The Source - Finding Scores and Recordings

The Source has two interfaces: a Web interface, and a text-only Telnet interface. It's the same catalog, but each interface has its advantages.

The best all-around option, especially for short works, is to use the catalog's Web interface, http://source.unco.edu.

Select the KEYWORD option.
Type appropriate words, linking them with and, or, or and not

(e.g. sebastian and bach and magnificat ).

To get all the variant spellings of a word, type the beginning and an asterisk

(e.g. orchest* = orchestra, orchestras, Orchester, orchestre, etc.).

Use the pull-down menus to limit your search, if appropriate.

MATERIAL TYPE lets you limit to scores (or recordings, or videos)
LOCATION lets you limit to the CD collection, and so forth.

Shortcomings/Troubleshooting:

For short works (individual songs, small piano pieces), use a Word Search. If that fails, ask for assistance.

Word searching isn't very efficient for finding generically-titled works by major composers (e.g. Mozart concerti). For these, author searching, which works better in the Telnet interface, will yield the best results.