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Subject Directory

The following are subjects that can be found in the General Research Division. Considering the broad scope of topics covered by this department, the list is only selective and does not include the range of sub-categories sometimes contained within a particular field.

Anthropology
Archaeology
Baseball
Bible
Biography
Books and Printing,
  History of
Censorship
Chess
Children's Literature
Church History
Classics
Coins
Comic Books
Cookbooks
Criminology
Culinary History
Cultural Trends
Dictionaries
Ecology
Education
Electronic Texts
Encyclopedias
Ethnic Studies
Exploration
Folklore
Gay & Lesbian Studies
Geography
Government and
   Politics
Gypsies
History, Africa
History, Asia and
   Pacific
History, Canada
History, Europe
History, Latin America
History, Medieval
History, Middle and
   Near East
History, World
Journalism
Latin American Studies
Library Science

Linguistics
Literature, American
Literature, Canadian
Literature, English
Literature, French
Literature, German
Literature, Italian
Literature, Luso-
   Hispanic
Media Studies
Military and Naval History
Mythology
Native American Studies
Natural History
Newspapers
Numismatics
Occult Sciences
Philosophy
Political Science
Popular Culture
Press, Alternative and
   Underground
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Health
Publishing
Quotations and Proverbs
Religion
Renaissance Studies
Social Work
Sociology
Sports and Games
Stamps
Travel
Urban Studies
War
Western European
   Studies
Women’s Studies

 

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