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Looking For Sound Recordings?

Search Strategies

You can limit your search to sound recording formats (music or spoken word) using either the Quick Limit or Pre-set Limits options. Limits can only be set for Keyword or Title searches, so you must use one of these search options when looking for sound recordings.

Using a Quick Limit:

Bullet Before searching from the Basic Search screen, click on Music Sound Recordings in the Quick Limit menu.
Bullet Select a keyword or title search and enter your search terms.

Using Pre-set Limits:

Bullet Click on the Pre-set Limits icon from the Basic or Guided Keyword screen.
Bullet Go to the Format menu and click on Music Sound Recordings or Spoken Recordings.
Bullet Click on Set Limits icon.
Bullet Select a keyword or title search and enter your search terms.

Searching by specific formats:

You can formulate your search to retrieve compact discs or LPs by adding an appropriate term to your Keyword search.

For compact discs, add the word "compact" to your keyword search.

 Example:
Bullet brahms quartets compact

For LPs , add the initials "rpm" to your search.

 Example:
Bullet beatles rpm

The Columbia libraries have very few recorded books (sometimes called books on tape, audio books, or recorded books), the New York Public Library has an extensive collection (use the keyword audiobooks), as well as a collection of e-audiobooks.  You can also search WorldCat  for audiobooks and request them via  Interlibrary Loan.
 
 

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