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Maps of the Music and Performing Arts Library
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 and
Performing Arts Library.
Library of Congress Classification
Scheme
Reference collections of both books and scores are on the 1st floor.
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.
DVDs are housed in closed stacks on the first floor and must be asked for at the
Circulation Desk 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.
Periodicals -- Located on the first floor, they are shelved alphabetically by title.
The current subscription file located near the reference desk may be helpful in verifying issues
received in the Music and Performing Arts Library. Or check this
list.
Index table -- Located in the Music Information Center. Music Index, RILM, New
Grove, and the Encyclopedia Britannica are found here.
New items-- for a listing of new items, see
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/newtitles/