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ENG 501: Approaches to Research: Literature

This online research guide is designed to support students enrolled in the ENG 500: Literature research methods course.

Print Materials: Call Numbers & Library of Congress Classification

  • The ASU Library files the majority of our print materials according to the Library of Congress Classification Outline - meaning that our items' call numbers begin with letters (rather than the Dewey Decimal system's use of numbers at the start of call numbers).
  • Items which focus on language and literature are generally assigned call numbers beginning with the letter P - regardless of format (books, dvds, journals, videos).
  • For detailed information about the P class, see the Class P: Language and Literature outline.
  • The majority of materials within our Distinctive Collections have been assigned a call number beginning with the SPEC prefix (for Special).
  • Connect to the results from a SPEC call number search.
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Subjects: Humanities, Literature

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