LibGuides: Music: Find books

Find Books

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WorldCat This link opens in a new window Use WorldCat to find books not held at CUNY.

For more help, check out this page of the Research Toolkit.

Duke University Press Journals This link opens in a new window Access the full "Music and Sound Studies" ebook collection online
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window Contains a collection of more than 200,000 titles from leading academic, scientific, technical, medical, and professional publishers.
To learn more about reading and borrowing on the EBook Central platform, go to https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral
EBSCO Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window Over 200,000 ebooks in a broad variety of academic disciplines.
Open Library This link opens in a new window A project of the non-profit Internet Archive, the Open Library provides electronic access to more than 3M books. Books in the public domain are available for download, and modern books can be borrowed via controlled digital lending. Note: Requires you to create a username and password click More Info (below)
Create a user account at https://archive.org/account/signup
Once you are on the platform, follow these steps.
1. Search for title.
2. Click: Borrow. You will be taken to the preview page.
Borrowing loan period default is 1 hour but may be changed to 14 days.
3. Read eBook in the viewer, or download by using Adobe Digital Editions.
eBooks are automatically returned, or you can return early by clicking on Return It.

Floorplans: Music Library

Books and scores are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification scheme: Class M for Music and Books about Music.

M -- Scores. Scores are shelved in three sections by size: miniature, regular stacks and oversize.
ML -- Books on music literature, history, and criticism. Tip: Check section ML410 for biographies of musicians and composers.
MT -- Books on music theory, composition, pedagogy, and technique for instrumental/vocal study.