The WSU Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize most of its books. The LCC system organizes books into twenty-one broad subject areas. Each letter and number in the call number signifies specific topics. For example, M is for Music, MT949.5 will include books about Whistling.

The following .pdf file (link) will provide a general outline of items cataloged in the M section:

M – MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC

Here's how to find a book when the WSU Library doesn't have it:

1. From the library homepage, select WorldCat, a link under the main search box.


2. Conduct your search either by keyword, subject, title, author, or ISBN.
   • If you are searching for scholarship about a specific composer, composition, history, style, select Subject from the drop-down menu.
   
   
   • If you are searching for a specific specific composer or composition,, type the exact title or name (last name first). Then select the correct search field (author or title) from the drop-down menu to the right.
   
   
   • Limiting your search to a particular field, such as author, title, or subject, communicates with the database where in the book record, you'd like your search terms to be found.


3. Once you've found a book that you'd like to use as a resource, click on the hyperlinked title to enter the record.


4. Click the button to request the item from another library:
   • Click More Options
   
   
   • Click WSU Interlibrary Loan.
   
   
   • Enter your barcode number (on the back of your Warrior ID) and your password (your last name).
   
   
   • All of the necessary book information will be filled in automatically. Check for accuracy.
   
   
   • Scroll to the bottom of the page, check the copyright box, and click Go.