Fletcher Library at the West Campus
Finding Audio Recordings
Contact deg farrelly, Media Librarian
| ASU's Audio Collections | Browsing Fletcher-Owned CDs in the Catalog |
| Searching the Catalog for Recordings | Recording Types |
| Classification System for the CD Collection |
ASU's Audio Collections
Fletcher Library maintains a circulating collection of audio recordings in compact disc (CD) format. CDs circulate the same as books. See Borrowing Media for more detailed information on loan periods.
Recordings in the collection support the curriculum at ASU West with special focus on:
- Jazz
- Pop and rock music
- Broadway and theater music
- Experimental electronic music
The collection also contains a core collection of traditional "classical" music, spoken word recordings (such as poetry and speeches), sound effects, and recordings in other types of music.
The Music Library on the Tempe campus houses a broader and deeper collection of music materials including books, musical scores, journals, and videorecordings. The extensive collection of recordings in the Music Library focuses on classical, ethnic, jazz, and folk music. Recordings from the Music Library circulate for 3 days. Use the Request function in the online catalog to have items in the Music Library delivered to ASU West for your use. For more information about the collections at the ASU Music Library, connect to http://www.asu.edu/lib/music/
Searching the Online Catalog for Recordings
All audio recordings in ASU library collections are included in the ASU Libraries Catalog and are searchable by:
- Composer or performer (Author search)
- Title of album
- Keyword
Use Keyword searching to locate recordings by a particular song title (" Stairway to Heaven") or subject words ("Bach cantata*"). After performing a Keyword search, use the Catalog's Limit option to limit results to material type "Music record" or "Spoken record"
Classification System used for the CD Collection
Compact discs in the Fletcher Library media collection are filed in drawer cabinets, adjacent to the video cabinets, first floor west.
These CDs are arranged using a classification system that groups recordings by type of music (such as Jazz, Rock, Musical Shows, Opera, etc.).
Within types, the CD classification system arranges recordings alphabetically by composer or performer, then by title of the work, and finally by an accession number. All call numbers are preceded with the format designator "CD".
Here is a sample compact disc call number and what it represents:
|
CD MJ COLT LL 1145 |
---> ---> ---> ---> ---> |
Format Type of Recording Artist Title Accession # |
---> ---> ---> ---> ---> |
Compact Disc Jazz Coltrane, John Lush Life Accession # |
Browsing Fletcher-Owned CDs in the ASU Libraries Catalog
To browse a list of Fletcher Library CDs in the online catalog:
- Select "Other Numbers"
- Select "ASU Local Number"
- Enter "CD" and a classification
("CD MJ" used for illustration) - Select "Extended Display"
Illustration: Extended Display for "CD MJ" in the Online Catalog
Browse the Collection by Recording Types
A list of the 36 recording types used to catalog CDs, with hyperlinks to corresponding results in the ASU Libraries Catalog, follows.
