Searching the Catalog can be a bit daunting. If you use the search box on the front of the Libraries' website, called Search@UW, you will get results from ALL of the UW campuses. In order to limit to what we have physically, you want to go the search page itself.

So first Click on the 'go' button

and you will see this

To limit to just what UWM owns use the dropdown

To sign in to your account so that you can renew materials or make requests from other UW libraries, look in the upper right corner for the 'Sign in' or 'My Account' links.

Click on Guest and it will prompt you to sign in

You'll see this and login with your ePantherID/PW

and you'll see the, by now, familiar screen

And now I am logged in

To see what you have checked out, any fines you have, requests you've made from other campuses, etc. Click on My Account

and you'll see this

To limit further, you can use the Advanced Search

And then select your parameters

You can set your search type

and tell the system how you want it to search and don't forget about the other options

You can limit in other ways too... For example, if your results are bringing back a lot of materials in languages that you don't read, you can limit the search to only English, or to English and whatever language you can read.

And also by the format that you're looking for - Need a Score? or a Recording? That can be done too

Finding a recording

If you're looking for a specific album, Rubber Soul for example, you can just do a title search

Performers are considered authors, so you can search by name for a specific performer to find a recording where the artist is a major contributor. To limit to sound recordings you can add the word 'sound' or to limit to CDs you can add the phrase "4 3/4" - note: you must include the quotation marks to complete the phrase.

robeson AND sound

ellington AND "4 3/4"

beethoven AND sonatas AND violin NOT sound

bach AND "bwv 150" AND "4 3/4"

What kind of call numbers are these ?

UWM Libraries use the Library of Congress classification system for its books, scores, and journals. They basic outline for Music breaks down to this

• M - printed music
• ML - books about music and musicians
• MT - books about the teaching of music and training of musicians

Location, Location, Location ! ! !

Make sure that you look carefully at the catalog and identify where in the Libraries the item is located. An item might be in the general stacks, the reference collection, folio, compact storage, or even microforms. You don't want to go looking in the wrong place for an item.

Reference Universe is a giant index to reference materials available at UWM. Try it out to see what hidden reference gems you might uncover!