Use these short help videos to learn how to use Novanet:
Call number | Description |
ML 1 - ML 5 | Periodicals. Serials |
ML 12 - ML 21 | Directories. Almanacs |
ML 25 - ML 38 | Societies and other organizations. Institutions. Festivals. Congresses |
ML 47 - ML 54 | Librettos. Texts |
ML 55 - 89 | Aspects of the field of music as a whole |
ML 93 - ML 96 | Manuscript studies and manuscripts |
ML 100 - ML 108 | Dictionaries. Encyclopedias |
ML 111- ML 112 | Music librarianship. Music printing and publishing |
ML 113 - ML 158 | Bibliography |
ML 159 - ML 161 | History and criticism, general works |
ML 162 - ML 197 |
History and criticism by period |
ML 198 - ML 350 | History and criticism by region or country |
ML 385 - ML 429 | Biographies |
ML 430 - ML 458 | Composition and performance |
ML 460 - ML 1380 | Instruments and instrumental music |
ML 1400 - ML 3275 | Vocal music |
ML 3400 - ML 3465 | Dance music |
ML 3470 - ML 3540 | Popular music |
ML 3545 - ML 3776 | Folk, national, and ethnic music |
ML 3790 - ML 3792 | Music trade |
ML 3795 | Music as a profession. Vocational guidance |
Ml 3797 - ML3799 | Musical research |
ML 3800 | General works on the philosophical, societal, and physiological aspects of music. |
ML 3805 - ML 3817 | Physics and acoustics |
ML 3820 | Physiological aspects of music |
ML 3830 - ML 3838 | Psychology |
ML 3845 - ML 3877 | Aesthetics |
ML 3880 - ML 3915 | Criticism |
ML 3916 - ML 3918 | Social and political aspects of music |
ML 3920 | Moral influence of music. Therapeutic use of music |
Subclass MT: Instruction and Study
Call Number | Description |
MT1 | General works |
MT3 - MT5 | History |
MT5.5 - MT7 | Music theory |
MT35 | Notation |
MT40 - MT67 | Composition. Elements and techniques of music |
MT68 | Improvisation. Accompaniment. Transposition |
MT70 | Instrumentation and orchestration |
MT75 | Interpretation |
MT85 | Conducting. Score reading and playing |
MT90 - MT146 | Analysis and appreciation of musical works |
MT180 - MT252 | Instrumental techniques for keyboard instruments |
MT259 - MT338 | Instrumental techniques for bowed string instruments |
MT339 - MT505 | Instrumental techniques for wind instruments |
MT580 - MT640 | Instrumental techniques for plucked string instruments |
MT655 - MT725 | Instrumental techniques for percussion instruments |
MT728 - MT733 | Instrumental techniques for ensembles |
MT820 - MT915 | Singing and vocal technique |
MT955 - MT956 | Musical theatre |
Novanet is a consortium of university and college libraries in Nova Scotia. The consortium maintains a library catalog that indexes library collections available at all five Dalhousie Libraries and at other universities and colleges throughout Nova Scotia.
Novanet also supports a "Novanet Express" service that supports movement of library material between member institutions. For example:
Requested items are transferred from the holding library to a library of your choice.
Several Nova Scotia universities and colleges have music collections that can be accessed via Novanet Express: