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Lady Lazarus by San José State University Library materials are generally arranged on the shelves by Library of Congress call numbers. The general call number range for a number of humanities, education, and arts subjects are listed below.
Some subjects, such as creative arts, design, and global studies, are found under a few different numbers. For any subject, you can always search the catalog to find relevant books and e-books.
| B-BD | Philosophy |
| BH-BJ | Ethics and aesthetics |
| BL-BX | Religion |
| DS1-937 | Asian studies |
| DS61-66 | Middle East studies and history |
| E175 | American studies |
| GV1580-1799.4 | Dance |
| HQ767.8-792.2 | Child development |
| L-LC | Education, history of education, theory and practice of education, special aspects of education |
| M-MT | Music, literature on music, instruction and study of music |
| N-NX | Fine arts |
| PA-PM | Languages |
| PN-PZ | Literature |
| PN1991-1991.9 | Radio |
| PN1992-1992.2 | Television |
| PN1993-1999 | Film |
| PN2000-3307 | Theatre |
| PR-PS | English and American Literature |
| TR | Photography |
| TR845-899 | Cinematography |
| Z665-718.8 | Library and Information science |