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1st floor
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3rd floor
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4th floor
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5th floor
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6th floor
Reservable rooms, seats, and carrels. Please use our book retrieval service to obtain materials. (printable version)
- A - General Works
- AC: Collections. Series. Collected works
- AE: Encyclopedias
- AG: Dictionaries and other general reference works
- AI: Indexes
- AM: Museums. Collectors and collecting
- AN: Newspapers
- AP: Periodicals
- AS: Academies and learned societies
- AY: Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories
- AZ: History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
- B - Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
- B: Philosophy (General)
- BC: Logic
- BD: Speculative philosophy
- B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- BD – Speculative philosophy
- BF – Psychology
- BH – Aesthetics
- BJ – Ethics
- BL – Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
- BM – Judaism
- BP – Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.
- BQ – Buddhism
- BR – Christianity
- BS – The Bible
- B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- BS – The Bible
- BT – Doctrinal Theology
- BV – Practical Theology
- BX – Christian Denominations
- C – Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)
- CB – History of Civilization
- CC – Archaeology
- CE – Technical Chronology. Calendar
- CJ – Numismatics
- CN – Inscriptions. Epigraphy
- CR – Heraldry
- CS – Genealogy
- CT – Biography
- D: World History
- D – History (General)
- D: World History
- D – History (General)
- DA – Great Britain
- D – World History
- DA – Great Britain
- DAW – Central Europe
- DB – Austria – Liechtenstein – Hungary – Czechoslovakia
- DC – France – Andorra – Monaco
- DD – Germany
- DE – Greco-Roman World
- DF – Greece
- DG – Italy – Malta
- D – World History
- DG – Italy – Malta
- DH – Low Countries – Benelux Countries
- DJ – Netherlands (Holland)
- DJK – Eastern Europe (General)
- DK – Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics – Poland
- DL – Northern Europe. Scandinavia
- DP – Spain – Portugal
- DQ – Switzerland
- DR – Balkan Peninsula
- DS – Asia
- D – World History
- DS – Asia
- DT – Africa
- DU – Oceania (South Seas)
- DX – Gypsies
- E – American History
- E – American History
- E – American History
- F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America
- F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America
- G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- G – Geography (General). Atlases. Maps
- GA – Mathematical geography. Cartography
- GB – Physical geography
- GC – Oceanography
- GE – Environmental Sciences
- GF – Human ecology. Anthropogeography
- GN – Anthropology
- GR – Folklore
- GT – Manners and customs (General)
- GV – Recreation. Leisure
- H – Social Sciences
- H – Social sciences (General)
- HA – Statistics
- HB – Economic theory. Demography
- H – Social Sciences
- HB – Economic theory. Demography
- HC – Economic history and conditions
- H – Social Sciences
- HC – Economic history and conditions
- HD – Industries. Land use. Labor
- H – Social Sciences
- HD – Industries. Land use. Labor
- HE – Transportation and communications
- H – Social Sciences
- HE – Transportation and communications
- HF – Commerce
- HG – Finance
- HJ – Public finance
- HM – Sociology (General)
- HN – Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
- HQ – The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality
- H – Social Sciences
- HQ – The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality
- HS – Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
- HT – Communities. Classes. Races
- HV – Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
- HX – Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
- J – Political Science
- J – General legislative and executive papers
- JA – Political science (General)
- JC – Political theory
- JF – Political institutions and public administration
- J – Political Science
- JJ – Political institutions and public administration (North America)
- JK – Political institutions and public administration (United States)
- JL – Political institutions and public administration (Canada, Latin America, etc.)
- JN – Political institutions and public administration (Europe)
- JQ – Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.)
- JS – Local government. Municipal government
- JV – Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
- JX – International law, see JZ and KZ (obsolete)
- JZ – International relations
- K – Law
- K – Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
- KB – Religious law in general. Comparative religious law. Jurisprudence
- KBM – Jewish law
- KBP – Islamic law
- KBR – History of canon law
- KBS – Canon law of Eastern churches
- KBT – Canon law of Eastern Rite Churches in Communion with the Holy See of Rome
- KBU – Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See
- KD/KDK - United Kingdom and Ireland
- KDZ – America. North America
- KE – Canada
- KF – United States
- KG – Latin America – Mexico and Central America – West Indies. Caribbean area
- KH – South America
- KJ-KKZ – Europe
- KL-KWX – Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica
- KU/KUQ - Law of Australia and New Zealand
- KZ – Law of nations
- L – Education
- L – Education (General)
- LA – History of education
- L – Education
- LA – History of education
- LB – Theory and practice of education
- LC – Special aspects of education
- LD – Individual institutions – United States
- LE – Individual institutions – America (except United States)
- LF – Individual institutions – Europe
- LG – Individual institutions – Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands
- LH – College and school magazines and papers
- LJ – Student fraternities and societies, United States
- LT – Textbooks
- M – Music
- M – Music
- ML – Literature on music
- MT – Instruction and study
- N – Fine Arts
- N – Visual arts
- N – Fine Arts
- N – Visual arts
- NA – Architecture
- N – Fine Arts
- N – Visual arts
- NA – Architecture
- NB – Sculpture
- NC – Drawing. Design. Illustration
- ND – Painting
- NE – Print media
- NK – Decorative arts
- N – Fine Arts
- NK – Decorative arts
- NX – Arts in general
- P – Language and Literature
- P – Philology. Linguistics
- PA – Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature
- PB – Modern languages. Celtic languages
- PC – Romanic languages
- PD – Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages
- PE – English language
- PF – West Germanic languages
- PG – Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language
- PH – Uralic languages. Basque language
- PJ – Oriental languages and literatures
- PK – Indo-Iranian languages and literatures
- PL – Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
- PM – Hyperborean, Native American, and artificial languages
- P – Language and Literature
- PN - Literature
- PQ - French literature – Italian literature – Spanish literature – Portuguese literature
- P - Language and Literature
- PQ - French literature – Italian literature – Spanish literature – Portuguese literature
- PR – English literature
- P - Language and Literature
- PR – English literature
- PS – American literature
- P - Language and Literature
- PT – German literature – Dutch literature – Flemish literature since 1830 – Afrikaans literature -Scandinavian literature – Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian – Modern Icelandic literature – Faroese literature – Danish literature – Norwegian literature – Swedish literature
- PZ – Fiction and juvenile belles lettres
- Q - Science
- QA – Mathematics
- Q - Science
- QA – Mathematics
- QB – Astronomy
- QC – Physics
- QD – Chemistry
- Q - Science
- QD – Chemistry
- QE – Geology
- QH – Natural history – Biology
- QK – Botany
- QL – Zoology
- QM – Human anatomy
- QP – Physiology
- QR – Microbiology
- R – Medicine
- R – Medicine (General)
- RA – Public aspects of medicine
- RB – Pathology
- RC – Internal medicine
- R – Medicine
- RC – Internal medicine
- RD – Surgery
- RE – Ophthalmology
- RF – Otorhinolaryngology
- RG – Gynecology and Obstetrics
- RJ – Pediatrics
- RK – Dentistry
- RL – Dermatology
- RM – Therapeutics. Pharmacology
- RS – Pharmacy and materia medica
- RT – Nursing
- RV – Botanic, Thomsonian, and Eclectic medicine
- RX – Homeopathy
- RZ – Other systems of medicine
- S – Agriculture
- S – Agriculture (General)
- SB – Horticulture. Plant propagation. Plant breeding
- SD – Forestry. Arboriculture. Silviculture
- SF – Animal husbandry. Animal science
- SH – Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
- SK – Hunting
- T – Technology
- T – Technology (General)
- TA – Engineering Civil engineering (General).
- T – Technology
- TA – Engineering Civil engineering (General).
- TC – Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
- TD – Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
- TE – Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
- TF – Railroad engineering and operation
- TG – Bridges
- TH – Building construction
- TJ – Mechanical engineering and machinery
- TK – Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
- TL – Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
- TN – Mining engineering. Metallurgy
- TP – Chemical technology
- T – Technology
- TP – Chemical technology
- TR – Photography
- TS – Manufacturing engineering. Mass production
- TT – Handicrafts. Arts and crafts
- TX – Home economics
- U – Military Science
- U – Military science (General)
- UA – Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation
- UB – Military administration
- UC – Military maintenance and transportation
- UD – Infantry
- UE – Cavalry. Armor
- UF – Artillery
- UG – Military engineering. Air forces
- UH – Other military services
- V – Naval Science
- V – Naval science (General)
- VA – Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation
- VB – Naval administration
- VC – Naval maintenance
- VD – Naval seamen
- VE – Marines
- VF – Naval ordnance
- VG – Minor services of navies
- VK – Navigation. Merchant marine
- VM – Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering
- Z – Bibliography, Library Science
- Z – Books (General). Writing. Paleography. Book industries and trade. Libraries. Bibliography
- ZA – Information resources/materials
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