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Listed below are the letters and titles of the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification. Click on any class to view an outline of its subclasses in an interactive PDF format. This list is based on the Library of Congress Classification Outline.
B -- Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
C -- Auxiliary Sciences of History
Online Encyclopedias
- Oxford Reference Online(Full-text)
This online resource is a collection of 100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable interface. - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe electronic version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. An excellent starting point for almost any topic of research, the Britannica offers both concise descriptions, and longer, more comprehensive articles on a wide variety of topics.
WU Libraries Catalogs
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The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Call Number: TX717 .B87 2010ISBN: 9781440503252Publication Date: 2010-09-18From cauldron cakes to knickerbocker glory--more than 150 magical recipes for wizards and non-wizards alike.
(Summit) Harry Potter and Convergence Culture: essays on fandom and the expanding Potterverse by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9781476672076Publication Date: 2018-02-09Explore how online communities tackle Sorting and games like the Quidditch Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, and analyze how Fantastic Beasts and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are changing fandom
(Summit) Harry Potter and Philosophy: if Aristotle ran Hogwarts by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 0812694554Publication Date: 2004-09-10Individual chapters look at such topics as life revealed in the Mirror of Erised; the ethics of magic; Moaning Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, and the relation of the mind to the brain; and the character of Hermione as a case of "sublimated feminism."
(Summit) Understanding Angry Groups: multidisciplinary perspectives on their motivations and effects on society by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9781440833502Publication Date: 2017-01-23This book examines the dynamics that lead to anger in individuals, within groups, and between groups; identifies the role of the media in angry group behavior; and offers solutions for dealing with angry groups and channeling that negative energy in positive ways.
(Summit) Peace and Resistance in Youth Culture: Reading the Politics of Peacebuilding from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9781137498700Publication Date: 2018-01-22
(Summit) From Medievalism to Early-Modernism by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9781138366572Publication Date: 2018-11-13
(Summit) Harry Potter: A History of Magic by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9781338311501Publication Date: 2018-10-09
(Summit) I Wanna Wrock!: The World of Harry Potter-inspired "Wizard Rock" and its Fandom by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9781476673035Publication Date: 2018-11-08
(Summit) Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children's Literature by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9780226431383Publication Date: 2018-05-15
(Summit) Literary Allusion in Harry Potter by Call Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 9781138284661Publication Date: 2017-06-19
(Summit) J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World Creatures: Magical Film ProjectionsCall Number: (Available through Summit)ISBN: 0763695858Publication Date: 2017-04-04
E-Books
For e-books, try the EBL Ebook Collection.
The library now has over 15,000 e-books as part of the Orbis Cascade Alliance's Demand Driven Acquisitions Project. Access to EBL is limited to current students, staff, and faculty of Willamette.
EBSCOhost eBooks is a collection of over 4,700 online books with subject strengths in reference, computer science and the Northwest.
It also includes books from regional university presses and Choice Outstanding Academic Titles.
Note: At this time the only way to read the EBSCOhost e-books is in their viewer.
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The Marvel of Martyrdom: The Power of Self-Sacrifice in a Selfish World by ISBN: 9780190689322Publication Date: 2019-01-23
Legilimens!: Perspectives in Harry Potter Studies by ISBN: 9781443855235Publication Date: 2013-01-01
The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination Of The Boy Who Lived by ISBN: 9781935251378Publication Date: 2009-06-22
