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ART 305: Art After 1945: Find Books

Why use books for research?

Why use books for my research?                                      

  • Detailed analysis of a topic                    
  • Background information                    
  • Overview of big issue                    
  • Use their bibliographies to find other sources

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 books at SU:

Our consortium, The University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI)

  • In SURF, click "UM System Libraries" (button located next to the main Search box)

Searching for Books

First stop for books: SU's Resource Finder search box, also known as SURF!

https://www.salisbury.edu/libraries/ or click the image below to go to SURF's Advanced Search page:

 

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

Trying to find a book from a list of citations?

As you review bibliographies, reference lists, etc., you will discover additional sources to possibly use.

Find them using the CitationLinker.

Where are the books?

SU's books are located in the Guerrieri Academic Commons in the Pit (1st floor) and the Stacks (3rd floor). Our archival collection is located on the 4th floor of the GAC. The Curriculum Resource Center is located on the 2nd floor of TETC/Conway Hall.

Call Number Locator

The call number of a library book is like its home address. We use Library of Congress (LC) classification, which is very different from Dewey Decimal System.

The LC call numbers look like this:

PS 3564 .O9147 M36 1996

Copy and paste any call number you find in SURF to see where it lives in the library. Be sure to include the correct Collection or else it might send you to the wrong spot.