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First Year Seminar: Making & Reflecting

What Matters?

Browse the Collection

Books in the library are classified and shelved by subject.  If you simply want to browse the shelves, here are some broad call number areas to peruse both in Reference on the second floor and in the Circulating collection on the third floor.

Dance 

  • GV- 1580- 1800

Filmmaking- 

  • PN 1992-1999 - Motion Pictures
  • PN 1993.5 - Film History

Art 

  • N - Visual arts
  • NA - Architecture
  • NB - Sculpture
  • NC - Drawing; design; illustration
  • ND - Painting
  • NE - Print media
  • NK - Decorative arts
  • NX - Arts in general
  • TR - Photography
  • TT - Handicrafts; arts and craft

Design & Production

  • GT500-2370 and NK4700-4890 - Costume, Dress, Fashion
  • PN2067-2068 - Theatrical Costume and Makeup Design
  • TT500-650 - Dressmaking and Tailoring
  • PN 2085-2091 - Theatre > Stage and Accessories
  • QC350-467 - Optics, Light
  • TH7700-7975 - Illumination, Lighting
  • TK4125-4399 - Electric Lighting
  • TK7800-8360 - Electronics

Drama

  •  PS3500-3600 - Playwrights & Scripts

Music

  • M- Music Scores
  • ML- Music History & Literature
  • MT- Technique or Teaching of music

Search for Books

The online catalog is a database of the library's holdings.  Use the link below to begin.  You can search the catalog by title, author, subject and keyword.  

LibrarySearch

If you are searching for what a particular author has written, use an author search, typing the author's last name first.  If you are looking for criticisms or reviews of an author's work, use a subject search, again typing the author's last name first. 

How to Read a Call Number

For a book with the call number PS3537 T3234 G8 1986b