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Kristen (Kris) Kern

Fine and Performing Arts Librarian
(503) 725-5218
kernk@pdx.edu

Researching in Music

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Printed Music & Scores

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Call Number = M
Primary Location = Scores Room, at the end of the south wing on the Third Floor

Notated music of all kinds; musical scores, sheet music, anthologies of pieces of music; instrumental music; vocal music; unidentified compositions, etc. Oversize scores are located on the free-standing shelves in the middle of the Scores Room, at the end of the shelves that hold normal-sized scores.

Vikat Catalog:
In the Vikat catalog you can limit your search to just music scores, or books about music, or music recordings.

On the Vikat homepage (http://vikat.pdx.edu), click on the "Advanced Keyword" button. On the next viewscreen, click on the down arrow to the right of the box for "Material Type" and highlight a category such as "Music Scores," "Text," or "Records/CDs," then enter your search term(s) in the box at the top of the screen and click on the "Go!" button.

You can also choose these limiters after you've done an initial search of the whole catalog by clicking on the "Modify Search" or "Limit/Sort Search" button that appears on the results page.

Map for Music Locations on the Library's Third Floor

Music Resources are Available during All Library Hours!

Electronic Resources

Core Resources
Classical Scores Library
Contains 1,000's of pages of music scores by classical composers from the Baroque era to the present day.  More Info...



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