Smiraglia, R. P. (1997). Describing music materials: a manual for descriptive cataloging of printed and recorded music, music videos, and archival music collections: for use with AACR2 and APPM. Soldier Creek Music Series, no. 5. Soldier Creek Press: Lake Crystal, MN

Meant to serve as a handbook for beginners, this book provides discussion and explanation regarding the process of describing scores, recordings, videos, and archival collections. Each chapter discusses a different format, and explains the process step-by-step, while also citing relevant rules and interpretations, as well as examples of quality records.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Printed music
Sound recordings
Music videorecordings
Interactive multimedia packages
Archival collections of musical documents
Choice and form of entry
Uniform titles
A music cataloger’s reference collection
Glossary
Index