Use the Library Catalog to search for electronic books by subject, keyword, author, or title.
To browse the library shelves for books about dance use the general call numbers below.
South Stacks
GV1585 - GV1797
Ever wonder how books are shelved?
In this library we use The Library of Congress Classification System to organize books on the shelves. The LC SYSTEM organizes material in libraries according to twenty-one branches of knowledge called classes. The system uses letters to represent the twenty-one broad branches of knowledge. The letters I, O, W, X AND Y are not used.
The twenty-one classes are:
A – GENERAL WORKS
B – PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION
C – AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
D – HISTORY: GENERAL & OUTSIDE THE AMERICAS
E – HISTORY: UNITED STATES
F – HISTORY: UNITED STATES LOCAL & AMERICAS
G – GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION
H – SOCIAL SCIENCE
J – POLITICAL SCIENCE
K – LAW
L – EDUCATION
M – MUSIC & BOOKS ON MUSIC
N – FINE ARTS
P – LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Q – SCIENCE
R – MEDICINE
S – AGRICULTURE
T – TECHNOLOGY
U – MILITARY SCIENCE
V – NAVAL SCIENCE
Z – BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARY SCIENCE & INFORMATION RESOURCES
These twenty-one broad subject areas are further divided into more specific subject areas by adding one or two additional letters as well as some numbers. For a more detailed breakdown of any subject, go to the Library of Congress web page.
So, How Do I Find a Book on the Shelf?
Try this exercise, which was put together by the librarians at Kent State University, to see if you have figured out the Library of Congress system!
Finding Books on Your Topic 
Once you have chosen a topic and done your background research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using books.
Use the Library Catalog to find books available in the Cerritos College Library. Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword.
Below are some suggested terms to search our catalog for books on dance:
To find a book on an individual dancer, do a subject search on their name:
| Ailey, Alvin | Cunningham, Merce | Hines, Gregory | Nijinsky, Waslaw |
| Anderson, Maceo | Davis Jr., Sammy | Holder, Geoffrey | Nureyev, Rudolph |
| Arnold, Chloe | Dunham, Katherine | Jamison, Judith | Powell, Eleanor |
| Astaire, Fred | De Mille, Agnes | Jones, Bill T. | Robbins, Jerome |
| Baker, Josephine | Dorrance, Michelle | Kelly, Gene | Robinson, Bill |
| Balanchine, George | Duncan, Isadora | Kistler, Darci | Shawn, Ted |
| Bambaataa, Afrika | Fosse, Bob | Kirkland, Gelsey | Tailchief, Maria |
| Baryshnikov, Mikhail | Fonteyn, Margot | Miller, Anne | Tharp, Twyla |
| Bubbles, John W. | Glover, Savion | Mitchell, Arthur | Washington, Ford L. "Buck" |
| Copeland, Misty | Graham, Martha | Moreno, Rita |
Here are a few E-books which may be useful in your research:
Migrations of Gesture by 
Physics and the Art of Dance by Here are a few books available in the library which may be useful in your research:
Balanchine Variations by 
Ballet and Modern Dance: a Concise History by 
Ballet Basics by 
Ballet in Western Culture by 
Baryshnikov by 
Basic Principles of Classical Ballet by 
Classes in Classical Ballet by 
Creative Ballet Teaching by 
Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance by 
The Dancer Within by 
The Encyclopedia of World Ballet by 
Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance by 
Nureyev by 
On Technique by 
Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet by 
The World's Great Ballets by 