Q. What types of materials will I find using the Classic Catalog?

Book

A hardback or paperback published written work

eBook

A downloadable, electronically published book

DVD / VCD / BLU-ray

Optical discs most often storing movies or television shows. BLU-ray and DVDs have a higher resolution than VCDs

Periodical Current

A continuing publication, published over a period of time in individual issues; a magazine, journal or newspaper in paper, microform, or electronic media for which the Library has a current subscription

Periodical Ceased

A periodical that has ceased publication, or changed title, or is no longer actively subscribed to by the Library, yet the Library still retains the publication in its collections and in the catalog

ePeriodical

A downloadable, electronically published magazine or journal

VHS Video

A videotape cassette, usually of a movie or television show

Music CD / Tape

Music sound recordings (e.g., opera, symphony, folk, rock, hip-hop, rap, jazz, instrumental, vocal, electronic, found, etc.) stored on a variety of media, e.g., tapes, or CDs

Music Score

Printed music (e.g., full scores, miniature scores, piano-vocal scores, individual instrument scores, songs, etc.)

Vinyl LP

Music sound recordings (e.g., opera, symphony, folk, rock, hip-hop, rap, jazz, instrumental, vocal, electronic, found, etc.) and non-musical sound recordings (e.g., novels, stories, plays, poems, sound effects, etc.) stored on vinyl LPs

Spoken Tape / CD

Non-musical sound recordings (e.g., novels, stories, plays, poems, sound effects, etc.) stored on a variety of media, e.g. tapes, or CDs

Computer File

Software files stored on floppy disks, CD-ROM or other media