Call Number Abbreviations

Each call number includes a Subject or Topic, the Coutnry or Region, an item number, the medium (VIDEO, DVD, SLIDE, UNIT, MAP, POSTER, GAME, CASS, CD, CDROM, or BOOK), and copy number. Below are the abbreviations. To search the catalogue, click here.

Subject/Topic
Country/Region
A = Art History
AND = Andean Region
AC = Art, Colonial
ARG = Argentina
AFLA = African Influences in
Latin America
BAR = Barbados
AM = Art, Modern
BEL = Belize
AP = Art, Precolombian, Anthropology, Archaeology
BOL = Bolivia
CR = Curriculum & Reference Materials
BRA = Brazil
DEV = Economic Development
CA = Central America
DIS = Display Materials
CARIB = Caribbean
DF = Dance & Festivals
CHI = Chile
FA = Folk Arts
COL = Colombia
FD = Food and Drink
COS = Costa Rica
FF = Feature Films
CUB = Cuba
GE = Geography & Environment
DOM = Dominican Republic
HM = History & Modern Life
ECU = Ecuador
HC = History, Colonial
ELS = El Salvador
HP = History, Precolombian
GUA = Guatemala
HISP = Hispanics in the US
HAI = Haiti
IND = Indigenous Peoples
HON = Honduras
LAN = Language
JAM = Jamaica
LC = Literature, Colonial
LA = Latin America
LM = Literature, Modern
MES = Mesoamerica
LN = Literature, 19th Century
MEX = Mexico
LP = Literature, Precolombian
NA = North America
M = Markets
NIC = Nicaragua
MU = Music
PAN = Panama
PG = Politics & Government
PAR = Paraguay
R = Religion
PER = Peru
SI = Social Issues & Human Rights
POR = Portuguese
PUE = Puerto Rico
SA = South America
SPA = Spain, Spanish
TNT = Trinidad and Tobago
URU = Uruguay
US = United States
VEN = Venezuela

Medium
   
BK = Book POS = Poster UNIT = Item with more than one medium

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