LibGuides: Visual and Performing Arts: Finding Books

Catalog Search

Call Numbers for Browsing

You may use the following call number areas for books in Burke Library stacks (2nd floor & Lower Level) and in reference (1st Floor). We use the Library of Congress classification system. If you are interested in specific artists, time periods, or countries, please contact a reference librarian or use the Library Catalog to find more specific call numbers.

NA   Architecture
NB   Sculpture
NC   Drawing
ND   Painting
NE   Printmaking
NK   Decorative arts
NX   Arts in general
TR   Photography

Other Catalogs

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Additional eBook Collections

ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
ACLS Humanities E-Book Project contains an online collection of around 5,000 books in the humanities. Books touch on the fields study of: African, American, Asian, Australasian/Oceanian, Byzantine, Canadian, Caribbean, Central European, Comparative/World, Eastern European/Russian, Economic, Environmental, European, Jewish Studies, Latin American, Law, LGBT/Queer Studies, Medicine, Methods/Theory, Middle East, Native Peoples of the Americas, Science/Technology, Women’s Studies. HEB also encompasses the fields of Archaeology, Art and Architectural History, Biblical Studies, Bibliographic Studies, Film and Media Studies, Folklore, Linguistics, Literature, Literary Criticism, Musicology, Performance Studies (theater, music, dance), Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, and Sociology.