Majority of music CDs and DVDs are open access on Level E, stack 48 and 49.
You can also browse by class mark into SOAS Library catalogue
DVDs and CDs related to Japan and Korea are assigned classmark MDVD25 and MY25.
Music CDs and DVDs are classified according to regions as below.
DVDs
| Classmark | Regions |
| MDVD 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| MDVD 4 | North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia) |
| MDVD 5 | Near and Middle East, (incl. Israel) |
| MDVD 15 | South Asia |
| MDVD 20 | South East Asia (incl. Oceania) |
| MDVD 24 | East Asia incl. China (incl. Tibet, Mongolia) |
| MDVD 25 | Japan, Korea |
| MDVD 34 | Asia and Africa in general (i.e. cross region) |
| MDVD 40 | Other regions of the world |
Music CDs
| Classmark | Regions |
| MY3 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| MY4 | North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia) |
| MY5 | Near and Middle East, (incl. Balkans) |
| MY6 | Jewish Music |
| MY15 | South Asia |
| MY20 | South East Asia (incl. Oceania) |
| MY24 | East Asia incl. China (incl. Tibet, Mongolia) |
| MY25 | Japan, Korea |
| MY34 | Asia and Africa in general (i.e. compilation, cross region) |
| MY40 | Other regions of the world (i.e. World music, Cuban music, Latin Music) or Non-regional |
| Classmark | |
| EMY | Reference Only music CDs |
| MDVD | Reference Only DVDs |
'Reference Only' CDs and DVDs are Closed Access. Due to the building refurbishment work, they are temporarily offsite.
To consult ‘Reference Only’ CDs and DVDs, please fill 'Order offsite material' form.
