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Art & Art History: Find Books

Browse by Call Number

These are call number subsections you might want to browse for books about Art & Art History topics:

  • AM- Museums, Collectors & Collecting
  • BH- Aesthetics
  • CC- Archaeology
  • 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

For a more detailed breakdown of the call number ranges, visit the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

Ways to Get Resources

There are three ways to get library books here at SU. In the order you should look for your item, you can borrow from

  1. SU Libraries
  2. Direct Borrowing from our consortium,The University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI)
  3. Interlibrary loan (ILL) from libraries outside USMAI

Policies can be seen here.

 

Search for books

Go to SU's Resource Finder search box, also known as SURF!

https://www.salisbury.edu/libraries/

 

TIPS TO REMEMBER WHEN SEARCHING IN THE CATALOG:

  • Search by keywords to ensure the most relevant results to your search appear near the top.

  • Limit your searches by "FORMAT" on the left side of the search page and use the other facets.

  • When you find items you'd like to use in your research, be sure to see what SUBJECT TERMS were used and use those for further searching

Can't find a book on your topic?

Time to look at WorldCat.org, which searches libraries in the USA for the books you're looking for! You can order these titles through Interlibrary Loan.

 

Call Number Locator

Call Number Locator

The call number of a library book is like its home address.

Copy and paste any call number you find in WorldCat Discovery to see where it lives in the library.

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