| Scores and Recordings |
| To Find | Type |
| Scores owned by the CUA Music Library |
the Composer's Name AND the Title AND Score AND DCU?
For example: |
| Brahms AND Symphon? AND Score AND DCU? |
Finds scores of symphonies by Johannes Brahms owned by CUA |
| Compact discs owned by the CUA Music Library: |
the Composer's Name AND the Title AND Sound AND DCU?
For example: |
| Verdi AND "Luisa Miller" AND Sound AND DCU? |
Finds recordings of Verdi's Luisa Miller owned by CUA |
| Video Recordings (DVDs and laser discs) owned by CUA Music Library: |
the Composer's Name AND the Title AND Video? AND DCU?
For example: |
| Sondheim AND "Sweeney Todd" AND Video? AND DCU? |
Finds DVDs and laser discs of Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim |
| General Searching Notes: |
Operators (the words AND, OR, and NOT) must be typed in upper case. |
| Operator | Type | To Find |
AND means that you want records with both words. |
Brahms AND Sonata |
Finds records with both "Brahms" and "sonata." |
OR means that you want records with either word. |
Brahms OR Sonata |
Finds all the records which use either "Brahms" or "sonata." |
NOT means you don't want the following word in the record. |
Brahms NOT Sonata |
Finds records with "Brahms" that do not have "sonata." |
" " are used to enclose a phrase. The WRLC Libraries Catalog cannot understand your search without the quotation marks. |
"Ten Easy Pieces" |
Finds records that have the phrase "Ten Easy Pieces." |
? indicates truncation. Use this when you only know how a word begins or for words that can end in more than one way. |
Symphon? |
Finds symphony, symphonies, symphonic, Symphonien, etc. |
( ) are used to enclose terms you want to search as one unit. |
(Brahms OR Haydn) AND Sonat? |
Finds records for sonatas by Brahms or Haydn. |