Books in High Demand are held on 3-Day, 1-Day or 3-Hour Loan
If you cannot find it at UC Library or online, request an Interloan and we will get it for you from another library. There is no charge for this service
A good way to find out whether the details you seek are located in a book. Search previews of books and some full text of out-of-copyright titles; search terms are highlighted in results.
These are ordered on the shelves using the Library of Congress classification system.
Bibliography Biography Analysis
ML 112 | Books on music publishing and printing |
ML 120 | National bibliographies |
ML 128 | Topic bibliographies |
ML 134 | Composer bibliographies including thematic catalogues |
ML 136 | Public library catalogues |
ML 138 | Private library catalogues |
ML 156–158 | Guides to recorded music |
See also | RILM Abstracts (The Repertory of International Music Literature) |
Books about composers and performers
Collected Biographies | |
ML 385 | General |
ML 390 | Composers |
ML 394-402 | Performers |
ML 394 | General instrumental |
ML 396 | Organists |
ML 397 | Pianists |
ML 398 | String players |
ML 399 | Other instrumentalists |
ML 400 | Singers |
ML 402 | Conductors |
ML 404 | Instrument manufacturers |
Individual Biographies | |
ML 410 | Books about particular composers and their music, arranged alphabetically by the composer’s name |
ML 416 | Organists |
ML 417 | Pianists |
ML 418 | String players |
ML 419 | Other individual performers |
ML 420 | Singers |
ML 421 | Vocal and instrumental performing groups |
ML 422 | Conductors |
To find a book on the Library shelves you will need to know its call number. Call numbers are printed on the spine of the book and are also listed in the Library Catalogue. They tell you where the book is located in the library.
The University of Canterbury library, like most academic libraries, uses the Library of Congress Classification system. In this system, the call numbers start with letters of the alphabet.
Read the call number line by line:
This diagram explains how Library of Congress call numbers work on the library shelves:
(This image was produced by librarians at the University of Maryland Libraries (User Education Services), College Park, MD.)