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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 collection of encyclopedias, materials in library & information science, journalism, the occult, philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, education, linguistics, literature, travel, history and biography.
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

  • Educational materials including the Educational Guidance Collection offering information and guidance for teens and adults in locating and funding higher education
  • Electronic resources supporting study and research in the humanities on CD-ROM terminals
  • Multi-cultural materials in English on international cultures, including Discovering Multicultural America (CD-ROM ), Miwok Indians (CD-ROM), Pomo Indians (CD-ROM) and Encarta Africana (CD-ROM)
  • Occult-/paranormal-themed collection for in-library use
  • Plays and a staff-created card file index to play anthologies
  • Poetry, Columbia Granger's Poetry (CD-ROM ) and Exploring Poetry (CD-ROM )
  • Quotations and Gale's Quotations (CD-ROM )
  • Science fiction collection of 3,000 books and 92 magazines (McComas Collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction) for in-library use, dating from the 1920s
  • Short stories and a staff-created card file index to short stories in anthologies

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