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Humanities Department

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Mission

The Humanities Department covers the following subjects: African Studies, American Sign Language, Ancient Studies, Art, Communications, Comparative Literature, Dance, Design, English and American Language and Literature, European Studies, Film, French Language and Literature, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Humanities, Italian Language and Literature, Juvenile Literature, Latin American Studies, Linguistics and TESL, Media Arts, Music, Philosophy, Photography, Portuguese Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature and Theatre.

Location/Hours

The Humanities Department is located on level 5 of the Lee Library, with the Asian Studies and Juvenile Literature collections located on the South side of level 4.

The Humanities Reference Desk on level 5 (801-422-4006) is open:

Humanities Reference Desk Hours
Monday - Thursday	8 am - 9 pm
Friday	8 am - 6 pm
Saturday	10 am - 6 pm

The Juvenile Literature Reference Desk on level 4 (801-422-3835) is open:

Juvenile Literature Reference Desk Hours
Monday - Thursday	11am - 8pm
Friday	11am - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 4pm
*if closed, please go to Reference desk on level 5

Reference desks exist to help you with research, navigate the numerous on-line databases, find articles and images, search for missing books, check out dry-erase markers, etc. The reference desk should be the first stop in getting research help. If the reference desk is unable to help with your research, or you need more extensive research help, they will refer you to the appropriate subject librarian.

Subjects and Librarians

The following subjects are links to the "Subject Page" designed by Subject Librarians to aid patrons in research. These pages include links to databases and other sources that are useful conducting research in the specific subject.

Subjects	Subject Librarians
Juvenile Literature Adolescent Literature Children's Plays and Drama Storytelling	Marsha Broadway: Juvenile Literature Librarian 4722 HBLL 801-422-6685 marsha_broadway@byu.edu
Latin American Studies African Studies Spanish Language & Literature Portuguese Language & Literature	Mark Grover: Latin and African Studies Librarian 4522 HBLL 801-422-2473 mark_grover@byu.edu
American Sign Language European Studies French Language & Literature French History and Politics Germanic Languages & Literatures German History & Politics Italian Language & Literature Linguistics TESOL	Richard Hacken: European Studies Librarian 5523 HBLL 801-422-2374 richard_hacken@byu.edu \| Homepage
Asian Studies	Gail King: Asian Studies Librarian 4523 HBLL 801-422-4061 gail_king@byu.edu
American Language & Literature Comparative Literature English Language & Literature Folklore	Robert Means: English Literature Librarian 5525 HBLL 801-422-6117 robert_means@byu.edu
Art & Art History Architecture Graphic Design & Illustration Animation Photography Museum Studies	Chris Ramsey: Department Chair and Fine Arts Librarian 5447 HBLL 801-422-6731 chris_ramsey@byu.edu
Theatre Film Media Arts Communications	Julie Williamsen: Theatre, Media Arts & Communications Librarian 5720 HBLL 801-422-6763 julie_williamsen@byu.edu
Humanities Reference	Mary Chapman: Humanities Reference Librarian 5522 HBLL 801-422-1624 mary_chapman@byu.edu
	Cassandra Fugal: Department Assistant 5521 HBLL 801-422-4005 cassandra_fugal@byu.edu

Call Numbers

The Humanities Department houses a large collection of books that are organized by Library of Congress subject headings and call numbers. The first two letters of the call number designate the various subject headings. Below is a breakdown of the call numbers and their related topics on level 5:

A- General Works

AC --Collections. Series. Collected works
AE --Encyclopedias
AG --Dictionaries and other general reference works
AI --Indexes
AM --Museums. Collectors and collecting
AN --Newspapers
AP --Periodicals
AS --Academies and learned societies
AY --Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories
AZ --History of scholarship and learning. The humanities

B- Philipsophy, Psychology, Religion

B --Philosophy (General)
BC --Logic
BD --Speculative philosophy
**BF --Psychology located in Social Sciences Library on Level 1.
BH --Aesthetics
BJ --Ethics
**BL-BX --Religion located in the Religion and Family History Library on Level 2.

N- Fine Arts

N --Visual arts
NA --Architecture
NB --Sculpture
NC --Drawing. Design. Illustration
ND --Painting
NE --Print media
NK --Decorative arts
NX --Arts in general

P- Language and Literature

P --Philology. Linguistics
PA --Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature
PB --Modern languages. Celtic languages
PC --Romanic languages
PD --Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages
PE --English language
PF --West Germanic languages
PG --Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian language
PH --Uralic languages. Basque language
PJ --Oriental languages and literatures
PK --Indo-Iranian languages and literatures
PL --Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PM --Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages
PN --Literature (General)
PQ --French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature
PR --English literature
PS --American literature
PT --German literature - Dutch literature - Flemish literature since 1830 -Afrikaans literature - Scandinavian literature - Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian - Modern Icelandic literature - Faroese literature - Danish literature - Norwegian literature - Swedish literature
PZ --Fiction and juvenile belles lettres

TR--Photography

Z- Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General)

Z --Books (General). Writing. Paleography. Book industries and trade. Libraries. Bibliography
ZA --Information resources (General)

Events and Exhibitions

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