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Welcome to the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

Movies & Music

DVDs: Coming soon to your library

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These DVDs are recently ordered by the library and will be arriving now through December 2009.

Use the library catalog to place a request and add your name to the waiting list.
Some titles are available for a 3 day checkout from the DVD Dispenser

Learn the Library: Browsing the Music CD collection

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Locate the Classical Music CDs, Popular Music Cds, and Children's Music CDs in the library and explore the types of music contained in each collection.

Learn the Library: Search for Music CDs in the catalog

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Music CDs are listed in the library catalog as "sound recordings."

Here are some tips for searching for music CDs:

  • If you know the name of the CD, search by TITLE starts with
  • If you know the name of the performer, search by AUTHOR (last, first) and use the performers last name
  • If you know the title of a song, you can use the advanced search, search the song title in TITLE keyword and limit your results to Music
  • If you know the type of music, try searching by SUBJECT

Learn the Library: How are the Music CDs arranged?

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The Alpha-Numeric System for Classification of Recordings (ANSCR) system allows sound recordings to be labeled and shelved to offer the most browse ability for customers.

By grouping similar items in music genres or categories, and then arranging by composers and performers within the genre, the arrangement can encourage finding specific items and also the serendipitous discovery of new music through browsing.

 ANSCR call numbers consist of four basic lines of information.

International Film Series - The Orphanage

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Laura returns to the orphanage she spent time in as a child with her husband Carlos and little boy Simon in hopes of re-establishing it as seaside retreat for children with disabilities only to find there may be some former residents who never left. Nothing is as it seems and child's play takes on sinister overtones.

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