To find a specific book in the library, write down the entire call number and note the location (stacks, reference, etc.) and look for the book. Ask at the Navigation Desk if you need help!
AUP Library books are organized by Dewey Decimal Numbers - here are the basic Art call numbers:
700 The arts
701 Philosophy & theory
702 Miscellany
703 Dictionaries & encyclopedias
704 Special topics
705 Serial publications
706 Organizations & management
707 Education, research, related topics
708 Galleries, museums, private collections
709 Historical, areas, persons treatment
710 Civic & landscape art
711 Area planning (Civic art)
712 Landscape architecture
713 Landscape architecture of trafficways
714 Water features
715 Woody plants
716 Herbaceous plants
717 Structures
718 Landscape design of cemeteries
719 Natural landscapes
720 Architecture
721 Architectural structure
722 Architecture to ca. 300
723 Architecture from ca. 300 to 1399
724 Architecture from 1400
725 Public structures
726 Buildings for religious purposes
727 Buildings for education & research
728 Residential & related buildings
729 Design & decoration
730 Plastic arts Sculpture
731 Processes, forms, subjects of sculpture
732 Sculpture to ca. 500
733 Greek, Etruscan, Roman sculpture
734 Sculpture from ca. 500 to 1399
735 Sculpture from 1400
736 Carving & carvings
737 Numismatics & sigillography
738 Ceramic arts
739 Art metalwork
740 Drawing & decorative arts
741 Drawing & drawings
742 Perspective
743 Drawing & drawings by subject
745 Decorative arts
746 Textile arts
747 Interior decoration
748 Glass
749 Furniture & accessories
750 Painting & paintings
751 Techniques, equipment, forms
752 Color
753 Symbolism, allegory, mythology, legend
754 Genre paintings
755 Religion & religious symbolism
757 Human figures & their parts
758 Other subjects
759 Historical, areas, persons treatment
760 Graphic arts Printmaking & prints
761 Relief processes (Block printing)
763 Lithographic (Planographic) processes
764 Chromolithography & serigraphy
765 Metal engraving
766 Mezzotinting & related processes
767 Etching & drypoint
769 Prints
770 Photography & photographs
771 Techniques, equipment, materials
772 Metallic salt processes
773 Pigment processes of printing
774 Holography
778 Fields & kinds of photography
779 Photographs
To find books and articles on art and art history, you can search in Primo OneSearch using the name of a painter, sculptor, architect, work by an artist or other related information. You can limit to books or journals - review articles - scholarly articles. If you don’t find anything specifically on a particular painting, statue, etc, you can look at things that pertain to it. You can find information about the person that created it if they are known. You can look at a type of painting (expressionism) for further information and use your own impressions of the piece. If it is architecture, you may want to look at Haussmann, art nouveau, Paris arrondissement books that discuss architecture in Paris and use reference books such as encyclopedias for basic facts.
Talk with your professor for more ideas and to make sure what you are doing is what they want. If you need help in finding what you need, please ask for Research Help. An AUP librarian may be able to find what you need. We are happy to help you!
Online Journals
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography by 
Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture by 
If we don't have an article you need, order it! If unsure, use "Browse a List of Journal Titles" to see if we have the full text in another database. If not order it from us using Interlibrary Loan.
If we don't have a book you need, we may be able to borrow it from another library for you. Look it up in OneSearch first to see if it might be in an electronic collection. If we don't have it, order it from us using Interlibrary Loan.
If you need help in finding what you need, please ask for Research Help. An AUP librarian may be able to find what you need. We are happy to help you!
