Search Geisler Library's catalog to find books, journals, audiovisuals and other materials owned by the library. Search by keyword, subject, title or author for materials on your topic.
Browsing the Bookshelves
Since books are organized by their subjects, books that cover the same topics are shelved near each other in libraries. Call numbers are assigned to books according to their subjects. Therefore, scanning the shelves in the Reference Collection (2nd floor) and General Collection (3rd floor) in a particular call number area is another way to find books on your topic.
Consult the table below for a call number area to browse. Want to browse for a topic not listed here? Check out Appleton Public Library's alphabetical listing of topics and their corresponding call numbers.
Subject |
Call Number Area |
| Philosophy (Dictionaries) | 103 |
| Humankind | 128 |
| Mental processes & intelligence | 153 |
| Ethics (Moral philosophy) | 170's |
| Social processes, groups, behavior, culture, communities | 303-307 |
| Civil & political rights | 323 |
| Higher education | 378 |
| Evolution & genetics | 575 |
| Religion & religious symbolism | 755 |
The items listed below are all located in the Reference Collection, on the second floor of Geisler Library (near the Circulation & Reserves Desk and Reference Desk).
Fine Arts:
Encyclopedia of World Art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959. 20 vols. 703 En
Larkin, Colin, ed. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 3rd ed. London: Muze, 1998. 2 vols. 780.42 En 2, p, 3rd ed
Runco, Mark A., and Steven R. Pritzker, eds. Encyclopedia of Creativity. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999. 2 vols. 153.35 En 2, c
Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd ed. New York: Grove, 2001. 29 vols. 780.3 Ne 8, g, 2nd ed
Turner, Jane, ed. The Dictionary of Art. New York: Grove, 1996. 34 vols. 703 Di 2, a
Global Issues:
Christensen, Karen, and David Levinson, eds. Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2003. 4 vols. 307.03 En 2, c
Kurtz, Lester, ed. Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. San Diego: Academic Press, 1999. 3 vols. 303.603 En 2, v
Levinson, David. Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991. 10 vols. 306 En 2, w
Odekon, Mehmet, ed. Encyclopedia of World Poverty. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2006. 3 vols. 362.503 En 2, w
Osmanczyk, Edmund Jan, ed. Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2002. 4 vols. 341.23 Os 5, e
Shelton, Dinah L., ed. Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. New York: Thomson Gale, 2004. 3 vols. 304.663 En 2, g
Philosophy & History of Ideas:
Craig, Edward, ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. New York: Routledge, 1998. 10 vols. 103 Ro 8, e
Horowitz, Maryanne Cline, ed. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. 6 vols. 903 Di 2, o
Psychology:
Gregory, Richard L, ed. The Oxford Companion to the Mind. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 128.2 Ox 3, c, 2nd ed
Kazdin, Alan E., ed. Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 8 vols. 150.3 Ka 9, e
Sternberg, Robert J., ed. Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence. New York: Macmillan, 1994. 2 vols. 153.9 En 2, h
Science:
Mitcham, Carl, ed. Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2005. 4 vols. 174.95 En 2, s
Pagel, Mark, ed. Encyclopedia of Evolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 2 vols. 576.803 En 2, e
Post, Stephen G., ed. Encyclopedia of Bioethics. 3rd ed. New York: Thomson Gale, 2003. 5 vols. 174.2 En 2, b, 3rd ed
Ramachandran ,V.S., ed. Encyclopedia of the Human Brain. Boston: Academic Press, 2002. 4 vols. 612.82 En 2, h
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