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These are diacritics and special characters in languages encountered in music cataloging at Yale, as mapped for Orbis (Voyager). Not all diacritics are included, namely those for languages in which we do not catalog. For a complete list, see Diacritics and special characters [14] from Cataloging at Yale

See also ORBIS keys for diacritics and special characters arranged by name of diacritic/character with languages in which they are used [3]

Albanian | Armenian | Bulgarian | Catalan | Croatia [15] | Czech | Danish | Dutch | Estonian | Finnish | French | German | Greek (Modern) | Hungarian | Icelandic | Italian | Latvian | Lithuanian | Macedonian | Norwegian | Polish | Portuguese | Romanian | Russian | Slovak | Slovene | Spanish | Swedish | Turkish | Ukrainian | White Russian

Language	Diacritic (and the letter(s) it affects) or special character
Albanian	acute [16]: a, e, i, o, u cedilla [17]: c circumflex [18]: a, e umlaut [19]: e
Armenian	'ayn: ch, p, k, t, ts hacek [20]: e macron [21]: e, o
Bulgarian	breve [22]: i, u canrabindu: u ligature [23]: ia, ia, iu miagkii znak [24] tverdii znak [25]
Catalan	acute [16]: a, e, i, o, u cedilla [17]: c dot at mid-line [26] grave [27]: a, e, o umlaut [19]: i, u
Croatian	acute [16]: c eth (D with bar Ð) hacek [20]: c, s, z
Czech	acute [16]: a, e, i, o, u, y circle above [28] (angstrom): u hacek [20]: c, d, D, e, n, r, s, t, T, z high comma, off center [29]: d, t
Danish	Æ [30], æ [30] circle above [28] (angstrom): a Ø [31], ø [31]
Dutch	acute [16]: a, e circumflex [18]: a, e grave [27]: e umlaut [19]: e, i
Estonian	tilde [32]: o umlaut [19]: a, o, u
Finnish	circle above [28] (angstrom): a umlaut [19]: a, o
French	acute [16]: e cedilla [17]: c circumflex [18]: a, e, i, o, u grave [27]: a, e, u OE [33], oe [33] umlaut [19]: e, i, u
German	"ess-zet" ß umlaut [19]: a, o, u
Greek (Modern)	macron [21]: e, o
Hungarian	acute [16]: a, e, i, o, u double acute [34]: o, u umlaut [19]: o, u
Icelandic	acute [16]: a, e, i, o, u, y Æ [30], æ [30] eth (D with bar Ð) OE [33], oe [33] thorn (Þ þ) umlaut [19]: o
Italian	grave [27]: a, e, i, o, u acute [16]: e
Latvian	cedilla [17]: l hacek [20]: c, s, z high comma, centered: g left hook [35]: G, k, l, n, r macron [21]: a, e, i, o, u
Lithuanian	hacek [20]: c, s, z right hook [36]: a, e, i, u macron [21]: u dot above [37]: e
Macedonian	acute [16]: g, k hacek [20]: c, s, z
Norwegian	Æ [30], æ [30] circle above [28] (angstrom): a Ø [31], ø [31] umlaut [19]: a, o
Polish	acute [16]: c, n, o, s, z Polish L [38] right hook [36]: a, e dot above [37]: z
Portuguese	acute [16]: a cedilla [17]: c, e circumflex [18]: o grave [27]: a tilde [32]: a, e, i, o, u umlaut [19]: u
Romanian	breve [22]: a circumflex [18]: a, i hacek [20]: r left hook [35]: s, t
Russian	breve [22]: i dot above [37]: e, f, y ligature [23]: ia, IA, ie, IE, iu, IU, ts, TS miagkii znak [24] tverdii znak [25] umlaut [19]: e
Slovak	acute [16]: a, e, i, l, o, r, u, y circle above [28] (angstrom): u circumflex [18]: o hacek [20]: c, d, D, e, L, n, r, s, t, T, z high comma, off center: d, l, t umlaut [19]: a
Slovene	acute [16]: a circumflex [18]: o hacek [20]: c, e, s, z
Spanish	acute [16]: a, e, i, o, u tilde [32]: n umlaut [19]: u
Swedish	circle above [28] (angstrom): a umlaut [19]: a, o
Turkish	alif [39] breve [22]: g cedilla [17]: c, s circumflex [18]: a, I, u circumflex, Turkish i (î) dot above [37]: I umlaut [19]: o, u
Ukrainian	breve [22]: i ligature [23]: ia, IA, ie, IE, iu, IU, zh, ZH miagkii znak [24] umlaut [19]: i
White Russian	breve [22]: i, u ligature [23] :ia, IA, io, IO, iu, IU miagkii znak [24] dot above [40]: e

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Staff name headings search vs staff name/title headings search | Headings list vs title index

Staff name headings search vs staff name/title headings search

The staff name headings search retrieves a headings list. The highlighted entry in the headings list includes the authority record for the personal name and indicates the number of bibliographic records with that name heading:

Voyager search: Staff name headings search
Search key: magini francesco

Clicking on the highlighted index entry will retrieve a titles index:

The staff name/title headings search also retrieves a headings list, in which there is no entry for the personal name only; only name/title entries:

Voyager search: Staff name/title headings search
Search key: magini francesco

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Headings list vs title index

Headings list

Voyager search: Staff name/title headings search
Search key: bach johann sebastian

The results of this staff/name headings search is a headings list, with four columns.

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Keep in mind that although the second column gives the number of bibliographic records represented by that heading, the number does not include the authority record.

Under this entry, there are actually two records: an authority record and a bibliographic record.

To retrieve the bibliographic record, click on the highlighted entry or click the "OK" button.

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The bibliographic record will display:

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To return to the headings list, click on the "Headings" button on the menu bar. At this point, there has been only one title retrieved, so the menu bar will only offer the option of going back to the headings list:

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To get to the authority record, click on the "Authority" button.

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You are given the option of selecting "one or more authority records," although, in most cases there will be only one authority record:

To view the authority record, click on "OK" or on the highlighted entry.

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The authority record will display:

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To return to the headings list, click on the "Headings" button on the menu bar:

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Further down in the headings list, you will find this authorized heading. It should have an authority record and four bibliographic records associated with it:

To get to the title index for the four bibliographic records, either click on the "OK" button or on the highlighted entry.

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Titles index

• The first column indicates whether it is a reference, an authorized heading authority records, or, when the space is blank, a heading that has no authority record.
• The second column indicates how many bibliographic records include that heading.
  • If it is a reference, there should always be no ("0") bibliographic records with that heading.
  • If it is an authorized heading, there will usually be, but not always, at least one bibliographic record associated with it.
  • If it is neither a reference or an authorized heading, there will be at least one bibliographic record with that heading.
• The third column includes the heading itself.
• The fourth column indicates the heading type. In this case, they are all "personal name" headings.
• The titles index has four columns.
  • The first column includes the heading found in the bibliographic record.
  • The second column indicates the main entry in the bibliographic record.

The titles index display:

To retrieve any of the four bibliographic records, either double click on the entry or, if it is already highlighted, click the "OK" button.

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Once the bibliographic record is displayed:
To return to the titles index, click on the "Titles" button on the menu bar.
To return to the headings list, click on the "Headings" button on the menu bar.

• It may or may not be the same name found in the heading in the first column.
• In the case of title main entry, this space is blank.
  • The third column gives the title found in the 245.
  • The fourth column indicates the imprint.

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Commands | Searches | Authority file searching | Other things to remember

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Commands
command	key(s)
help	F1
send command	F11
next screen or page up	F4 or pup <F11>
previous screen or page back	F5 or pdn <F11>
go to first screen	hom <F11>
go back to previous screen	gob <F11>
next record	F9
next screen in submenu	F9
return to submenu	ctrol F9
previous screen in submenu	shift F9
print record	F12
export	xpo

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Searches
Phrase searches | Number searches | Search qualifiers
Phrase searches (See also Phrase searches [41] from OCLC)
type	sca/fin	derived	notes
personal name	sca pn [last first]	4,3,1	Surnames with a Mc or Mac prefix: If the prefix is followed by an uppercase letter, search the prefix as the single letter m. If the prefix followed by a lowercase letter, include the entire prefix in the search key. If in doubt, search both ways. Precede the derived search with a "[" to search the authority file.
corporate name	sca co [name]	4,3,1	Precede the derived search with a "[" to search the authority file.
corporate name	sca cn [name]	4,3,1	Precede the derived search with a "[" to search the authority file.
title	sca ti [title]	3,2,2,1	For uniform titles (130), precede the derived search with a "[" to search the authority file.
subject	sca su [subject]	5,3	Precede the derived search with a "[" to search the authority file.
Number searches (see also Numeric Searching [42] from OCLC)
type	sca/fin	derived	notes
LCCN	fin in [LCCN]	[number]	sca/fin: include the entire number with or without the hyphen derived: includes the first 2 numbers, hyphen, and the last 6 numbers. Precede the derived search with a "[" to search the authority file.
ISMN	fin nn [number]		sca/fin: include the initial "m"; do not include the hyphens example: fin nn m008058417
ISSN	fin sn [number]	[number]	sca/fin: include the entire number with or without the hyphen derived: include the hyphen between the 4th and 5th digits
ISBN	fin bn [number]	[number]	omit hyphens
Music number	fin mn [number]	mn: [number]	include only 2 letters and up to 10 numbers (see also Music publisher number search [43] from OCLC)
OCLC control number	fin an [number]	#[number]
Search qualifiers (not used in searching the authority file)
type	qualifier
format	books: /bks     scores: /sco     recordings: /rec     visual materials: /vis     serials: /ser
cataloging source	Library of Congress: /DLC
year of publication	mcdy: m=millennium c=century d=decade y=year type of date: qualifier: example: single year: /mcdy /2002    single year and all later years: /mcdy- /2000-    single year and all previous years: /-mcdy /-2000    range of single years: /mcdy-y /2000-2 decade: /mcd? /200?    range of decades: /mcdy-dy /1980-91 century: /mc?? /20??    range of centuries: /mcdy-cdy /1880-920 millennium: /m??? /2???    range of millenniums: /mcdy-mcdy /1999-2002

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Authority file searching

The browse search is the best way to get to name/uniform title headings.

Type in the name, with a comma separating the last and first names.
If there are no other persons with that name, you can include an expanded term with no further additions to the search.
If there are other persons with that name, include at least the first year in the date portion of the heading with no comma before date.

The expanded term can be as little as the first initial of the title (excluding initial articles):

or as much as several words of the title (excluding initial articles):

When using more than one word of the title as the expanded term can be as little as the first initial of the title (excluding initial articles). Remove all commas or the search will take you to the end of the alphabet for the first word in your exanded term.

This search, with punctuation included: sonatas, piano, h. xvi, 3 will take you to the end of Haydn's sonatas:	This search, with all punctuation, including those in the serial or work number, removed: sonatas piano h xvi 3 will take you a specific point in the alphabetic index:

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Other things to remember

If you will not be using OCLC for a substantial amount of time, logoff so that other catalogers will be able to access OCLC.

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These are the keys to which diacritics and special characters encountered in music cataloging at Yale are mapped for Orbis (Voyager). Not all diacritics are included, namely those for languages in which we do not catalog. For a complete list, see Diacritics and special characters [14] from Cataloging at Yale

See also Diacritics and special characters by language [44]

acute | AE (Æ) | alif | angstrom | breve | cedilla | circumflex | eth (Ð) | dot above | dot in middle | dot below | double acute | grave | hacek | high comma, off center | hook, left | hook, right | ligature | macron | miagkii znak | slash O (Ø) | OE (Œ) | Polish L (Ł) | tilde | tverdii znak | umlaut

Diacritic/Special character	ORBIS Keys	Languages
acute	ctrl alt o or keypad 8	Albanian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish
Æ upper case æ lower case	ctrl alt q ctrl alt shift q	Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian
alif	ctrl alt f or keypad 2	Korean, Japanese, Turkish
angstrom	ctrl alt shift  / or alt keypad 3	Czech, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Slovak, Swedish
breve	ctrl alt shift . [period] or alt shift keypad 9	Bulgarian, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Belarusian
cedilla	ctrl alt h or keypad 6	Albanian, Catalan, French, Latvian, Portuguese, Turkish
circle above see angstrom	ctrl alt shift  / or alt keypad 3
circumflex	ctrl alt shift p or keypad 6	Albanian, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Sinhalese, Slovene, Turkish
Ð (eth) upper case ð lower case	win alt w ctrl alt w	Croatian, Icelandic, Serbian
dot above	ctrl alt shift n or alt keypad 1	Hebrew, Lithuanian, Polish, , Russian, Turkish, Belarusian
dot in middle	ctrl alt shift b or left parenthesis [	Catalan
dot below	ctrl alt n or keypad 1	Hebrew
double acute	ctrl alt shift o or alt keypad 8	Hungarian
grave	ctrl alt ` or keypad 2	Catalan, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese
hacek	ctrl alt p or alt keypad 4	Armenian, Croatian, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
high comma, off center	ctrl alt shift :	Armenian, Czech, Georgian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovak
hook, left	ctrl alt shift h	Latvian, Romanian
hook, right	ctrl alt shift j	Lithuanian, Polish
ligature first half ligature second half	ctrl alt shift k or keypad 0 ctrl alt shift l or alt keypad 0	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
macron	ctrl alt shift  , [comma] or keypad 9	Armenian, Greek (Modern), Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian,
miagkii znak	ctrl alt g	Bulgarian, Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
musical flat	ctrl alt x
musical sharp
Ø (slash O) upper case ø lower case	win alt y ctrl alt y	Danish, Norwegian
OE upper case oe lower case	ctrl alt shift r ctrl alt r	French, Icelandic
Polish L upper case Polish l lower case	ctrl alt shift e ctrl alt e	Polish
superior dot (dot above) see dot above	ctrl alt shift n or alt keypad 1
tilde	ctrl alt \  or keypad 5	Estonian, Portuguese, Spanish
tverdii znak	ctrl alt shift g	Bulgarian, Russian
umlaut	ctrl alt shift m or keypad 7	Albanian, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

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Diacritic/Special character	ORBIS Keys	Languages
acute	ctrl alt o or keypad 8	Albanian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish
Æ upper case æ lower case	ctrl alt q ctrl alt shift q	Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian
alif	ctrl alt f or keypad 2	Korean, Japanese, Turkish
angstrom	ctrl alt shift  / [slash] or alt keypad 3	Czech, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Slovak, Swedish
breve	ctrl alt shift . [period] or alt shift keypad 9	Bulgarian, Korean, Rumanian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, White Russian
cedilla	ctrl alt h or keypad 6	Albanian, Catalan, French, Latvian, Portuguese, Turkish
circle above see angstrom	ctrl alt shift  / [slash] or alt keypad 3
Circumflex	ctrl alt shift p or keypad 6	Albanian, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Rumanian, Sinhalese, Slovene, Turkish
Ð upper case ð lower case	win alt w ctrl alt w	Croatian, Serbian
dot above	ctrl alt shift n or alt keypad 1	Gujarati, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Polish, , Russian, Turkish, White Russian
dot in middle	ctrl alt shift b or left parenthesis [	Catalan
dot below	ctrl alt n or keypad 1	Hebrew
double acute	ctrl alt shift o or alt keypad 8	Hungarian
grave	ctrl alt ` or keypad 2	Catalan, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese
hacek	ctrl alt p or alt keypad 4	Armenian, Croatian, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
high comma, off center	ctrl alt shift :	Armenian, Czech, Georgian, Latvian, Macedonian, Slovak
hook, left	ctrl alt shift h	Latvian, Rumanian
hook, right	ctrl alt shift j	Lithuanian, Polish
ligature first half ligature second half	ctrl alt shift k or keypad 0 ctrl alt shift l or alt keypad 0	Russian, Ukrainian, White Russian
macron	ctrl alt shift , [comma] or keypad 9	Armenian, Greek (Modern), Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian,
miagkii znak	ctrl alt g	Bulgarian, Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian, White Russian
musical flat	ctrl alt x
musical sharp
Ø upper case ø lower case	win alt y ctrl alt y	Danish, Norwegian
OE upper case oe lower case	ctrl alt shift r ctrl alt r	French, Icelandic
Polish L upper case Polish l lower case	ctrl alt shift e ctrl alt e	Polish
superior dot (dot above) see dot above	ctrl alt shift n or alt keypad 1
tilde	ctrl alt \  or keypad 5	Estonian, Portuguese, Spanish
tverdii znak	ctrl alt shift g	Bulgarian, Russian
umlaut	ctrl alt shift m or keypad 7	Albanian, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

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See also Searching special characters in Voyager [8]

Under the "Non-Keyword" option, use the "Publisher Number (028a|b, 260d)" search.

number includes	example	search	search example    = 1 blank space
space	UE 10769 01 0035 08	must include the space	UE  10769 01  0035  08
period(s)	U.E.7371	° may include the periods or ° include them with a space following each period or ° omit the periods and replace with spaces	U.E.7371 U.  E.  7371 U  E  7371
ampersand	M&M no. 1947	must include the ampersand	M&M no. 1947
period and ampersand	B.&H.15960	° may include all or ° omit the periods and replace with spaces must include the ampersand	B.&H.15960 B  &H  15960
period, ampersand, space	B. & H. 15966	° may include all or ° include periods but not spaces following them or ° omit the periods but not the spaces following them must include the ampersand	B.  &  H.  15966 B.&  H.15966 B  &  H  15966
hyphen(s)	01-039561-851	° include the hyphen(s) or ° may omit the hyphen(s), replacing with space(s)	01-039561-851 01  039561  851
hyphen and space	PWM - 2384	° may include hyphen and spaces or ° may include hyphen but not spaces or ° may omit the hyphen, but include at least 1 space	PWM  -  2384 PWM-2384 PWM  2384
two hyphens	15--4	° may include both hyphens or ° may omit both hyphens, but include at least 1 space or ° may include only one hyphen with or without spaces	15--4 15  4 15  -  4
diacritic	DTÖ 137	must omit the diacritic	DTO 137
slash	MWV B XVII/2	° may include the slash or ° may omit the slash and replace with a space	MWV B XVII/2 MWV B XVII  2
pound sign	WM #79	must include the pound sign	WM #79
parentheses	651 (S.)	° may include the parentheses or ° may omit the parentheses and replace with spaces	651 (S.) 651  S.
comma	Misc 5, III	° may include the comma or ° may omit the comma, but not the space following it	Misc 5, III Misc 5  III

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See also Searching music plate and publisher's numbers in Voyager [9]

Comma, colon, semi-colon, period, apostrophe | Ellipses | Hyphen | Ampersand | Plus sign | Parentheses | Brackets
Musical flat sign | Musical sharp sign | Diacritics | Special alphabetic characters

See also Searching music plate and publisher's numbers in Voyager [9]

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Searching titles in both the cataloging module and the OPAC:

• Titles containing words with internal commas cannot be retrieved unless the comma is included in the search string.
• Commas that occur between words are not affected and may be omitted when searching.

Comma, colon, semi-colon, period, apostrophe:
In the Voyager title search, omit or, if copying and pasting, include the punctuation.
Title:	Beethoven's grand mass in D, op. 123
Search:	beethovens grand mass in d op 123 or beethoven's grand mass in D, op. 123
Title:	Trio : no X, for alto flute, viola, and harp, 1977
Search:	trio : no X, for alto flute, viola, and harp, 1977 or trio no X for alto flute viola and harp 1977
This title includes several different types of punctuation.     If omitting the apostrophe, do not leave a space.     If omitting the hyphen in "F-Dur" and the colon in "XV:39" you must include spaces in their place.
Title:	Trio : no. 4, F-Dur (Hob. XV:39)
Search:	trio : no. 4, F-Dur (Hob. XV:39) or trio no 4 F Dur Hob XV 39
Ellipses:
In a Voyager title search, include or omit the ellipses with or without a space after them.
Title:	... huésped de las nieblas ...
Search:	... huésped de las nieblas ... or huésped de las nieblas Either search may be done with or without the diacritic
Hyphen:
In a Voyager title search, either include the hyphen in the search or delete it and replace it with a space
Title:	Konzert f-Moll für Cembalo und Streichorchester BWV 1056
Search:	konzert f-Moll für Cembalo und Streichorchester BWV 1056 or konzert f Moll für Cembalo und Streichorchester BWV 1056
versus a similar title without a hyphen:
In both, include the space in "f Moll"
Title:	Konzert f Moll für Klavier und Orchester
Search:	konzert f Moll für Klavier und Orchester
A hyphen in the name:
In a Voyager staff name headings search, either include the hyphens or omit the hyphens, in the name and date portions of the heading, and replace with spaces.
Name:	Eckhardt-Gramatté, S. C. (Sophie-Carmen), 1899-1974
Search:	eckhardt-gramatté, s. c. (sophie-carmen), 1899-1974 or eckhardt gramatté, s. c. (sophie carmen), 1899-1974 or eckhardt gramatté s c sophie carmen 1899 1974 Note: search with or without the comma.
Ampersand:
In a Voyager title search, you must include the ampersand. It cannot be omitted or spelled out.
Title:	Sonata for violin & piano
Search:	sonata for violin & piano
Plus sign:
In a Voyager title search, you must include the plus sign. It cannot be omitted or spelled out.
Title:	Paduana + 2 galliards for 5 instruments
Search:	paduana + 2 galliards for 5 instruments
Parentheses:
In a Voyager title search, either omit or, if copying and pasting, include the parentheses.
Title:	2e sonate (en mi majeur) pour violin et piano
Search:	2e sonate (en mi majeur) pour violin et piano or 2e sonate en mi majeur pour violin et piano
Brackets:
In a Voyager title search, either include the brackets or omit them and do not add spaces.
Title:	Horn sonat[a]s
Search:	horn sonat[a]s or horn sonatas
Musical flat sign:
a Voyager title search, truncate the search to "sonata in b" and scroll down to the end of titles retrieved, which are in alphabetical order.
Title:	Sonata in B♭ for clarinet and piano
Search:	sonata in b Note: The results are in alphabetical order; the musical flat sign is alphabetized at the end of the list of titles. or include the flat sign; do not substitute with a lower case "b": Sonata in B♭ for clarinet and piano
Musical sharp sign:
In a Voyager title search, include the sharp sign.
Title:	Trio, F# minor, op. 1, no. 1 for pianoforte, violin and violoncello ♯
Search:	Search using the pound sign (#), with or without commas or periods: trio, f# minor, op. 1, no. 1 for pianoforte, violin and violoncello or trio f# minor op 1 no 1 for pianoforte violin and violoncello If the search retrieves no results, try the search again using the UNICODE sharp sign (♯), with or without commas or periods: trio, f♯ minor, op. 1, no. 1 for pianoforte, violin and violoncello or trio f♯ minor op 1 no 1 for pianoforte violin and violoncello
Diacritics:
In a Voyager title search, either omit or, if copying and pasting, include the diacritics.
Title:	Sonate für Flöte (Altflöte) und Klavier, op. 25
Search:	sonate für flöte (altflöte) und klavier, op. 25 or sonate fur flote (altflote) und klavier, op. 25
Special alphabetic characters:
Special one-letter characters such as Polish L, d with bar, slash o, etc.
In a Voyager title search, substitute the character with the letter without the slash, bar, etc. or, if copying and pasting, search with the character.
Name:	Aksdal, Bjørn
Search:	aksdal, bjørn or aksdal, bjorn Note: search with or without the comma.
Special two-letter characters such as Æ, æ:
In a Voyager title search, search either as individual letters or, if copying and pasting, with the character.
Title:	Mediæval musical relics of Denmark
Search:	mediæval musical relics of denmark or mediaeval musical relics of denmark
Superscript o
This character may also be input as a regular lower-case o, so it would make sense to search this title with and without the o. In a Voyager title search, omit the superscript ° and replace it with a lower case letter o.
Title:	Symphonie n° 5 en ut dièse mineur
Search:	symphonie no 5 en ut diese mineur
The German Eszett: ß
The ß should be input and searched as "ss"
Title:	Baßschlüssel, das ist, Anleitung für Anfänger und Liebhaber der Setzkunst
Search:	bassschlussel das ist anleitung fur anfanger und liebhaber der setzkunst

Music Cataloging at Yale [1] ♪ Orbis and OCLC [12]

Note: this page was created with music cataloging in mind.

° Staff headings keyword searches retrieve both bibliographic and authority records.

° There are four staff headings keyword searches: staff title headings, staff name headings, staff name/title headings, and staff subject headings.
     ° Voyager's SysAdmin manual lists subfields indexed in a staff subject subdivision headings keyword search, but this search does not seem to be available. Subject subdivisions can be searched as part of the staff subject headings keyword search, but without retrieving subject subdivision authority records (which are available only in LCDB).

° The filters in the staff headings searches may be used to limit by type of heading.

° Truncation is allowed in all four staff headings keyword searches:

right truncation: left truncation: internal truncation: combination: ?cello violoncell? viol?cello viol?cello?

° The boolean operator "and" is the default and does not need to be included in a search.
     ° Including the boolean operator "and" retrieves the same results.
     ° A search with the boolean operator "not" takes a very long time.
     ° Plus (+) or minus (-) signs are ignored.

° Words of one or two characters may be used as individual search words or in a phrase!
     ° The search takes a long time.

° To search two or more words as a phrase, enclose the words in quotation marks. Searching "violin clarinet" retrieves different results than searching "clarinet violin."
     ° A staff headings keyword search using a phrase will search across subfields in the same field.
     ° Searching the phrase "sonatas oboe" in a staff name/title heading keyword search will retrieve records in which "sonatas, ‡m oboe" appears.

° A staff headings keyword search does not search across fields.
     ° A search employing multiple words retrieves only those records in which the words appear in the same field.
     ° For example, it will not retrieve authority records in which one word appears in the 1XX field and another word appears in a 4XX field.
     ° Exception: it is possible with a staff name/title heading keyword search to retrieve a record with one search words in the 100 and another in the 245/‡a or ‡b.

° Nesting with the boolean operator "or" is possible:
     ° When no other boolean operators are used, parenthesis are not necessary:
          allegros or adagios
     ° When other boolean operators are used, enclose the nested terms in parentheses:
          (carl or sebastian) bach
          (german or germany) music
     ° Truncation within nesting works:
          (german? or engl?) music
     ° The searches tend to be slower than other staff headings keyword searches.
          ° The boolean operator "not" may also be used, but as with any search using "not," it takes a long time.

Staff name heading keyword searches
Bibliographic records
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
100 700 800	‡adq also ‡bc ‡adqt also ‡bc ‡adkqptv also ‡bc	‡bc not listed in the Voyager SysAdmin manual; not ‡4 ‡bc not listed in the Voyager SysAdmin manual, up to ‡t; not ‡4 ‡bc not listed in the Voyager SysAdmin manual, up to ‡t
110 710 810	‡abcdgkn ‡abcdefgkl ‡abcdefgklptv	not ‡4 not ‡4; up to ‡t up to ‡t
111 711 811	‡abcdefgklnpq ‡acdefgkl ‡abcdefgklptv	up to ‡t up to ‡t
Authority records
° 008/14, ‡a (main or added entry heading use) must exist in the record in order for the record to be indexed
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
X00 X10 X11 X51	‡abcdkq ‡abcdgkn ‡abcdegknq ‡ab
Staff name/title heading keyword searches
Bibliographic records
° 1XX/245 is not validated
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
100 700 800	‡abcdkq ‡abcdkq up to t fgklmnoprt ‡abcdkq up to t fgklmnoprt	100 will be combined with the first found 240/243 ‡adfgklmnopr or 245‡afgknps     ° Note: it is possible to retrieve a record with the search words      in the 100 and the 245/‡a or b
110 710 810	‡abcdgkn ‡abcdgkn up to t dfgklmnoprst ‡abcdgkn up to t dfgklmnoprst	110 will be combined with the first found 240/243 ‡adfgklmnopr or 245‡afgknps
111 711 811	‡abcdegknq ‡abcdegknq up to t fgklnpst ‡abcdegknq up to t fgklnpst	111 will be combined with the first found 240/243 ‡adfgklmnopr or 245‡afgknps
Authority records
° 008/14, ‡a (main or added entry heading use) must exist in the record in order for the record to be indexed
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
X00 X10 X11	‡abcdkq up to tfgklmnoprt ‡abcdgkn up to tdfgklmnoprstn ‡abcdegknq up to tfgklnpst
Staff title heading keyword searches
Bibliographic records
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
130	‡adfgklmnoprs	will be combined only with 245 ‡afgknps; I was unable to search across the 130 and 245 fields
440	‡anp	untraced series (490 field) are not indexeds
730	‡adfgklmnoprs
830	‡adfgklmnoprs
Authority records
° Authority 008/14 = ‡a (main or added entry heading use) as non-series ° Authority 008/16= (series heading use) as series
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
X30	‡adfgklmnoprs	searches headings (130) (including SARs for non-traced series and series-like phrases) and references (430 and 530)
Staff subject heading keyword searches
Bibliographic records
° Indicator 2 or ‡2 used to determine thesaurus ° Lead subfields stop at the first ‡t, v, x, y, z found ° Title subfields stop at first ‡v, x, y, z found
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
600	‡abcdkq fgklmnoprt vxyz	using the "LC subject headings" filter will retrieve name/title authority record
610	‡abcdgkn dfgklmnoprst vxyz
611	‡abcdegknq fgklnpst vxyz
630	‡adfgklmnoprs vxyz
650	‡abcd vxyz
651	‡ab vxyz
Authority records
° Authority 008/14 = ‡a (main or added entry heading use) as non-series ° Authority 008/16= (series heading use) as series
Field	Subfields indexed	Comments
X00 X10 X11 X30 X50 X51	‡abcdkq fgklmnoprt vxyz ‡abcdgkn dfgklmnoprst vxyz ‡abcdegknq fglnpst vxyz ‡adfgklmnoprs vxyz ‡abcd vxyz ‡vxyz	subject subdivision authority records are not retrieved

This table is derived from Voyager's V5 SysAdmin manual, p. A-1ff

Music Cataloging at Yale [1] ♪ Orbis and OCLC [12]

Note: this page was created with music cataloging in mind.

This page demonstrates the differences between four types of non-keyword, staff searches using the same search key.
The search key is "bach johann"
Tthe four staff searches are the names search, staff names search, staff subject headings search, and staff name/title headings search.

Staff name headings search | Staff subject headings search | Staff name/title headings search | Names search

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Staff name headings search

The result of the "staff name headings search" is an alphabetical list of name headings. The number of bibliographic records for each heading is indicated. The word "authorized" indicates that there is a name authority record for that heading.

 

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Staff subject headings search

Using the "staff subject headings search" retrives authority records for headings that are used as subject headings as well as the bibliographic records that include those headings (6XX). This includes name-only authority records as well as name/uniform title authority records:

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Staff name/title headings search

The "staff name/title headings search" retrieves authority records for headings that are used as name headings as well as the bibliographic records that include those headings (1XX, 7XX):

Scroll through the list to get to the point in the alphabet you need:

The best way to get to the exact point in the alphabet in staff name/title headings search is to use the full name heading with the first word of the uniform title.

Which will take you exactly to the place in the alphabetical index:

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Names search

The names search is a local Yale search developed to make it possible to simultaneously search a name as both a name heading (1XX, 7XX, 8XX) and a subject heading (6XX). This search does not retrieve authority records.

When using the "names" search, the resultings are displayed in a titles index: