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Research Guides by Subject | Subjects A to Z

A list arranged by subject specialist is also available, as is the Library Directory, which includes phone numbers.

African Studies
Assigned by subject, coordinated by Ellen Bryan

African American Studies
Frank Conaway

Agriculture
Christa Modschiedler

American Literature
Sarah Wenzel
David Pavelich, Modern Poetry

Ancient Near East (Egypt and Western Asia)
Catherine Mardikes

Anthropology
Christopher Winters

Arabic, see:
Middle Eastern Studies

Archaeology (subdivided)
Ancient Near East
Catherine Mardikes
Classical
Catherine Mardikes
Historical by Country
Frank Conaway
Industrial
Jeffry Archer
Prehistoric and non-Western (excluding Area Studies)
Christopher Winters

Archives
Daniel Meyer

Area Studies, see:
East Asian; Middle Eastern; Slavic; & South Asian Studies

Art & Architecture
Nancy Spiegel

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Barbara Kern

Biological Sciences
Christa Modschiedler

Business
Jeffry Archer

Chemistry
Andrea Twiss-Brooks

Chicago Jazz Archive
Deborah Gillaspie

Cinema & Media Studies
Nancy Spiegel

Classics
Catherine Mardikes

Computer Science
Brenda Rice
Agnes Tatarka, Computing Manuals

Dance
Scott Landvatter

Dutch
Sem Sutter

East Asian Studies (subdivided)
Curator
Yuan Zhou
Chinese
William Alspaugh
Japanese
Eizaburo Okuizumi
Korean
Younghee Sohn
Western Languages
William Alspaugh

Economics and Economic History
Jeffry Archer

Education
Rebecca Starkey

Egyptian Languages, Ancient
Catherine Mardikes

English Language and Literature
Sarah Wenzel
David Pavelich, Modern Poetry

Fiction, Current - English and American
Sandra Roscoe

Film, see:
Cinema and Media Studies

French
Sarah Wenzel

Geography (incl. Urban & Environmental Studies)
Christopher Winters

Geophysical Sciences (incl. Geology, Meteorology, & Physical Oceanography)
Andrea Twiss-Brooks

German
Sem Sutter

Greek, Ancient
Catherine Mardikes

Greek, Modern
June Farris

Hebrew Language Materials (subdivided)
Classical
Beth Bidlack
Modern
Judith Nadler

History (General)
Frank Conaway

Humanities (General)
Catherine Mardikes

Islamic Studies, see:
Middle Eastern Studies

Italian
Sarah Wenzel

Languages and Literatures (subdivided)
Arabic, see:
Middle Eastern Studies
Dutch
Sem Sutter
East Asian, see:
East Asian Studies
Egyptian Languages, Ancient
Catherine Mardikes
English and American
Sarah Wenzel, David Pavelich (Modern Poetry), Sandra Roscoe (Current Fiction)
German
Sem Sutter
Greek, Ancient
Catherine Mardikes
Greek, Modern
June Farris
Latin
Catherine Mardikes
Near Eastern Languages, Ancient
Catherine Mardikes
Persian, see:
Middle Eastern Studies
Romance (French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Sarah Wenzel
Scandinavian
Sem Sutter
Slavic and East European, see:
Slavic and East European Studies
South Asian, see:
South Asian Studies
Turkish, see:
Middle Eastern Studies

Latin
Catherine Mardikes

Latin American Studies
Assigned by subject

Law (subdivided)
Civil; Comparative; & International Law
Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Common Law and Legal History
William Schwesig
Judith Wright
Economics
William Schwesig
Judith Wright

Librarianship
Nancy Spiegel

Linguistics (General)
June Farris

Manuscripts
Daniel Meyer

Maps
Christopher Winters

Mathematics
Brenda Rice

Medicine
Christa Modschiedler

Middle Eastern Studies (subdivided)
Arabic
Bruce Craig
Hebrew (Classical)
Beth Bidlack
Hebrew (Modern)
Judith Nadler
Islamic Studies
Bruce Craig
Persian
Bruce Craig
Turkish
Bruce Craig

Military and Naval Sciences
Frank Conaway

Music
Scott Landvatter

Near Eastern Languages, Ancient
Catherine Mardikes

Persian, see:
Middle Eastern Studies

Philosophy
Beth Bidlack

Physics
Andrea Twiss-Brooks

Political Science
Frank Conaway

Portuguese
Sarah Wenzel

Psychology
Paul Belloni

Rare Books
Alice Schreyer

Reference (General)
Beverly Sperring

Religion
Beth Bidlack

Scandinavian
Sem Sutter

Science (General)
Andrea Twiss-Brooks

Science, History of
Andrea Twiss-Brooks

Science, Philosophy of
Andrea Twiss-Brooks

Science Reference
Brenda Rice

Slavic and East European Studies
June Farris
Sandra Levy

Social Sciences (General)
Frank Conaway

Social Service Administration
Eileen Libby

Sociology
Frank Conaway

South Asian Studies
James Nye

Southeast Asia
James Nye

Spanish
Sarah Wenzel

Statistics
Brenda Rice

Technology
Barbara Kern

Theology, see:
Religion

Turkish, see:
Middle Eastern Studies