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Searching for recordings in the BGSU Libraries Catalog is relatively easy once you are familiar with strategies that allow
you to streamline your searches. Using the web-based catalog, you have two main options for searching. The first begins with
an AUTHOR or TITLE search and uses the catalog's limit feature; the second uses a WORD search and allows you to enter all
of your terms and conditions in a single step. Locating recordings of works with distinctive titles is slightly different
than searching for those with a musical form as a title (symphonies, sonatas, etc.) Using the catalog's sorting option allows
you to sort your results in a reverse chronological order, so the most recently pressed recordings (usually CDs) are at the
beginning of your results list. Examples of both types of searches, with both the AUTHOR or TITLE and WORD options are provided.
Underlined words are those that are to be typed into the computer.
How to search for a recording with a musical form as the title
Sample search 1: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, op. 125, d minor
Option 1: Author Search
- Go to the BGSU Libraries catalog.
- Click on the Author tab (a composer/performer search is the same as an author search). Type: Beethoven (no punctuation or capitalization is necessary). Click on Search. Click on the entry with the largest set.
The retrieval set is very large for this composer. To avoid browsing numerous screens of recordings and scores, the Limit/Sort feature allows you to narrow your search.
- Limit your search.
- Under Material Type, select Sound Recording OR scroll down to the SOUND Recording menu and select CD, 33rpm, etc. (do not
make a selection under both of these menus).
- At this point, you may either click on the Submit button to find all recordings (or CDs, LPs, etc. if you chose to limit under
the SOUND Recording menu) by Beethoven, or you may choose to limit further, which is generally a good choice in the case of
prolific composers. To find symphonies by Beethoven, pull down the Words In menu; choose Words in Subject. Click in box to
the right and type: symphonies. Click on Submit.
Note: when searching for a musical form such as a sonata, symphony, etc., use the plural form of the word; the specific instrument
is not necessary.
- Another option is to limit by words in the title. Follow steps A and B, then choose Words in the TITLE from the Words In box.
Type one of the following:
symphon* (to find all words in title with symphon as the root) or symphonies, then click on the Submit button.
Option 2: WORD Search
Go to the BGSU Libraries Catalog.
- In the first search box, choose Author from the Any Field drop-down menu and type: beethoven.
- In the next box, choose Subject from the drop-down menu and type: symphonies; OR choose Title from the drop-down menu and type: symphon*.
- Under Material Type, select Sound Recording OR scroll down to the SOUND Recording menu and select CD, 33rpm, etc. (do not
make a selection under both of these menus).
- Click the Submit button.
How to search for recordings with a distinctive title
Sample search: Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang A. Mozart
Option 1:TITLE Search
- From the BGSU Libraries Catalog, click on the Title. Type: don giovanni (no capitalization is necessary) and click on Submit or press the enter key.
- Click on Limit/Sort Search.
- Under Material Type, select Sound Recording OR scroll down to the SOUND Recording menu and select CD, 33rpm, etc. (do not
make a selection under both of these menus).
- Click on the Submit button and you will retrieve a list of recordings of Don Giovanni.
Option 2: WORD Search
Go to the BGSU Libraries Catalog.
- In the first search box, choose Author from the Any Field drop-down menu and type: mozart.
- In the next box, choose Title from the drop-down menu and type: don giovanni.
- Under Material Type, select Sound Recording OR scroll down to the SOUND Recording menu and select CD, 33rpm, etc. (do not
make a selection under both of these menus).
- Click the Submit button.
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