The ML scheme is for literature on music.
For instructional items, see the MT tab.
In Sibley, the vast majority of literature on music is located on the
3rd floor.
Exceptions are ML items on the Reference area (so desiginated in the library catalog) and the folio (i.e. oversized) books (see below). The table below will explain the classification ranges, with their locations within the library.
| Number | Description |
| ML1-5 | Periodicals (United States: ML1; Non-US: ML5) |
| ML12-21 | Directories |
| ML47-54.8 | Librettos (Opera librettos: ML50) |
| ML62-89 | Special aspects of music as a whole (Women and music: ML82; Iconographic works: ML89) |
| ML100-109 | Dictionaries and encyclopedias (general, by topic, and bio-bibliography) |
| ML113-136 | Bibliographies (including by time period and by topic, composers' catalogs, thematic catalogs, library catalogs) |
| ML156-156.7 | Discographies |
| ML159-350.5 | History and criticism (General music history; by time period, and by region or country) |
| ML385-429 | Biographies (Composers: ML410; Performers: ML416-421) |
| ML549-1093 | Instruments |
| ML1100-1165 | Chamber music |
|
ML1200-1270 |
Orchestral music |
| ML1400-3275 | Vocal music (Secular: ML1600-2881; Sacred: ML2900-3275) |
| ML3469-3543 | Popular music (Jazz: ML3505.8-3509) |
ML FOLIOS (OVERSIZE) --ON 3rd FLOOR, row of stacks by south stairway (Gibbs St. side)