Books you can take with you are in these number ranges:
| 780 | Music |
| 780.3 | Dictionaries of Music |
| 780.9 | History |
| 781 | Theory of Music |
| 781.9 | Musical Instruments |
| 782 | Dramatic Music (Opera, Theatre) |
| 782.1 | Grand Opera |
| 782.8 | Musical Theatre |
| 783 | Sacred Music |
| 784 | Vocal Music |
| 785 | Orchestral Music |
| 785.4 | Jazz |
For specific composers, enter composer's last name as an author or subject.
To locate a sound recording of a specific piece of music, enter composer's last name with a word from the title of the piece and the word "sound," e.g. Brahms and and symphony and sound.
Helpful Reference Books
| New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians | R 780.3 New |
| Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music | R 781.6403 G |
| New Grove Dictionary of Opera | R 782.103 N |
| Ganzl's Book of the Musical Theatre | R 782.81 G |
| Song Finder | R 784.016 F |
| New Grove Dictionary of Jazz | R 785.42 N |
| The Book of Golden Discs | R 789.9 M |
| Christensen's Ultimate Movie, T.V. and Rock 'N' Roll Directory | R 790.2 C |
Biographical Resources
| ASCAP Biographical Dictionary | R 927.8 A |
| Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians | R 927.8 B |
| Milton Cross New Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and their Music | 780.922 Cross |
| New Book of Modern Composers | R 927.8 E |
Subject-Specific Resources
| The Big Bands | R 785 S |
| The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia | R 782.4216 H |
| The Piano Book | R 786.2 F |
| Organ Literature | R 786.509 A |
| New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments | R 781.9103 N |
| Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top 10 Charts | R 789.912 W |
| Handel's National Directory...Performing Arts | R 790 H |
Copyright
| The Public Domain: How to Find Copyright Free Writings, Music... | R 346.0482 F |
| How to Register a United States Copyright | R 346.0482 W |
Electronic Sources (may require library card)
| Biography Resource Center |  |
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| Groves Music Online | |
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| World Book Online | |
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Magazine and Journal Indexes (may require library card)
| EBSCO | |
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| General OneFile | |
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Free Websites
Artists and Albums
(www.allmusic.com)
Music Library Association
(www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla)
Sheet Music
(www.schirmer.com)
Hymns
(www.cyberhymnal.org)
Jewish Music WebCenter
(www.jmwc.org)
Copyright Resource Center
(www.mpa.org/copyright/copyresc.html)