Search Omni, the library catalog to find books, scores and other material formats.
The default search in Omni is basic search with the scope of Queen's + Omni libraries (all the other Ontario university libraries using this same discovery tool). Apply Boolean operators: AND, OR or NOT in uppercase to focus your search.
| Use AND to search all terms. Default setting. |
beethoven AND fidelio AND overture AND disc music AND theat* AND ancient AND (greece OR greek)
tango* AND (disc OR sound OR video*)
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| Use OR between words for synonyms. Broadens your search results | victorian OR 19th OR nineteenth |
| Use NOT to exclude terms | sculpture AND degas NOT rodin |
| Use quotation marks around phrases | "moonlight sonata" |
| ? for single character wildcard (useful for variable spellings) | wom?n for woman, women |
| * for truncation (multiple character wildcard). Useful for variant endings. | music* for music, musical, musician, musicians |
| brackets to group terms (nested searching) | song* AND (inuit OR "first nations" OR metis OR indigenous) |
Browsing is another strategy for locating books. Scroll to the bottom of the Omni record to do a Virtual Browse. Examples:
Floorplan: Stauffer 2nd floor Music Collection. Items are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification.
Generally, items are shelved alphabetically in author order within each subject class number.
How to write about music: the RILM manual of style. ML3797 .H69 2006
Music library and research skills. ML3797 .G68 2009
Writing about music: a style sheet. ML3797 .W75 2014
Music research: a handbook. ML113 .S28 2009
Writing about music: an introductory guide. ML3797 .W54 2009