Maps, Layouts & Categories

Categories

See this list of book locations by subject.

Audio Visual: CDs, DVDs, videotapes, records, audio books & large print editions of books (Specific AV materials are found in the appropriate category.)

Biography: Autobiographies, bio dictionaries, presidential/first ladies, some bio novels.

Business and Computers: Management/leadership skills, marketing, advertising, writing, graphic arts, publishing, investments, personal finance, career development, public speaking, communications, business self-help, and work-related self-improvement, texts, program design and languages, database, web topics, operating systems, graphics.

Children’s: Fiction & nonfiction, including sets, for children pre-reader – young adult; crafts, games, toys, etc; religion, scouts, Teaching Tools, classic & collectible.

Classics: Mythology, folklore, required reading, classic authors, Shakespeare, literary criticism & literary essays, CliffsNotes.

Comics: Comic books, manga, graphic novels.

Cookbooks: Hardcover/paperback cookbooks, pamphlets, holiday, Weight Watchers, guild, healthy, vegetarian, wine, cigars, and magazines.

Dictionaries: All types of dictionaries, almanacs, thesauruses, books of quotations, word usage, crossword puzzle dictionaries, 1-volume encyclopedias, trivia.

Fiction 1961-2011: Older fiction at bargain prices.

Fiction 2012-2025: Fiction published from 2012 to 2025 (hardbacks & trade paperbacks), best sellers, Oprah, ethnic, inspirational romance.

Fine Arts: Art, architecture, interior design, photography, poetry, music, sheet music, theater, plays, performers, entertainment, celebrities, movies, radio, TV.

Foreign Language: All books completely or partially written in any foreign language, including texts, dictionaries, travel books, children’s books; sign language; braille.

Health and Fitness: Nutrition and diet, fitness, exercise, alternative health care, drugs, first aid, substance abuse & 12-step, mental health for nonprofessionals, massage, aromatherapy, yoga, herbal, Eastern, chiropractic, homeopathic, home health, pain & stress management, women’s health issues.

History, War & Politics: World history, ancient & lost worlds, Western Civilization, American history, histories of cities, genealogy, political theory, spies, historic disasters, wars (WW I, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Civil War), political bios, magazines.

House & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies: Interior decorating, landscaping, remodeling & repairs, entertaining, holidays, weddings, antiques, needlework, sewing, quilting, coins/stamp collecting, model trains, wood working, electronics.

Humor: Magazines and trade paperbacks, comic strip books, adult graphic novels.

Large Print and Books on Tape: Can be found in the Audio Visual category.

Paperbacks: Mass market (standard size) paperback suspense, mystery, science fiction, fiction, romance, romantic suspense, and West. 

Rare & Unusual: This separate, limited access area is found at the west end of the Ag Building. Books from all categories which are unusual, hard to find, autographed, unique, fragile, limited edition, leather-bound, very old or expensive.

Relationships, Self-Help, Ethnic Studies: Women’s/men’s studies, popular psychology, LGBTQ, self-help, sex, erotica, family life, aging, grief, ethnic nonfiction & fiction, grooming & beauty.

Religion & Philosophy: All religions, philosophies, Bibles, Judaica, Masonic, meditation, astrology, New Age, parapsychology, occult, channeling, WICCA, secret societies.

Sciences & Nature: Space, astronomy, meteorology, anthropology, plants, birds, animals, natural history, ecology, geology, weather, oceans, archaeology, agriculture, non-text technical, pets.

Sets: This separate, limited access area is found in the south end of the venue. Complete and partial sets & odd volumes from literature, religion, & all other categories except children’s; Time Life; encyclopedias; and decorator sets.

Sports, Transportation & Games: Ball sports, winter & water sports, boxing/wrestling, golf, martial arts, marathon, body building, camping, hiking, hunting, weapons, fishing, autos, bicycles, motorcycles, auto racing, planes, trains, boats, board games, puzzles, magic, gambling, gaming, computer games.

Suspense & Science Fiction: Detective stories, science fiction, mysteries, fantasy, true crime, supernatural, UFOs, vampires, ghosts, magazines, nostalgia crime authors.

Text: Unlike past years, Text will not have its own checkout area in 2022. High school & college text books including engineering, medicine, history, law, math, business, science, education, psychology, test preparation.

Travel: Maps, travel guides, travel books, atlases, tour books, adventure travel, exploration, Time-Life & National Geographic travel series.

Treasures: Vintage books/magazines, school yearbooks, blank journals, gift books, ephemera.

West: Fiction, non-fiction, scenic, nature, Indians of the Americas, AZ government  & business, AZ Highways, Western magazines.