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Call numbers of volumes available in the library
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| AfrAmBi | African American Biographies | 1st Floor, Reference 920.009 H39a |
| AfrAmW | African American Writers |
1st Floor, Reference
810.9 A25a 3rd Floor 810.9 A25a |
| AfrA | African Authors | 3rd Floor 809.89 H54a |
| AmAu | American Authors, 1600-1900 | 3rd Floor 920 K96 |
| AmComp | American Composers |
1st Floor, Reference
780.922 E94a 3rd Floor 780.922 E94a |
| AmCulL | American Cultural Leaders | 1st Floor, Reference 700.92 A51a |
| AmMWSc | American Men & Women of Science | 1st Floor, Reference 926 A51a |
| AmPolLe | American Political Leaders | 1st Floor, Reference 973.0992 013a |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| AmRev | American Revolution, 1775-1783 | 3rd Floor 973.3 A35a |
| AmSocL | American Social Leaders | 1st Floor, Reference 303.484 M14a |
| AmSong | American Songwriters | 1st Floor, Reference 927.8 E94a |
| AmWomWr | American Women Writers | 3rd Floor 016.8109 A51a |
| AmWr | American Writers | 1st Floor, Reference 810.9 A51a |
| ArtclWW | Articles on Women Writers | 3rd Floor 016.8209 S39a |
| Au & Arts | Authors & Artists for Young Adults | 1st Floor, Reference 810.9 A93a |
| AuBYP | Authors of Books for Young People | 3rd Floor 028.52 W26a |
| Baker | Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |
1st Floor, Reference
927.8 B16b 3rd Floor 927.8 B16b |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| Ballpl | Ballplayers | 1st Floor, Reference 796.357 B19b |
| BasBi | Basketball Biographies | 1st Floor, Reference 796.323 T17t |
| Benet | Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia | 1st Floor, Reference 803 B46r |
| BenetAl | Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 810.3 B46b |
| BiDAmJo | Biographical Dictionary of American Journalism | 3rd Floor 070.92 B61b |
| BiDAmSp | Biographical Dictionary of American Sports | 1st Floor, Reference 796.092 B61b |
| BiDD | Biographical Dictionary of Dance | 3rd Floor 927.933 C67b |
| BiDWW | Biographical Dictionary of English Women Writers, 1580-1720 | 1st Floor, Reference 820.9 B61b |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| BiDHisL | Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature in the United States | 3rd Floor 016.8609 K16b |
| BiDrGov | Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States |
1st Floor, Reference
920 B61bL 3rd Floor 920 B61bL |
| BiDrUSE | Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch | 3rd Floor 923 B615b |
| BiDrUSC | Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989 |
3rd Floor q 328.738
B61ba 1st Floor, Gov Doc Y 1.1/3:100-34 |
| BiInAms | Biographical Index to American Science | 1st Floor, Reference 509.22 E46b |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| BioamW | Biographies of American Women | 3rd Floor 016.92 S97b |
| BioIn | Biography Index | 1st Floor, Reference 016.92 B61b |
| BlkAmsC | Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989 | 1st Floor, Gov Doc Y 1.1/7:101-117 |
| BlkAuIl | Black Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books | 1st Floor, Reference 011.62 R75b |
| BlkLC | Black Literature Criticism | 1st Floor, Reference 810.9 B6272b |
| BlkOlyM | Black Olympian Medallists | 1st Floor, Reference 796.092 P13b |
| BlkWr | Black Writers | 1st Floor, Reference 928 B62b |
| BlksAmF | Blacks in American Films and Television | 1st Floor, Reference 791.43 B675b |
| BlkwEAR | Blackwell Encyclopedia of the American Revolution | 3rd Floor 973.303 B63b |
| BlmGWL | Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 809.89287 B65b |
| BritAu | British Authors before 1800 | 3rd Floor 920 K96br |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| BritWr | British Writers | 1st Floor, Reference 820.9 B86b |
| CamGWoT | Cambridge Guide to World Theatre |
1st Floor, Reference
792.03 C17c 3rd Floor 792.03 C17c |
| CamHAL | Cambridge Handbook of American Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 810.3 C17c |
| ColdWar | Cold War, 1945-1991 | 1st Floor, Reference 909.82 C68co |
| CnDBLB | Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography | 1st Floor, Reference 820.9 C75c |
| CngDr | Congressional Directory | 3rd Floor 328.738 U58 |
| ConAmBL | Contemporary American Business Leaders | 3rd Floor 338.092 I48c |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| ConArt | Contemporary Artists | 3rd Floor 927 C76c |
| ConAu | Contemporary Authors | 1st Floor, Reference 920 C76 |
| ConBlB | Contemporary Black Biography | 1st Floor, Reference 920.009 C761c |
| ConCom | Contemporary Composers | 3rd Floor 780.922 C761c |
| ConDes | Contemporary Designers | 3rd Floor 927.45 C76c |
| ConDr | Contemporary Dramatists | 3rd Floor 928 V78c |
| ConHero | Contemporary Heroes and Heroines | 1st Floor, Reference 920.009 C7611c |
| ConLC | Contemporary Literary Criticism | 1st Floor, Reference 809.04 C76c |
| ConMus | Contemporary Musicians | 1st Floor, Reference 780.922 C76c |
| ConNov | Contemporary Novelists | 1st Floor, Reference 823.09 V78c |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| ConPhot | Contemporary Photographers | 3rd Floor q 927.7 C76c |
| ConPo | Contemporary Poets |
1st Floor, Reference
928 C76c 3rd Floor 928 C76c |
| ConWorW | Contemporary World Writers | 1st Floor, Reference 809.04 C761c |
| ContDcW | Continuum Dictionary of Women's Biography |
1st Floor, Reference
920.72 I61i 3rd Floor 920.72 I61i |
| CrtSuMy | Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction | 1st Floor, Reference 809.3872 C93c |
| CroCAP | Crowell's Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry | 1st Floor, Reference 811.09 M25c |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| CroCD | Crowell's Handbook of Contemporary Drama | 3rd Floor 809.2 C95c |
| CurBio | Current Biography Yearbook | 1st Floor, Reference 920 C97 |
| CyWA | Encyclopedia of World Authors II | 1st Floor, Reference 809 M19cy2 |
| DcAmB | Dictionary of American Biography | 3rd Floor 920.073 D55 |
| DcAmChF | Dictionary of American Children's Fiction | 1st Floor, Reference 813.09 H474d |
| DcAmNB | Dictionary of American Negro Biography | 3rd Floor 920.009 D55d |
| DcCanB | Dictionary of Canadian Biography | 3rd Floor 920.071 D55d |
| DcLB | Dictionary of Literary Biography | 1st Floor, Reference 920 D55dt |
| DcLEL | Dictionary of Literature in the English Language | 3rd Floor 016.82 M99d |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| DcNaB | Dictionary of National Biography | 1st Floor, Reference 920.042 D55d |
| DcScB | Dictionary of Scientific Biography | 1st Floor, Reference 925 D55d |
| EncAACR | Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights | 3rd Floor 305.896 E56e |
| EncABHB | Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography | Call # varies -please check library catalog |
| EncCRAm | Encyclopedia
of Colonial and Revolutionary America |
1st Floor, Reference 973.3 E56e |
| EncEth | Encyclopedia of Ethics | 1st Floor, Reference 170.3 E561e |
| EncFCWM | Encyclopedia of Folk, Country, and Western Music | 3rd Floor 781.773 S78e |
| EncHuEv | Encyclopedia of Human Evolution and Prehistory | 1st Floor, Reference 599.938 E56e |
| EncJap | Encyclopedia of Japan | 1st Floor, Reference 952.003 K76k |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| EncJzS | Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies | 1st Floor, Reference 785.42 F28eo |
| EncNar | Encyclopedia of Native American Religions | 1st Floor, Reference 299.703 H66e |
| EncO&P | Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology | 1st Floor, Reference 133 E56e |
| EncPR & S | Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, & Soul | 3rd Floor 784.5403 S78e |
| EncRk | Encyclopedia of Rock | 3rdFloor 781.5803 H27e |
| EncSF | Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | 1st Floor, Reference 809.3876 E561e |
| EncTR | Encyclopedia of the Third Reich | 3rd Floor 943.086 S99e |
| EncWW | Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft | 1st Floor, Reference 133.4 G95e |
| EncWL | Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century | 1st Floor, Reference 803 E56e |
| EnvEnc | Environmental Encyclopedia | 3rd Floor 363 E611e |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| EuAu | European Authors, 1000-1900 | 3rd Floor 920.04 K96e |
| EuWr | European Writers | 1st Floor, Reference 809.894 E89e |
| Expl | Explorers and Discoverers of the World | 1st Floor, Reference 910.92 B16e |
| FacPr | Facts about the Presidents |
1st Floor, Reference 923.1 K16f 3rd Floor 920 K16f |
| FacFETw | Facts on File Encyclopedia of the 20th Century | 1st Floor, Reference 909.8203 F14f |
| FemiCLE | Feminist Companion to Literature in English | 1st Floor, Reference 920.72 F32f |
| FifBJA | Fifth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators | 1st Floor, Reference 809.89282 J95j |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| FourBJA | Fourth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators | 1st Floor, Reference 809.89282 J95j4 |
| Grk&L | Greek and Latin Authors: 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000 | 1st Floor, Reference 880 G76g |
| HarEnMi | Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography | 1st Floor, Reference 355.0092 D94h |
| HisWorL | Historic World Leaders | 1st Floor, Reference 920.009 H67h |
| IntDcAA | International Dictionary of Art and Artists | 1st Floor, Reference 703 I61i |
| IntDcB | International Dictionary of Ballet | 1st Floor, Reference 792.803 I61i |
| IntDcF | International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers | 1st Floor, Reference 791.4303 I61i |
| IntDcOp | International Dictionary of Opera | 1st Floor, Reference 782.103 I61i |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| IntDcT | International Dictionary of Theatre | 1st Floor, Reference 792.03 I611i |
| IntDcWB | International Dictionary of Women's Biography | 3rd Floor 920.72 I61i |
| IntEnSS | International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences | 3rd Floor 303 I61in |
| IntWW | International Who's Who | 3rd Floor 920 I61w |
| JBA | Junior Book of Authors | 1st Floor, Reference 809.89282 J95j |
| LesBEnT | Les Brown's Encyclopedia of Television | 1st Floor, Reference 791.45 B87n |
| MagSWL | Magill's Survey of World Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 809 M1943m |
| MajAI | Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults | 1st Floor, Reference 809.892 M23m |
| MajMD | Major Modern Dramatists | 1st Floor, Reference 809.2 M234m |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| McGDA | McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art | 1st Floor, Reference 703 M14m |
| McGEWD | McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama |
1st Floor, Reference
809.2 M14m 3rd Floor 809.2 M14m |
| ModAWWr | Modern American Women Writers | 1st Floor, Reference 810.992 M68m |
| ModIrL | Modern Irish Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 820.9 M6892m |
| ModSpP | Modern Spanish and Portuguese Literature | 3rd Floor 860.9 M68m |
| MorJA | More Junior Authors | 1st Floor, Reference 920 F96m |
| MusmAFA | Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century American Folk Art and Artists | 1st Floor, Reference 709.22 R81m |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| NatCAB | National Encyclopedia of American Biography | 3rd Floor 920 N27n |
| NewAmDM | New American Dictionary of Music | 1st Floor, Reference 780.3 M83n |
| NewCBMT | New Complete Book of the American Musical Theater | 3rd Floor 782.81 E94n |
| NewGrDA | New Grove Dictionary of American Music | 1st Floor, Reference 781.773 G88g |
| NewGrDJ | New Grove Dictionary of Jazz | 1st Floor, Reference 785.4203 N53n |
| NewGrDO | New Grove Dictionary of Opera | 1st Floor, Reference 782.103 N53n |
| NewOxM | New Oxford Companion to Music | 1st Floor, Reference 780.3 N53n |
| NewYTBE | New York Times Biographical Edition | 1st Floor, Reference 920 N53no |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| NewYTBS | New York Times Biographical Service | 1st Floor, Reference 920 N53no |
| News | Newsmakers | 1st Floor Reference 920.009 N55n |
| NobelP | Nobel Prize Winners | 1st Floor, Reference 001.44 N74n |
| NotAW | Notable American Women, 1607-1950 | 1st Floor, Reference 920.72 N89n |
| NotHsAW | Notable Hispanic American Women | 1st Floor, Reference 920.72 N8992n |
| ObitOF | Obituaries on File | 3rd Floor 920 L66o |
| OxCAmL | Oxford Companion to American Literature |
1st Floor, Reference
810.9 H32o 3rd Floor 810.9 H32o |
| OxCArt | Oxford Companion to Art | 1st Floor, Reference 703 O98o |
| OxCCan | Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 820 O98oca |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| OxCChL | Oxford Companion to Children's Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 809.89282 C29o |
| OxCEng | Oxford Companion to English Literature |
1st Floor, Reference
820.3 H34o 3rd Floor 820.3 H34o |
| OxCFilm | Oxford Companion to Film | 1st Floor, Reference 791.43 O98o |
| OxCFr | Oxford Companion to French Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 840.3 H34o |
| OxCGer | Oxford Companion to German Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 830 G23o |
| OcCpMus | Oxford Companion to Popular Music | 1st Floor, Reference 781.6403 G19o |
| OxCSpan | Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 860 O98o |
| OxCSupC | Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States | 1st Floor, Reference 347.7362 O98o |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| OxCTHE | Oxford Companion to Theatre | 1st Floor, Reference 792.03 C74c |
| OxCTwCA | Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Art | 3rd Floor 709.04 O98o |
| OxDcP | Oxford Dictionary of Popes | 1st Floor, Reference 262.13 K29o |
| PenDiDA | Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts | 1st Floor, Reference 745.03 F59p |
| PolProf | Political Profiles | 3rd Floor 920.073 P76p |
| PorAmW | Portraits of American Women | 3rd Floor 920.72 P853p |
| RcomAH | Reader's Companion to American History | 1st Floor, Reference 973.03 R28r |
| Ren | Reader's Encyclopedia | 1st Floor, Reference 803 B46r |
| RenAL | Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature | 3rd Floor 810.3 H58r |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| RenAW | Reader's Encyclopedia of the American West | 3rd Floor 978.003 R28r |
| RenWD | Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama | 3rd Floor 809.2 G25r |
| RfGAmL | Reference Guide to American Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 810.3 R33r |
| RfgEnL | Reference Guide to English Literature | 1st Floor, Reference 820.3 R33r |
| RfGShF | Reference Guide to Short Fiction | 1st Floor, Reference 809.3 R33r |
| RelLAm | Religious Leaders of America | 1st Floor, Reference 291.092 R38r |
| ScF&FL | Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991 | 3rd Floor 016.80883 R33s |
| SmATA | Something about the Author | 1st Floor, Reference 920 S69s |
| SoulM | Soul Music, A-Z | 3rd Floor 781.644 G82s |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| SpAmA | Spanish American Authors | 1st Floor, Reference 860.9 F63s |
| StaCVF | Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction | 1st Floor, Reference 823.09 S96s |
| ThrBJA | Third Book of Junior Authors | 1st Floor, Reference 809.89282 J95j3 |
| TwCA | Twentieth Century Authors | 3rd Floor 920 K96t |
| TwCChW | Twentieth-Century Children's Writers | 1st Floor, Reference 028.52 K59t |
| TwCCr&M | Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers |
1st Floor, Reference
823.09 T97t 3rd Floor 823.09 T97t |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| TwCLC | Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism | 1st Floor, Reference 809.04 T96t |
| TwCRHW | Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers | 1st
Floor, Reference 823.09 T971t 3rd Floor 823.09 T971t |
| TwCSFW | Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers |
1st Floor, Reference
928 T97t 3rd Floor 928 T97t |
| TwCWW | Twentieth-Century Western Writers |
1st Floor, Reference
810.9 T97t 3rd Floor 810.9 T97t |
| WebAB | Webster's American Biographies | 3rd Floor 920.073 V24w |
| WebAMB | Webster's American Military Biographies | 3rd Floor 920 W37w |
| WhAm | Who Was Who in America | 1st Floor, Reference 920.073 W62wh |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| WhNaAH | Who Was Who in Native American History | 1st Floor, Reference 970.004 W16w |
| WhAmRev | Who Was Who in the American Revolution | 1st Floor, Reference 973.3092 P98w |
| WhCiWar | Who Was Who in the Civil War | 1st Floor, Reference 973.7092 S57w |
| WhWE | Who Was Who in World Exploration | 1st Floor, Reference 910.92 W16w |
| WhScrn | Who Was Who on Screen | 1st Floor, Reference 791.43 T86w |
| Who | Who's Who | 1st
Floor, Reference 920.042 W62w 3rd Floor 920.042 W62w |
| WhoBlA | Who's Who Among Black Americans |
1st Floor, Reference
920.073 W62wb 3rd Floor 920.073 W62wb |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| WhoAm | Who's Who in America | 1st Floor, Reference 920.073 W62w |
| WhoAmA | Who's Who in American Art |
1st Floor, Reference
927 W62aa 3rd Floor 927 W62aa |
| WhoAmP | Who's Who in American Politics | 3rd Floor 923 W62w |
| WhoEc | Who's Who in Economics | 3rd Floor 923.3 W62w |
| WhoFash | Who's Who in Fashion | 1st Floor, Reference 746.92 S81w |
| Abbreviation | Title | Call Number |
| WhoSpc | Who's Who in Space | 1st Floor, Reference 629.45 C34w |
| WhoThe | Who's Who in the Theatre |
1st Floor, Reference
792.092 W62w 3rd Floor 792.092 W62w |
| WhoAmW | Who's Who of American Women |
1st Floor, Reference
920.72 W62w 3rd Floor q 920.72 W62w |
| WorArt | World Artists 1950-1980 | 3rd Floor 709.22 M34w |
| WorAu | World Authors | 1st Floor, Reference 809 W14w |
| WorInv | World of Invention | 1st Floor, Reference 608.7 W92w |
| WorScD | World of Scientific Discovery | 1st Floor, Reference 500 W92w |
| WrDr | Writers Directory |
1st Floor, Reference
808 W95w 3rd Floor 808 W95w |
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