| Scores and Recordings |
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| To Find | Type |
| Scores owned by the CUA Music Library |
Composer (last name) Title Score dcu?
For example: |
| Brahms Symphon? Score dcu? |
Finds scores of symphonies by Johannes Brahms owned by CUA |
| Compact discs owned by the CUA Music Library: |
Composer Title (one distinctive word) Sound dcu?
For example: |
| Verdi forza Sound dcu? |
Finds recordings of Verdi's La Forza Del Destino owned by CUA |
| Video Recordings (DVDs and laser discs) owned by CUA Music Library: |
Composer Title (use quotes for full title) Video? dcu?
For example: |
| Sondheim "Sweeney Todd" Video? dcu?
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Finds DVDs and laser discs of Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim |
| General Searching Notes: |
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 By selecting "Keyword (AND, OR, NOT)" from the dropdown menu, operators can be used (the words AND, OR, and NOT do not need to be typed in upper case.) |
| Operator | Type | To Find |
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| 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. |
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