EH-101: Freshman Composition

Classification of Books at the UAH Library

Books in the UAH Library are arranged by Library of Congress call numbers, according to the general system outlined below.

A -- General Works

• A-AI -- Encyclopedias. Indexes
• AN-AQ -- Journalism. Newspapers. Periodicals.
• AY -- Almanacs. Directories. Yearbooks
  
  B -- Philosophy, Religion
  
• B-BJ -- Philosophy - Logic. Aesthetics. Ethics
• BL-BX -- Religion
  
  C -- Auxiliary Sciences of History (Biography, etc.)
  
• CB -- History of Civilization
• CC -- Archaeology
• CT -- Biography (General)
  
  D -- History - Old World
  
  E - F -- History - New World (Americas)

  G -- Geography. Anthropology. Recreation

• G-GB -- Geography
• GC -- Oceanography
• GN -- Anthropology
• GR -- Folklore
• GT -- Manners and customs (General)
• GV -- Recreation. Sports
  
  H -- Social Sciences (General)
  
• HA -- Statistics
• HB-HJ -- Business and Economics
• HK-HL -- Psychology. Psychiatry
• HM-HV -- Sociology. Pathology. Welfare. Criminology
• HX -- Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
  
  J -- Political Science
  
  K -- Law

  L -- Education

  M -- Music

  N -- Arts - Architecture. Sculpture. Drawing. Painting

  P -- Language and Literature

• PA -- Languages and Literature, Classical
• PB-PH -- Languages, Modern European
• PJ -- Languages and Literatures, Oriental
• PN -- Literary History and Collections (General)
• PQ -- Literatures, Romance
• PR -- Literature, English
• PS -- Literature, American
• PT -- Literature, Germanic
• PZ -- Literature, Juvenile
  
  Q -- Science (General)
  
• QA -- Mathematics and Computer Science
• QB -- Astronomy
• QC -- Physics
• QD -- Chemistry
• QE -- Geology
• QH -- Natural History (General)
• QK -- Botany
• QL -- Zoology
• QM -- Anatomy, Human
• QP -- Physiology
• QR -- Biology, Microbiology
  
  R -- Medicine
  
• RT -- Nursing
  
  S -- Agriculture
  
• SB -- Agriculture. Plant. Animal/Aquaculture
  
  T -- Technology (General)
  
• TA -- Engineering (General). Civil Engineering
• TC -- Engineering, Hydraulic
• TD -- Engineering, Environmental
• TE -- Engineering, Highway
• TH -- Engineering, Construction
• TJ -- Engineering, Mechanical
• TK -- Engineering, Electrical/Electronic/Nuclear
• TL -- Engineering, Vehicles/Aero- & Astronautics
• TN -- Engineering, Mining/Metallurgy
• TP -- Engineering, Chemical
• TS -- Manufacturing
• TT -- Handicrafts. Arts and Crafts
• TX -- Home Economics
  
  U -- Military Science
  
  V -- Naval Science

  Z -- Bibliography. Library Science

  
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• Books beginning with Call Numbers A through N are location on the North Wing 2nd Floor (N2)
• Books beginning with Call Numbers P through Z are location on the North Wing 3rd Floor (N3)
• Reference Books A through Z are located on the South Wing 1st Floor (S1)
• See a map of the library for location designations.

Call numbers supply an item's "physical address" or location on the shelf in a library. The letters and numbers that make up a Library of Congress call number represent subjects. Books with similar call numbers will cover similar subject matter and be shelved together in the stacks.

Guidelines:

1. First line of the call number - Alphabetical. (Single letters preceed letters combined in alphabetical order)
2. Second line - Numeric (whole numbers which may run into the thousands).
3. Subsequent lines - Alphabetical, then Decimal Numeric.

Example of call numbers in order:

1. Q181.A286 2008
2. Q310.J65 2008
3. QA13.M374 2007

Call numbers will look like this on the shelves:

2008          2008          2007