12. University Libraries and Resources

12.1 Arts and Special Collections Research Center

Baylor University’s Arts and Special Collections Research Center, located on Level 3 of Moody Memorial Library Building, has long contained one of the outstanding music collections in the Southwest, with holdings that include more than 116,000 music scores, 54,000 print fine arts books, and 75,000 audio and video recordings.  The Center provides a wide variety of online resources to support music study, performance, and research.  These include research databases for music literature as well as reference works, e-books, music scores, audio and video recordings, and archival collections.  For more information on resources and services, please see:

• Orientation video:  https://libguides.baylor.edu/FA_orientation,
• Main website:  https://library.web.baylor.edu/arts,
• Research guides:  https://libguides.baylor.edu/musicresearch

The Arts and Special Collections Research Center also houses a fine collection of rare materials, such as the Mrs. J.W. Jennings Collection of Medieval Music Manuscripts and Early Printed Music; the Francis G. Spencer Collection of American Popular Sheet Music; the papers of hymnologist Harry Eskew; and the Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley Collection dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.  For more information about special collections and archives, you may visit the Arts and Special Collections Research Center website.

12.2 Course Reserves

Your instructors will direct you to the reserve list(s) for their courses.  Course reserve materials may be either digital or physical.

• Physical reserve items, such as books and scores, are checked out at the Arts and Special Collections Research Center Service Desk (Moody Library, 3^rd floor) and must be used within the Moody and Jones buildings.  Reserve items are checked out for a three-hour loan period.  Playback equipment is available for audiovisual items.
• Digital reserve items, such as music recordings, videos, and select scores, are made available through Canvas, Baylor’s online learning management system.  Links within your Canvas course site may connect you to Baylor Box (cloud storage), or to databases such as the Naxos Music Library or MET Opera on Demand. Digital reserve materials, whether linked from Baylor Box or a database, may be played/viewed directly from your web browser.

Arts and Special Collections Research Center staff work closely with instructors to coordinate and maintain reserve lists.  If you have questions about accessing and using reserves, or need to report a technical problem, please contact the Reserves Coordinator and Research Assistant staff member (Jamie_Duerksen@baylor.edu).

12.3 Experiential Learning Commons

Moody Library’s Experiential Learning Commons emphasizes learning, teaching, and research/creative opportunities in the areas of making, digital media, and academic audiovisual production. Discover more about the wealth of opportunities available to all Baylor University students at their website.