Here are a selection of Subject Terms and Call Numbers (also known as Shelf Numbers), to find more check out the Find Books tab above.
You can also mix and match these, like: Postmodern (Art) AND Ceramics
This is not an exhaustive selection, but can get you started.
Note: Browsing the Library shelves at these numbers is fantastic for finding related items-especially if the item you thought you want is currently checked out!
Call Number | Subject Heading | Call Number | Subject Heading |
709.94 | Aboriginal Art | 701.03 | Feminism & Art |
703 | Art, Dictionaries | 709.04074 | Installations (Art) |
707.2 | Art, Research | 709.04 | Modernism (Art) |
709.94 | Australian Art | 750-751 | Painting |
738 | Ceramics | 700.904 | Performance Art |
776 | Computer Arts | 770-779 | Photography |
745.4 | Design | 700.4113 | Postmodernism (Art) |
746.9 | Fashion | 751.73 | Street Art |
741.6 | Graphic Arts | 746 | Textile Arts |
This is list is a selection of call numbers (Dewey Numbers) for contemporary arts on the ECU library shelves.
QUARTO BOOKS: Q
Contemporary arts, design, fashion, painting and photography publishing generates large format books. These books are known as Quarto size books and they are shelved in the main collection of the Mount Lawley Campus Library. A Quarto sized call number looks like this: Q759 BAZ
SPECIAL COLLECTION: SC
Some vulnerable books, including specified art and photography books, are housed in a room on level 4 next to the lifts - this is signed as the Special Collection. An item in the Special Collection book looks like this: SC779 GOL
Edith Cowan University acknowledges and respects the Noongar people, who are
the traditional custodians of the land upon which its campuses stand and its programs
operate.
In particular ECU pays its respects to the Elders, past and present, of the Noongar
people, and embrace their culture, wisdom and knowledge.