Music for Continuing Education short courses: Books

On this page you can find out about:

• Using SOLO to find books in Oxford Libraries 
• Browsing the shelves at the Continuing Education Library for books on Music
• Finding books beyond Oxford

You can use SOLO to find e-books and print books in Oxford Libraries.   Please see our top tips below or for more information see the SOLO  or E-Books LibGuides.

Top Tips

• Sign in to SOLO with your Oxford Single Sign on (SSO) or Library card details. 
• Use the drop down menu to 'Search everything' or to specify 'online resources' (e.g. e-books) or a specific library
• Click 'View online' to link to an ebook or digital item
• For print book click 'Find and request' to see which libraries have the book, whether its available or out on loan, to place a reservation (for a book that is out on loan) and to order items from the 'closed stacks'   
• Which Libraries can you use?  This depends on which course you are taking.     If you're not sure which Libraries you can use, check the information on the 'Home' tab above.

Books of interest to Music students are shelved in the Lower Library under the following classification numbers (Dewey Decimal Classification):

Oversize books are located in the Lower Library (001 – 939) and pamphlets can be found in the Lower Library (001-999).

If you can't get to Oxford to borrow the book, you can request a scan of one chapter to be sent to you.  Sign in to SOLO and choose 'Offsite scan' (for items in the closed stack) or LibraryScan (for items in libraries)

Here's a sample of e-books you can find on SOLO.

Many e-books are part of collections. By going to the collection, you can search across all books, or sometimes a subject sub set. Some of the main collections which include Music are listed here.