Find Books and Scores at Emory
Use Library Search to find books, e-books, scores, e-scores, and other materials. Here is an example:
Subject Headings
Here's a selection of subject headings used in library catalogs.
Afro-american women musicians
African-American women musicians
Feminism and the arts
Feminism and music
Music and society
Women in music
Women college teachers
Women musicians
Women composers
Women conductors
Women blues musicians
Women jazz musicians
Women jazz singers
Women rock musicians
Women singers
You can also search personal names and ensemble names as subjects.
Find Books and Scores Online
- Classical Scores Library This link opens in a new windowClassical Scores Library contains more than 50,000 complete scores, ranging from the middle ages to the present, all of which can be viewed online or printed. The collection contains over 20,000 works from the 20th and 21st century, many of which are still under copyright and not readily available elsewhere online. Includes full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.
- Recent Researches in Music Online This link opens in a new windowA database of critical, scholarly performing editions of thousands of musical scores. The collection spans the history of Western music. Most of the seven series are devoted to works by a single composer or in a single genre.
- Score Follower Library This link opens in a new windowA faceted search tool to the archive of Score Follower videos. These videos (hosted on YouTube) follow notated music while the viewer hears the sound recording.
- IMSLP / Petrucci Music LibraryA major source for scores in the public domain.
- Choral Public Domain LibraryScores created by individual contributors and generally available free with attribution.
- UCLA Contempory Scores CollectionThousands of open access scores from contemporary composers.
- Google BooksFind thousands of books complete online. Search the full text of everything Google has scanned. Where the complete text isn't available, use the built-in tool to find the nearest library holding the title.
- HathiTrust This link opens in a new windowAccess a large digital library of materials from sources including Google Books, the Internet Archive, libraries at HathiTrust partner institutions, and other commercial digitization projects. You may need to Click the "Log In" button and choose "Emory University" from the drop-down menu. Select "continue" and then enter your EID and password when prompted. The mobile version of HathiTrust allows online reading and download of public domain books from mobile devices. The HathiTrust is a partnership of more than 80 major academic and research libraries.
Books & Scores at Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loan)
If you can't find a resource at Emory, try looking for the source using WorldCat, a shared catalog for many libraries in the US and around the world. If you find it on WorldCat (or sometimes even if you cannot), you can request the resource through Emory's Interlibrary Loan.