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Use this subject guide if you are interested in browsing through
the Otis Library's book collection. The beginning call number is
given for each subject. (Note: not all subjects are contained in
this guide, just those that appear often in this library's collection).
A - General Works
(includes Encyclopedias, Dictionaries)
B - Philosophy
BD - Logic
BF - Psychology
BL - Religion
& Theology
BX - Mythology
D - General World
History
E - History of
the Americas
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51 to 99 -- Native Americans
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169.02 -- American Popular Culture
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184 -- Racial & Ethnic Groups in the US
F - Regional
History of the United States
(also History of the Americas continued)
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856 to 870 -- California & Los Angeles (Travel,
History, Pictorial Works)
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1201 to 1577 -- Mexico, Central & South America
(includes Aztec, Mayan & other early civilizations)
G - Geography,
Maps
GN - Anthropology
GT - Costume
(History of Dress) & Customs
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2345 -- Tattoos
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3912 to 3913 -- Graffiti
GV - Dance &
Sports
H - Social Sciences
HF - Business
HQ - Sexuality,
the Family & Women's Studies
LB - Education
M - Music
N - Visual Arts
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72 -- Art in Relation to other Subjects (Feminism,
Politics, Society, etc.)
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400 -- Art Museums, Galleries, etc.
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4390 -- Exhibitions
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5300 - 6494 -- History of Art (by period)
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5315 to 6320 --- Ancient & Medieval
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6370 to 6375 --- 15th & 16th centuries
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6407 to 6415 --- 17th & 18th centuries
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6450 to 6465 --- 19th century
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6480 to 6494 --- 20th century
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6501 to 7414 -- Special Countries
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6505 to 6538 --- Art & Artists in the United
States
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7429.7 -- Technique, Composition, Style
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7432.5 -- Outsider Art
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7433.3 -- Artists' Books
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7475 -- Art Criticism
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7560 to 8266 -- Special Subjects of Art
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7575 to 7649 --- Portraits
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7790 --- Religious Art
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8217 E6 --- Erotic Art
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8554 -- Examination & Conservation of Works
of Art
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8600 -- Economics of Art
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8700 -- Art and the State. Public Art
NA - Architecture
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190 - 682 -- History (by period)
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710 to 738 --- Architecture & Architects
in the US
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4100 -- Special Types of Buildings
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9000 -- Aesthetics of Cities. City Planning and
Beautification
NB - Sculpture
NC - Drawing,
Design & Illustration
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50 to 263 -- History of Drawing
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730 to 817 -- Technique
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760 to 776 --- Human Figure - Anatomy
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965 -- Children's Book Illustration
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997 -- Commercial Art & Advertising Art
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1300 -- Caricature. Pictorial Humor and Satire
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1429 -- Comic Book & Cartoon Artists (see
also PN 6710 - 6728)
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1800 -- Posters
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1882 -- Album Covers
ND - Painting
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49 to 199 -- History (by period)
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195 to 196 --- 20th century
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230 to 238 --- Painting & Painters in the
United States
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1290 to 1337 --- Human Figure, Nudes, etc.
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1340 to 1375 --- Landscape/Marine
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1390 to 1393 --- Still Life
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1470 to 1495 -- Technique (includes Composition
& Color)
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1700 -- Watercolor Painting
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2550 to 2876 -- Mural Painting (includes Contemporary
Street Art)
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2890 -- Illuminating of Manuscripts and Books
NE - Print Media
NK - Decorative
Arts, Applied Arts, Decoration & Ornament (includes Antiques
in general)
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600 to 789 -- History (by period)
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802 to 839 --- Decorative Arts in the US - Folk
Art, Antiques
- 1390 -- General design (material
that includes both decorative & industrial)
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1505 to 1590 -- Ornament, Pattern & Design
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1700 to 2195 -- Interior Decoration & House
Decoration
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2200 to 2750 -- Furniture
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3600 to 3640 -- Calligraphy, Alphabets &
Decorative Lettering (see GT 3912 for Graffiti & Z 250 for
Typography)
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4700 -- Costume and its Accessories
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4892 to 4894.4 -- Dolls & Dollhouses (see
HQ 784 T68 for Toys & Child Development or TT 174 for Toy
Making)
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8800 -- Textile Arts and Art Needlework
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9509 -- Toys
NX - Arts in
General (includes works dealing with two or more of the fine arts,
i.e. Art & Film, Art & Music, etc.)
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440 to 458 -- History
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502 to 512.3 --- Arts in the United States
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600 -- Special Movements
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600 P47 --- Performance Art
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600 S9 --- Surrealism (see also N 6494 &
ND 195 S8)
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654 -- Religious Arts
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700 -- Patronage of the Arts
PN - TV, Theater,
Plays, Motion Pictures
PR - English
Literature
PS - American
Literature
QA - Mathematics
& Computer Science
QB- Astronomy
QH - Natural
History
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90 to 95 -- Water & Marine Biology (includes
Pictorial Works)
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101 to 198 -- Topographical Regions (includes
Landscape Pictorial Works, see also TR 660 for Landscape Photography
and F 1 to F 975 for Travel - Descriptive Works)
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540 to 549 -- Ecology
QK - Botany (Plants)
QL - Zoology
(Animals)
QM - Anatomy
QP - Physiology
SB - Agriculture/Plant
Culture
T - Technology
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180 -- Exhibitions that highlight the developments
& history of industrial design
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201 to 339 -- Patents & Trademarks (see also
NC 1002 - 1003)
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385 -- Computer Graphics (see also QA 76.75 for
Computer Software, TK 5105.882 for the Internet & TR 897.5
for Computer Animation)
TA - Technology
(Engineering)
- 166 Ergonomics and human factors research
TK - Electronics
TR - Photography
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15 to 195 -- History
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660 -- Landscape Photography
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676 -- Erotic Photography
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679 -- Fashion Photography
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680 -- Portrait Photography
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690.6 -- Stock Photography
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721 to 739 -- Nature Photography
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820 -- Photojournalism
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845 to 899 -- Cinematography
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858 --- Special Effects
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897.5 --- Computer Animation
TS - Manufactured
Products
TT - Handicrafts
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174 to 175 -- Toy & Doll Making (see also
HQ 784 T68 for Toys & Child Development or NK 4892 &
NK 9509 for Toy History & Price Guides)
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490 to 695 -- Fashion & Clothing Design
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505 -- Individual Designers (includes biographies)
Z - Books (Library
Science & Bibliography)
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40 to 115 -- Writing (see also NK 3600 for Calligraphy
& Lettering)
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116 to 265 -- Printing
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250 --- Type Founding & Typography
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266 to 276 -- Bookbinding
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