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Research Guides

Music

This guide provides selected resources available to you through UCalgary Library and the Internet

Search the Collection for Books & eBooks

Enhance your search with Basic Boolean Operators such as AND, OR, Quotations, etc. Please see more at the

Search Terms

Here are some useful terms for your search query:

  • Periodicals
  • Chronology
  • History & Aesthetics
  • Criticism
  • Music--16th century--Performance
  • Music--17th century--Manuscripts--Facsimiles
  • Music--19th century--Philosophy and Aesthetics
  • Music--20th century--History and Criticism

Browse the Shelves

To browse for books related to Music on the shelves, use the call number ML (TFDL, 5th Floor). For example:

  • ML1 - ML3930: Literature on Music:
    • ML159 - ML3785: History and Criticism:ML385 - ML429: Biography
      • ML459 - ML1380: Instruments and Instrumental Music
      • ML3544 - ML3776: Folk, National, and Ethnic Music
    • FC3231 - FC3250: Philosophical and societal aspects of Music
      • ML3830 - ML3840: Psychology
      • ML3880 - ML3915: Criticism

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