Music: Find Books and Scores

If the item you’re looking for isn’t available at the PSU Library, you might see a Request from Other Libraries option that will allow you to request a physical copy or, if it's a book, a PDF of an individual chapter.  

• First, sign in to the catalog to enable the request function;
• If the item is not available from our library, you can click the Request button for the physical copy or chapter PDF under Request from Other Libraries;
• The system will automatically prioritize fastest delivery;
• When your request has been filled, you will be notified by PSU email.

Portland State University Library Catalog: Search the PSU Library Catalog for information about books, journals, videos, government documents, and other materials owned by the Library. You may search by keywords, author, title, or subject headings.

Browsing: One can search the library shelves by call number in order to locate information on a topic; call numbers can help get you to the "right neighborhood" in the library stacks.

Primary Location = Third Floor shelves, in call number order
Encompasses books and journal articles that are primarily verbal commentaries about works of music rather than the actual music itself.

ML: represents the literature of music, including biography; history and criticism; opera librettos; and bibliography.

MT: represents musical instruction and study, including composition; improvisation; orchestra and orchestration; conducting, etc.

PSU Library Catalog:
In the catalog you can refine your search to limit the results to just books, audio, ebooks, etc.  After you've done an initial search of the whole catalog, look to the left side of the screen.  Under Refine My Results, choose the resource type you are looking for.

Map of the Third Floor Music titles

Call Number = M
Primary Location = The Scores are located in the regular stacks on the Third Floor.
Notated music of all kinds; musical scores, sheet music, anthologies of pieces of music; instrumental music; vocal music; unidentified compositions, etc.

Oversize scores are located on the Second Floor in the Oversize section.

PSU Library Catalog

The PSU Library Catalog includes books, journals, selected articles, and other items from Portland State and libraries in the Pacific Northwest (Summit system). 

To find PSU's holdings of musical scores, select the material type Scores in the advanced search option along with your keywords.