The Art, Music, & Recreation Department

Located on Level Two (L2) of the Tom Bradley Wing: Department Layout

Phone: (213) 228-7225  |  Fax: (213) 228-7239  |  E-mail (form)

Department Staff

• Virginia Loe, Department Manager (213) 228-7223
• Sheila Nash, Senior Librarian (213) 228-7242

Materials & Collections

Art and Music includes materials in art, music and sports. The department is especially strong in the following areas: art history, gardening, architecture, decorative arts, crafts, fashion, artists, photography, music history, music biographies, sheet music and scores, film, dance and indoor and outdoor recreation and sports.

Selected Resources

• Art Full Text, providing an index to 260 international art publications from 1984-
• Music Index, indexing over 350 music periodicals from 1981-1993
• Museum of Modern Art Artist File, on microfiche
• New York Philharmonic Program Notes
• New York Public Library File - visual artist photographers, fashion designers, ., (A-Z), on fiche
• Picture Files arranged by Subject
• Film Index International - film reviews, cast and production information
• Videos - art, music and sports documentaries
• MuzePro - Music in Print, includes biographical information
• ALLSONG - indexes over 55,000 songs in the library's collection
• Songbook collections (over 25,000)
• Orchestral scores (available for check-out to community orchestras for classical music)
• Miniature scores

Subject Areas

Art

Music

Recreation

Research Guides

These guides have been prepared by Art, Music, & Recreation staff in order to assist you in conducting research on popular topics. A reference librarian can give you more detailed direction.

1. Image Locator Guide
2. Sheet Music Locator Guide
3. Valuation of Collectibles