Ethnomusicology

• Sometimes it’s useful to browse a library’s physical shelves for books. Chances are when you find one promising title on the shelf other relevant titles will be in the same area. This is because call numbers – the series of letters and numbers pasted on the spine or front of a book – group together books about similar topics.  Use the following tables of Music Library call numbers to find some call number ranges where books on your research topic might be found.
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• You can browse the library collection virtually by call number too. From the Advanced Search, replace the default Any field with Call Number from the drop-down menu and type in the first element of a call number of interest (e.g., ML1030, not ML1030 .P4413). (See the example below.) This will help you find and request books that are in another library, in storage, or out to another patron.

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• One caveat: Ebooks aren’t assigned call numbers so a library catalogue search by call number won’t turn up any titles in this format.

Literature on Music by Region or Country 

Literature on Instruments and Instrumental Music by Region or Country

Literature on Instruments and Instrumental Music by Instrument

Other Relevant Call Number Ranges