MCY 341: Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Periods subjectId: 690853

The University of Miami's uSearch is a powerful tool that allows you to locate print and digital materials held by the libraries. It has several different search options:

• Everything - the broadest search option, everything retrieves articles, books, scores, audioviual materials, films, e-resources, and other types of materials, including works from the Lowe Art Museum collection.
• Library Catalog - searches for materials found in UM Libraries with the exception of the UM Digital Collections (which has its own search option). This is the default search setting when accessing uSearch from the Weeks Music Library's homepage. You will find books, scores, audiovisual materials, and journal titles, but NOT individual articles. 
• UM Digital Libraries - searches for digitized materials from the Special Collections, Cuban Heritage Collection, and UM Archives, as well as UM faculty and student authored content deposited in the UM Scholarly Repository and MiamiLaw Repository.
• Course Reserves -  searches for articles and other materials placed on class reading and viewing lists by faculty.

More information about uSearch is available at this research guide.

Basic Catalog Search Tips

• The library catalog is designed to do an initial broad search. You have the opportunity to limit your initial search results by using the options under the "Refine my results" menu.
  • If you need a specific format, the options under "Resource type" are very helpful. Options include books and e-books, scores, CDs, and DVDs.
• If you are looking for a phrase or unique title, use quotation marks (e.g., "phantom of the opera," "birth of the cool").
• You don't need to capitalize words or use Boolean operators.
• When searching for instrumental music, it's helpful to include the composer, genre, opus, and key. You can always broaden your search if your terms are too specific.
• For scores or sheet music, narrow your search by including the type of score (e.g., “vocal score,” “parts”) or publisher (“henle,” “hal leonard”).
• For recordings, narrow your search by including performers or ensembles (“kristin chenoweth,” “london symphony”), conductors (“dudamel”), or record labels (“sony," “emi”)
• If you are looking for a smaller portion of a larger work (like a single song from a larger cycle or an aria from an opera) and you can't find it, try looking for the larger work instead (e.g., instead of searching for "trockne blumen," search for "schone mullerin").
• If you're having trouble finding something, stop by the Weeks Music Library's Service Desk for help.
  • You can book a consultation with Sara Manus, Director of the Weeks Music Library.