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Books on Appalachian Studies are located in a number of locations in the library. Click here for a link to the library map.
For books on the history of Appalachia, these are in the E class range of the upper level of the library. Within the E range, material is organized topically. There is not one specific "Appalachian" header, but there are materials concerning specific time periods such as the Civil War (E456-655) or the Twentieth Century (E740-837.7).
For works of Appalachian literature, these are in the PS class range of the upper level of the library or the PS class range of the lower level of the library if it is juvenile literature. Yet again, there is not one specific "Appalachian" header, but you can look within specific time periods such as the Nineteenth Century (PS201-217), or from a specific geography like the South (PS261-267)
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