Scout
- ScoutScout is a powerful search tool that can be used to find both print and electronic resources. Scout simultaneously searches the libraries' catalog, databases, electronic collections, streaming media, and much more.
How to Find Musical Scores & Recordings
This video shows you how to find scores and audio recordings in Scout. It briefly addresses limiters, key terms, and other search criteria specific to music.
More Search Tips
Formatting Names:
- Use full names for composers with common surnames
- Use standard English-language spellings (i.e. "Rachmaninoff" instead of "Rachmaninov")
- Avoid abbreviating names (i.e. J.S. Bach)
Searching for Vocal Music:
- To specify vocal range in your search, indicate high, medium, or low voice
- You can add vocal range to some subject headings, like "Songs (High voice)" OR you can simply search "high voice" as a keyword
| High voice | Medium voice | Low voice |
|---|---|---|
| Soprano | Mezzo Soprano | Alto |
| Tenor | Baritone | Bass |
Keys:
- Avoid using keys in your search terms (such as "C" or "G minor")
Finding recordings by format:
- For CDs, add a keyword search for "compact" or "CD"
- For LPs, add a keyword search for "LP"
- For streaming media, add a keyword search for "electronic"
Digital Scores
- Music Online: Classical Scores Library This link opens in a new window
Contains scores spanning the Renaissance to the 21st century and including in-copyright works from major publishers. Also includes never-before-published scores and contemporary self-published scores by composers from around the world. Coordinates with recordings in the Classical Music Library.
- Recent Researches in Music Online This link opens in a new windowOnline access to all titles published in 2018 and later in the seven Recent Researches in Music series: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, 19th/20th centuries, American (including M.U.S.A.), and Oral Traditions.
- I.M.S.L.P. (Petrucci Music Library)The International Music Scores Library Project is a free digital library of public domain scores. It also contains some recordings.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
HathiTrust is a partnership of research institutions committed to digital preservation of the cultural record. The Digital Library provides access to public domain and some in-copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives. Materials are available to the extent permitted by copyright law.
Streaming Media
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
- Music Online: Classical Music Library This link opens in a new window
- DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) This link opens in a new window
Translations
- IPA Source This link opens in a new windowA collection of International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions and literal translations of art songs and arias originally in a variety of languages. Contains texts, including aria texts and features audio recordings of standard pieces designed to provide diction help to singers. Links to other online resources such as opera plots and libretti, song texts and translations, and online scores.