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General Collections & Humanities Center - 3rd Floor

Image of General Collections & Humanities Center The General Collections and Humanities Center offers an in-library and circulating collections of encyclopedias, materials in library & information science, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, education, linguistics, literature, travel, history, biography, and fiction including mysteries, science fiction, westerns, and short stories.
General Collections Hours (415) 557-4400
Days
Hours
Sun
12-5
M
10-6
Tu
9-8
W
9-8
Th
9-8
F
12-6
Sat
10-6

Collections and Services Available

  • Electronic resources supporting study and research in the humanities are available on CD-ROM terminals
  • Educational materials including the Educational Guidance Collection and its associated San Francisco College Access Center are located here, offering information and guidance for teens and adults in locating and funding higher education
  • Multi-cultural: materials in English on international cultures including Discovering Multicultural America (CD ROM)
  • Novels: Masterplots (CD ROM)
  • Occult/paranormal: large in-library use collection of paranormal and occult themed materials
  • Plays: a staff created card file index to play anthologies
  • Poetry: Granger's Index to Poetry (CD ROM), Exploring Poetry (CD ROM), and a staff created card file index to poetry in anthologies
  • Quotations: Gale's Quotations (CD ROM)
  • Science fiction: McComas Collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction is an in-library use collection of 3.000 volumes of fiction and 92 science fiction magazines, dating from the 1920s.
  • Short stories: a staff created card file index to short stories in anthologies

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