MISSION STATEMENT: The Music & Media Collection at Duane G. Meyer Library exists primarily to support the undergraduate and graduate curriculums in music, dance, theater, and film at Missouri State University. We strive to maintain a well-balanced and comprehensive core book and score collection within the library, while also selecting and providing access to remote and global resources that support music research and performance needs throughout our university and regional community. Media formats include physical objects such as important historical LPs, compact discs, DVDs, microform documents, musical instruments, etc. as well as streaming audiovisual databases and music-specific software.
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Room 110, Meyer Library
Missouri State University
901 South National
Springfield, MO 65897
Finding Our Physical Collections Within the Library
2nd LEVEL
MUSIC SCORES -- M call numbers
MUSIC BOOKS (BIOGRAPHIES, HISTORIES, METHOD BOOKS, ETC) -- ML and MT call numbers
MUSIC SOUND RECORDINGS -- CDs and LPs are in closed stacks on the second level. If you would like to check out one or more of our sound recordings, bring the call number(s) to the main level Information Desk and the staff can retrieve the item(s) for you.
LISTENING/VIEWING STATIONS - RESERVE YOUR TIME ONLINE!
- There is a listening station set up in Room 201-I. It includes audio players that are compatible with cassette tapes, compact discs, and records (including LP-33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm, and 78 rpm formats).
MUSIC COMPOSITION/EDITING RESOURCES - RESERVE YOUR TIME ONLINE!
- Finale-equipped study rooms (201-L, 201-M)
- Music and video editing room ((201-J)
- FA22: The VOCALBOOTH™ Sound-Isolating Room has been relocated to the lower level of the library, as part of the Innovation Lab
CARILLON PRACTICE ROOM (201-G)
MAIN LEVEL
MUSIC REFERENCE BOOKS -- print editions of MGG, Grove's Encyclopedias, Baker's Biographical Dictionaries, and numerous finding aids are located on the main level to the left of the elevators.
LOWER LEVEL
MUSIC JOURNALS -- we currently subscribe to twenty-eight music journals that are NOT available online through Music Index, JSTOR, etc. Most of these are instrument-specific, such as International Trumpet Guild, Double Reed, Saxophone Symposium, and Percussive Notes. Both current and back issues are located on the lower level; please ask at the Information Desk if you need assistance.
DVDs -- our DVD collection includes many full-length opera, ballet, and music theater productions as well as masterclasses, composer/performer biographies, and documentaries. Look in the educational-documentary section under the call numbers M, ML, and MT.
MICROFORMS -- includes the early volumes of journals like Clavier, Downbeat, Gramophone, and Opera News that are not available online or in our bound periodicals collection, as well as the program notes to The New York Philharmonic beginning in its inaugural season (1842-1974).
In addition, there are many wonderful local music history resources in the University Special Collections and Archives (Room 306).
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