1. Come to the Research Desk at the
Customer Service Center
2. Email: research@liberty.edu
3. Call 434-592-3362
M 1-5000 Music
M 1.A5 - 3.3 Collections
M 5-1480 Instrumental Music
M 1495-2199 Secular Vocal Music
M 1999-2199 Sacred Vocal Music
ML 1-3930 Literature of Music
ML 159-3785 History and Criticism
ML 3790-3792 Music Trade
ML 3800-3923 Philosophical, Societal, Physic, Acoustical, and Physiological Aspects of Music
MT 1-960 Instruction and Study
MT 170-810 Instrumental Techniques
MT 820-915 Singing and Vocal Technique
MT 955-960 Musical Theater
In the JFL, materials for teaching music K-12 are housed in the Curriculum Library. This library uses a combination of the Dewey Decimal system for teaching resource items and an in-house system for organizing textbook series.
Textbook series numbers:
Teacher resources material numbers:
Under Limiters look for: Curriculum - Teacher Resource Materials
This Research Guide will provide you with:
All cataloged materials in the JFL library receive Library of Congress Subject Headings. These headings are like keywords, but are more precise and less flexible. The following headings are suggestions of the patterns that LC headings follow for the field of music.
Miscellaneous
Jazz
Music Appreciation
Music Composition
Music Recording & Reproduction
Music Theory
Music Trade (instead of Music Business)
Psychology/Social Aspects of Music
Physics/Physiology of Music
Technique - (vocal or type of instrument)
Theater - Film score or Musical theater
Music Education
(Area of music plus – Instruction and study)
Music – Instruction and study
Music for children
Choral singing – Instruction and study
School music – Instruction and study
Guitar – Instruction and study
Education - Music Education
Instructional study - Juvenile
Music History
(Use History and criticism or analysis as subheadings)
Music – History and criticism
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 – Criticism and interpretation
(Composer’s name, dates if you know them plus – Criticism and interpretation or Analysis)
Music – 19th century – History and criticism
(Narrow search results by adding time period for music style)
Piano – History
(Type of instrument and appropriate subheading)
Worship Music
Public worship
Church music
Ministers of music
Contemporary Christian music
Ethnomusicology
Ethnomusicology
Folk songs
Music – Italy – History and criticism
(Music, name of country or people group, and subheading)
Music – social aspects
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An additional source for citation help is found at the Purdue Owl website.