To locate books about a specific person or topic, use the Subject Search in the OPAL Library Catalog. Each book has been tagged with specific subject headings that describe its content.
A wide variety of subject headings are useful in locating materials related to percussion instruments Search under the broad subject, "Percussion instruments" or by a specific instrument. Various sub-categories can be used after the name of any instrument to provide access to more specific resources..
Reference books:
| ML102.P4 | Percussion dictionaries and encyclopedias |
| ML128.P23 | Percussion bibliographies |
Books on percussion history and criticism:
| ML1030 | General |
| ML1035 | Drums including drum set |
| ML1036 | Timpani |
| ML1038 | Other percussion instruments alphabetically: arará, atabaque, batá, bodhrán, bonkó, bronze drum, ceṇḍa, dhimay, kotsuzumi, mridanga, nāykhim, pung, rebana, santūr, steel drum, tabla, tupan |
| ML1039 | Bells, carillons, gongs, chimes, including change ringing, peals, etc. |
| ML1048 | Xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, etc. |
| ML1049 | All other percussion instruments not mentioned in ML1038 |