Below are the 80+ concentrations offered at Brown, categorized by general field of study. Each section contains more specific information on materials related to your academic interests. Subjects link to specific library guides, which are compilations of course materials, past exhibits, and initiatives relating to a specific subject area that are created by Subject Librarians at Brown. Some concentrations do not have associated library guides but the Hay still has related materials. Search Josiah or email hay@brown.edu.
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ArtsHumanitiesLanguage and Cultural StudiesLife and Physical SciencesSocial Sciences
Arts
- History of Art and Architecture
- Modern Culture and Media
- Music
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Visual Art
Collections of Interest at the Hay
- Art and Architecture Collections
- Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
- Book Arts Collections
- Graphic Arts Collections
- Artist Books – Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
- Harris Music Collection
- Performing Arts Collections
Humanities
Collections of Interest at the Hay
- Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
- Brown University Archives
- Chronicles of Brunonia
- Early Printed Books Collections
- Education Studies
- Gender Studies Collections
- Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
- Lincoln Collection
- Literature, Non-United States
- Literature, United States
- Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts Collection
- Religion Collections
- Smith Magic Collection
- Global History Collections
- United States History Collections
Language and Cultural Studies
Language Studies Library Guides
Collections of Interest at the Hay
- American Culture and Society Collections
- Asian Studies Collections
- Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
- Collections on Race and Ethnicity
- Collections on Middle East
- Indigenous Languages, Texts – George Earl Church Collection
- Iberia, Latin, and Latino American Collections
- Non-Western Language and Literature Collections
- Romance Language Collection
- Russian and Eastern Europe Collections
- South Asian Studies Collections
- Yiddish-American Literature
Life and Physical Sciences
Life Sciences Library Guides
Physical Sciences Library Guides
- Applied Mathematics & APMA-Biology, Computer Science, Economics
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biophysics
- Chemical Physics
- Open Data sources
- Engineering – Physics
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Collections of Interest at the Hay
- History of Medicine Collections
- History of Science Collection
- Additional History of Science Collections
- Lownes History of Science Collection
Images from Sphaera Mundi
Social Sciences
Social Sciences Library Guides
- Anthropology
- Archaeology and the Ancient World
- Business Entrepreneurship Organizations
- Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
- Development Studies
- Economics
- International Relations
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Public Humanities
- Public Policy
- Race and Ethnicity
- Science and Society
- Social Analysis & Research
- Sociology