Bowdoin College Library Catalog
Books, videos, government documents, etc. in Bowdoin's library.
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LC Classification
The Library book collections are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System.
Head up to the Second Floor of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library for:
D 804-805.6 - History of the Holocaust
DD 253-256.8 - German History (Rise of Nazi party - WWII)
Head over to the Fifth Floor of the Hubbard Hall stacks for:
PN 1993-1999 - Film Studies (also Z 5784)
PN 1995.9 H53 - Holocaust in Motion Pictures
PT 2600-2653 - German Literature (1860-1960)
PT 2660-2688 - German Literature (1961-2000)
PT 2700-2728 - German Literature (2001-)
Tip: Many relevant materials are shelved in the circulating stacks and therefore, not mentioned in this guide. The shelves can be browsed electronically by clicking on any item's call number. Use Next Page and Previous Page to see what is shelved close to the relevant item!
Some useful subject headings in the library catalog are:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in art
[in literature]
[--personal narratives]
[--literary collections]
Antisemitism
Holocaust survivors
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
Concentration camps
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Jewish ghettos
Jews -- Europe
[Germany]
[France]
Gays -- Nazi persecution
American literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
You will notice that subject headings are broken down into subcategories and that there are also many related subject headings. If you do not wish to browse the headings, do a word search on your topic and follow the subject heading links at the bottom of relevant records to find additional, useful resources.
Once you do a search in the library catalog, click on limit/sort at the top of the page. Under material type, choose videorecording.
To see a partial list of journals having to do with film studies that the library subscribes to, do a subject search on motion pictures and click on limit/sort at the top of the page. Limit to where the item is located by choosing Main Periodical.