Finding Music in MORRIS

1. Finding Music in MORRIS Nora Gaskin Reference Librarian Mills Research Help 2nd floor - ext. 22533 millref@mcmaster.ca New! Online chat with the library: M - F, 11 - 3 MSN: library@mcmaster.ca AOL: maclibraries Yahoo! Messenger: maclibraries Fall 2005 Info Lit @ Mac

2. N.B. Before you start a research assignment • check Library and Research Help Desk Hours http://library.mcmaster.ca/about/mills_hours.htm • Research Help desk, Mills 2nd floor • time your research so we can help – that’s what we’re there for!

3. The 4 McMaster University Libraries • MILLS -- Humanities and Social Sciences • INNIS -- Business • THODE -- Science and Engineering • HEALTH Sciences

4. Library Locations Thode Mills Innis Health

5. MORRIS: McMaster’s library catalogue • http://morris.mcmaster.ca • available to anyone anywhere • covers all 4 libraries • lists: books, journal titles, CDs, vinyl LP records, cassettes, music scores, videos, maps, e-resources, etc. • does not list: about 15,000 of our vinyl LP records listed in the card catalogue, Music Area

6. first, to search for music in MORRIS, you need to know about… Uniform Titles

7. Titles of Musical Works • …are not like titles of books • they can vary in language, word order, etc. • often a“Title” search won’t work • for example, all these titles were found on different scores and recordings of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony: • Fifth symphony • Symphony no. 5 • Symphony nr. 5 • Symphony in C minor • Symphonie V • Ve symphonie • Symphonie n. 5 • Symphonie no. 5 • Simfoniia no. 5 • Symfoni nr. 5 • Symphonies 3-5 • Symphonies 5 & 9

8. Uniform Titles • are added by our cataloguers when they put items into MORRIS • provide a predictable, uniform way to find musical works • e.g. the uniform title for Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor

9. What do Uniform Titles Look Like? • …for non-distinctive, or generic titles, like symphonies, sonatas, or quartets? • …for distinctive titles like Daphnis et Chloé or Appalachian Spring?

10. Uniform Titlesfor Non-Distinctive,GenericTitles …consist of 4 major parts

11. 1. Form of composition • name of a type or form of composition, usually in the plural • examples: • symphonies • sonatas • quartets • suites • concertos

12. 2. Medium of performance • what instruments, groups of instruments or voices are involved • examples: • piano • violin • orchestra • instrumental ensemble • chorus

13. 3. Numeric identifying elements • serial numbers, opus numbers or thematic catalogue numbers • examples: • no. 5 • op. 23 • K. 550 • BWV 1044

14. 4. Key & other info • examples: • B♭ major • arr. (an arrangment for other instruments than the original ones) • piano vocal score • English & German

15. A Typical Uniform Title numeric elements other info form Concertos,piano, orchestra,no. 2, op. 18,C minor,arr. key medium of performance

16. Uniform titles for distinctive titles …like Turandot, Messiah, Appalachian Spring

17. Only 2 things to remember: • they’ll be in the original language • they’ll have no initial articles (the, a, an, le, la, etc.)

18. Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite” Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain” Shchelkunchik Suite Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Noch’ na Lysoĭ gore (1867) Examples of uniform titles for distinctive titles Important -- don’t panic! There’s a trick for finding this stuff out. All will be revealed…

19. …so now how do I find music in MORRIS? Tips, Tricks & Little-Known Strategies

20. Author/Title Keyword Searching • usually the easiest way to find a specific work by a composer

21. Keyword Search Tip: Choosing keywords • use just a few key words and phrases from your musical work, e.g. Canonin D for 3 violins and continuo, by JohannesPachelbel Author/Title Keyword = pachelbel and canon

22. Keyword Search Tip • use “quotation marks” to indicate a phrase • keeps words together, e.g. “magic flute”

23. Finding a uniform title you don’t know • do an Author/Title Keyword search: mozart and “magic flute” • look for the uniform title; it might be here:

24. Finding a uniform title you don’t know …or it might be here:

25. Finding a uniform title you don’t know 3. now you can do a new Author/Title Keyword search: mozart and zauberflote …and you’ll get most, or all of them instead of just the ones that happened to have the title in English

26. MORRIS search tools: Limiting • to narrow your search • MORRIS limits: • format, e.g. CD, record, cassette, score • location, e.g. Mills, Thode, Innis • language, e.g. English, French, German

27. How to limit before you search: go to theAdvanced Search screen

28. Put in some search terms & choose limits

29. How to limit after you’ve searched: choose a limit from the drop-down menu

30. Keyword Search Tip • use the truncation symbol * • also called “wild card” • retrieves your search word with different endings, e.g. symphon*retrieves symphony symphonie symphonies symphonien, etc.

31. Truncation search example • Author/Title Keyword search: beethoven and symphon* and 5

32. Combining Terms: OR • broadens your search • use for synonyms, alternate spellings, abbreviations, etc. • always enclose your “or” words in parentheses: mozart and (“magic flute”orzauberflote)

33. Author Searching • to see a list of everything by a composer, performer, or author, for example: Author = purcell henry • scroll down to see titles of works listed in alphabetical order

34.  names of the musical works  number of items for each one

35. Advanced Searching lets you… search within specific fields apply limits in advance

36. Advanced Search example 1 …to get all the Dover editions of Beethoven symphonies

37. Advanced Search example 2 …to get all the CDs of Wynton Marsalis playing jazz

38. What if you don’t have a title, just a topic? • try a Title Keyword search: music* and german* and renaissance • look for 1 good book, like:

39. What if you don’t have a title, just a topic? • look at the book details & check the subjects • click on the subject hotlinks to find more, or do a new Subject Keyword search using the subject words

40. …now I’ve found it, how do I get it?

41. Locating a Book • if necessary, click Current Location and Status

42. Locating a Book: 4 essentials to know

43. Which Location? • Mills • Innis • Thode • Health

44. Which Collection within the library? • Mills Bookstacks • Mills Reference • Mills 2 hour Reserve • Mills Periodicals, etc.

45. What Call Number? • items are arranged on the shelf by call number • if it’s in the Bookstacks, the call number also tells you what floor to go to…

46. MillsBook Locator • for Bookstacks: • left column • first 1 or 2 letters of call number = floor • for other locations, right column

47. What’s the Status? • Check shelf: in • Checked out: out • Non-circulating…? • doesn’t go out; should be on the shelf • In Storage, On Order, In Process, etc.

48. To recall a Checked Out book… • ...or request a book that’s In Storage, In Process, On Order, etc. • at top of MORRIS screen, click the “Forms: Recall, Storage, etc.” tab, scroll down to Borrowing/Circulationand follow the prompts

49. sorting emailing My List Other MORRIS options

50. Photocopying in The Libraries • Photocopy machines • self-service; all libraries; no cash • Library Debit cards: dispensers or Bookstore • $3 - $20 • $2 for card; then 10¢ or less a page