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Library shelfmarks

A breakdown of the classification used in the Â鶹ӳ»­ Library

Please Note:

The range guides display both the subject area and its corresponding 2-3 letter extension. Every effort has been made to ensure that the terminology used on the range guides is accurate, inclusive, and respectful.

We have consulted with the Brighton council traveller liaison team on appropriate terminology surrounding this community and have taken their advice in consultation with other available resources.  

Due to the extensive number of countries and the breadth of our collection, it is not feasible to represent each country individually on a range guide. Therefore, we have followed the Library of Congress Classification Scheme alongside the United Nations Statistical Divisions: Geographic Regions to create groupings.

As noted on the United Nations Statistical Divisions website: “The assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories.”

Please see the map below to find the Country you are looking for and the corresponding shelf-mark classification. 

 

Shelfmark	Subject	Location
A - AZ	General works	Second Floor
B - BJ	Philosophy	Second Floor
BL - BX	Religion	Second Floor
C	History	Second Floor
D - DF	History	Second Floor
DG - DZ	History	First Floor
E - F	History	First Floor
G - GM	Geography	First Floor
GN - GZ	Anthropology	First Floor
HA - HF	Sociology	First Floor
HL - HZ	Economics	First Floor
JA - JF	Politics	First Floor
K - KTF	Law	First Floor
L - LY	Education	First Floor
M - MT	Music	First Floor
N - NX	Fine art, Architecture	First Floor
P	Linguistics	Ground Floor
PA - PN	Languages and literatures	Ground Floor
PPJ - PZ	Languages and literatures	Ground Floor
Q - QZ	Science	Ground Floor
R	Medicine	Ground Floor
S	Agriculture	Ground Floor
T - TX	Technology, Engineering, Computing (hardware)	Ground Floor
U - VM	Military and Naval Science	Ground Floor
Y - YZ	Statistics	Library Store, please contact a member of staff
Z	Bibliography	Ground Floor
Current Print Journals K	Law	First Floor
Current Print Journals A-Z	Journals	North Basement
Documents		North Basement
Euro Docs		Library Store, please contact a member of staff
International Organisations		North Basement