Popular songs with words are generally found in class M1630.18. These include pop arrangements and vocal selections that frequently say "piano/vocal/guitar". Often these will have words on their own staff, a piano accompaniment, and chord symbols. Some will also include guitar chord diagrams.

Lead sheets and transcriptions of jazz recordings are currently located in M08 (Dickinson). To find a specific item, use the catalog's search engine and Subject search for lead sheets.

A fake book, or fakebook, is a collection of musical lead sheets intended to help a performer quickly learn and perform new songs. Each song in a fake book contains the melody line, basic chords, and sometimes lyrics or guitar chord diagrams. Fake books typically have a call number beginning with M1630.18. Subject search for fakebooks.