductor

32. Orchestra

33. Chorus

34. Soloist

35. Accompanist

37. There can be up to 20 tracks on a disc and some CDs are published as multi-disc sets: This CD has over 70 “authors!”

38. …and recordings can have Lots of titles! The title on the cover The titles of all the pieces Alternate titles & translations Titles of sections or movements Series titles Uniform title! (of course!)

39. …and Lots of publication information: Recording label (the “publisher”) Label number Recording date Release date Reissue date(s) Reissue number(s) Timings

40. Tips for searching for CDs: Combine search terms using Boolean commands Use “compact” as a keyword Titles are searchable from “Contents” or Added Author areas as title or keywords Use “Find on page” to verify the piece is on the disc (Ctrl + F, or Edit Find)

41. A typical aria CD (part 1): The performer is the “author.” There are many titles that may also appear on other CDs There could be many recording dates

42. Part 2: Added Author-Title for each aria

43. Added Author-Title lines are searchable: Author Title of the Opera Title of the Aria

44. None of these seems to “match” But our CD comes up in the list of CDs with this aria

45. Let’s say you want to listen to Hindemith’s Trauermusik The piece only runs about eight minutes ...so it won’t take up a whole Compact disk The title could found be in two places in the cataloging record other than “title” or “uniform title” Contents (track listing) Added Author-Title lines

46. For this recording, the uniform title is “Orchestra Music. Selections” and the title says “Viola Concertos”

47. Sample searches: trauermusik and hindemith and compact Trauermusik and viola and compact

48. The results are what you want but “Trauermusik” is not in the titles: Click on “Details” to verify the piece is on the CD

49. Use “Find” on page to see the title:

50. Things get trickier for works with genre-based titles, for example:

51. A genre-based piece may be titled many ways, for example: By nickname By number within the genre By opus number By key In another language In a group In an unrelated title! “Eroica” Symphony Symphony No. 3 Symphony Op. 55 Symphony in E-Flat Major Symphonie Nr. 3 in Es-Dur The Symphonies The World’s Greatest Orchestral Music

52. The uniform title standardizes genre-based titles Elements of a uniform title: Genre (plural) Numbering system Key

53. A note about numbering systems Composers’ works can be numbered many ways! By the number in the genre By opus number By opus with internal number By index (Verzeichnis) number By scholar’s number String Quartet No. 6 String Quartet Op. 18 String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1 BWV 1006 K. 465 The uniform title uses only one system per composer. Publishers don’t pay attention to uniform titles!

54. Some numbering systems to know: Bach Beethoven Haydn Mozart Schubert Vivaldi Bach WerkeVerzeichnis (BWV) Opus numbers; Woo (Werkeohne opus, works without opus number) Hoboken (H.) Köchel (K.) Deutsch (D.) Shhhh don’t ask about Vivaldi ACK! You had to ask about VIVALDI!

55. Vivaldi’s works have been numbered several ways: RV is the current standard system, but... Sometimes opus numbers are used: La stravaganza : 12 violin concertos, opus 4 Sometimes titles are used: Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. N. 1-4

56. You can use numbers as “keywords” This gets around the problem of uniform titles, symphony nicknames, etc.

57. Notice how different the “titles” are!

58. The uniform title gave you the results:

59. Using Advanced Search

60. In Advanced Search you can specify where in the library record your term should appear:

61. You can also specify: Language Format Date

62. Let’s say you want to hear DaDaTovarich! Russian Soprano Anna Netrebko ...singing in Russian ...for a whole opera ...not just on a CD of excerpts You can do that!

63. You can create a very specific search: Opera Not excerpts Netrebko Russian CD

64. Your results are exactly what you want!

65. You can specify several authors:

66. ...for a specific performance

67. One more note about numbers... In CardCat, recording times are searchable, so for numbers 59 and lower, use ADJ to form a phrase:

68. Remember, you can always ask for help!

69. Music Collection Staff are happy to help! Amy Edmonds Music Librarian BSUMusicLibn on AIM aledmonds@bsu.edu Jason Smith Music Collection Coordinator (7 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Kevin Blue Music Collection Nighttime Supervisor (6 p.m. – 3 a.m.)

70. Contact us: Music Collection: 285-8188 Music Librarian: 285-5065 Bracken Reference: 285-1101 Amy Edmonds on AIM: BSUMusicLibn Bracken Reference on AIM: BSUlibrarian

71. We hope to see you soon!