LOCATING MATERIALS IN THE UIUC MUSIC LIBRARY

Open-shelf materials: 

Books ( e.g., MLs, MTs, 780s) are on the 1st floor. 
Quarto-sized books (Q. prefix) are interfiled with regular books. 
Folio-sized books (F. prefix) are on the 2nd floor. 

Scores are on the 2nd floor. 
Regular-sized and quarto-sized scored (q.M) are interfiled. 
Miniature scores (MM), folio-sized scores (f.M), and scores prefaced with MO have separate locations on the 2nd floor. 

Looking for performance materials by class number? Try this link, which lists materials by Dewey Classification Number and by Library of Congress number. We use both systems in the Music Library.

Library of Congress Classification Scheme

LP Sound recordings are on the 2nd floor in Special Collections and must be asked for at the Circulation Desk on the 1st floor. 

CDs are housed in closed stacks on the first floor and must be asked for at the Circulation Desk on the 1st floor.

Reference collections of both books and scores are on the 1st floor. 

Special collections are located on the second floor but must be asked for at the Circulation Desk on the first floor. Materials include LPs, microforms, cassettes, rare books and scores, etc.

Music reserves are found at the first floor circulation desk. 

SPECIAL LOCATIONS 

Periodicals -- Located on the first floor, west side, following the LPs. They are shelved alphabetically by titles. The current
subscription file located near the reference desk may be helpful in verifying issues received in the Music Library. 

Index table -- Located in the Music Information Center. Music Index, RILM, New Grove, and the Encyclopedia Britannica
are found here. 

New books -- for a listing of new items, see http://www.library.uiuc.edu/newtitles/

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