The following illustrations show the "Advanced Search" in the library catalog. (On the Library's homepage, click "Catalog" then "Advanced Search" beside the search box.) Here, you can specify whether you're looking for a title, subject, etc.

Use  subject terms like these:

Music by women composers

Music by African-American composers

Music by African-American women composers

Music by gay composers

Music by lesbian composers

         music women composers   in   Subject

Performers can be searched as authors:

         pavarotti   in   Author

Librettists and lyricists can be searched as authors:

         metastasio   in  Author

 For poets and other writers whose works have been set to music, try using the term:  [Author’s name] – Musical settings.

         dickinson musical settings    in   Subject