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Special Collections subject guides

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A

• Accounting - see Mathematics
• Alchemy - see Physical Sciences
• America - see History and Politics
• Anarchism - see Politics
• Anatomy - see Medicine
• Arabic language and literature - see Language and Literature
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Art
• Asia - see History
• Asian language and literature - see Language and Literature
• Astronomy

B

• Ballads - see Language and Literature
• Baltic States - see Politics
• Bibles - see Religion and Theology
• Book bindings - see Historical Bibliography
• Botany - see Life Sciences 
• Buddhism - see Religion and Theology

C

• Chapbooks - see Historical Bibliography  and Social History
• Chemistry - see Physical Sciences
• Communism - see Politics
• Correspondence

D

• Darien scheme - see Exploration and travel
• Death- ie. Dance of Death
• Demonology - see Occult Sciences
• Dictionaries - see Language and Literature

E

• Economics
• Education- includes
  • school books
• Emblems- includes
  • fete books
• Engineering
• English Civil War - see History and War
• English language and literature - see Language and Literature
• Ephemera - see Historical Bibliography and Social History
• Exploration and travel- includes
  • Darien scheme

F

• Fete books - see Emblems
• First World War - see War
• Fore-edge paintings - see Historical Bibliography
• France - see History and War
• Franco-Prussian War - see War

G

• Gaelic language and literature - see Language and Literature 
• Geography - see Physical Sciences
• Geology - see Physical Sciences
• Germany - see War
• Glasgow
• Greek language and literature - see  Language and Literature
• Gypsypeople - see  Social History

H

• Hebrew language and literature - see Language and Literature 
• Hispanic language and literature - see Language and Literature
• Historical Bibliography- includes
  • book bindings
  • chapbooks
  • ephemera
  • fore-edge paintings
  • history of the book
  • incunabula
  • typography
• History- includes
  • America
  • Asian
  • English Civil War
  • French
  • German
  • Scottish
  • Victorian
• History of Art - see Art
• History of the Book - see Historical Bibliography
• Hymnology - see Music

I

• Incunabula - see Historical Bibliography

J

• Judaism - see Religion and Theology

L

• Labour movement - see Politics
• Language and Literature- includes
  • Arabic language and literature
  • Asian language and literature
  • Ballads
  • Dictionaries
  • English language and literature
  • Gaelic language and literature
  • Greek language and literature
  • Hebrew language and literature
  • Hispanic language and literature
  • Linguistics
  • Latin language and literature
  • Modern literature
  • Novels
  • Oriental language and literature
  • Persian language and literature
  • Scottish language and literature
  • Victorian literature
• Latin language and literature - see Language and Literature 
• Law
• Life Sciencesincludes -
  • Botany
  • Marine Biology
  • Zoology
• Linguistics - see Language and Literature

M

• Maps - see Physical Sciences
• Marine Biology - see Life Sciences
• Mathematics- includes
  • Accounting
• Medicine- includes
  • Anatomy
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Psychiatry
• Modern literature - see Language and Literature
• Music- includes
  • Hymnology

N

• Novels - see Language and Literature
• Numismatics

O

• Obstetrics and Gynaecology - see Medicine 
• Occult Sciences- includes
  • Demonology
  • Witchcraft
• Oriental language and literature - see Language and Literature

P

• Papyrus Fragments
• Performing Arts- includes
  • Television
  • Theatre
  • see also Music 
• Persian language and literature- see Language and Literature
• Philosophy
• Photography
• Physical Sciences- includes
  • Alchemy
  • Chemistry
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Maps
  • Physics
• Physics - see Physical Sciences
• Politics- includes
  • American politics
  • Anarchism
  • Baltic States
  • Communism
  • Labour movement
  • Socialism
• Psychiatry - see Medicine

R

• Religion and Theology- includes
  • Bibles
  • Buddhism
  • Judaism
  • Rosicrucianism
  • see also Music for Hymnology
• Rosicrucianism - see Religion and Theology

S

• School books - see Education
• Scotland - see History
• Scottish language and literature- see Language and Literature 
• Slavonic Studies - includes
• • Soviet Union
• Social History- includes
  • Chapbooks
  • Ephemera
  • Gypsy people
  • Temperance
• Socialism - see Politics
• Soviet Union - see Slavonic Studies
• Spain - see  War
• Spanish Civil War - see War 

T

• Television - see Performing Arts
• Temperance - see Social History
• Theatre - see Performing Arts
• Theology- see  Religion and Theology
• Travel - see Exploration and travel 
• Typography - see Historical Bibliography

V

• Victorian Studies - see History and Language and Literature

W

• War- includes
  • English Civil War
  • Franco-Prussian War
  • Spanish Civil War
  • World War One
• Witchcraft - see Occult Sciences
• Women
• World War One - see War

Z

• Zoology - see Life Sciences