UCB Teaching Library Guides to catalogs, databases, and research provide an excellent place to get general assistance in finding and using library resources. The following guides address unique problems encountered, and search strategies recommended, when looking for scores, recordings, and other materials commonly used in music research.

• find journal articles in music
• find printed instrumental music (scores and sheet music)
• find printed songs or arias (scores and sheet music)
• find a sound recording
• find an analysis of a musical work
• find a libretto
• find song lyrics or an aria/song translation
• find conference proceedings and Festschriften
• find library collections in microform and other primary sources of music at UCB
• find music dissertations
• understand call numbers and LC Classification

Local Indexes: Liszt Hyperion Edition · Schubert Hyperion Edition

Copyright Guides
Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, and University of Maine law school clinics · Computer Policy & Law: Computer Policy Collection, Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law · Project NEThics, University of Maryland · Copyright and Fair Use, Stanford University Libraries · Copyright, ALA · Copyright and Intellectual Property, ARL · Copyright for Music Librarians, MLA · Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues, University of California, Berkeley Digital Library SUNSITE · Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the US, Cornell University Copyright Information Center · Copyright Resource Center, Music Publishers Association · Copyright Crash Course, University of Texas System · CyberSpace Law, FindLaw · · Information Policy: Copyright and Intellectual Property, IFLA · Music Copyright Pages, University of Washington Libraries · UC Copyright, UC Copyright Education Web Site