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Humanistic Studies: Find Books

Browse the Shelves

Most of the books on history can be found on the shelves under BL in the Library of Congress Classification System.

 

The main religions have their own specific subclasses:

BM: Judaism

BP: Islam

BR: Christianity

You can browse the following sections to find works on specific subjects:

BL300-BL325: Mythology

BR160-BR240: Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

BR290-BR481: Church history - Modern period, 1500-

BT770-BT772: Theology

BV5095: Mystics

BX1001-BX1378: Individual popes

Art related topics can be found under the N section (Fine arts):

N6260-N6271: Islamic art

N7810-N8189.6: Christian art

 

You can also browse our virtual shelves to find e-books in our growing collection of electronic resources. Use JCU Worldcat to discover more or try the following sample result list:

Subjects in the Library Catalogs

Try to make the most out of the subject headings in the library catalogs.
Some examples of official subject headings are listed below:

Can't Find It @ JCU?

For materials that are not available via the Frohring Library, you can submit an interlibrary loan request and ask for a copy of the item to be sent here.

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