The charts below show how books that start with certain letters are arranged by floor in the Main Library.
You might also find it useful to pick up a “Find It at Main” handout (PDF) when you stop by the library.
Call numbers beginning with A–D – 5th floor east
- A – General works
- B – Philosophy, psychology, and religion
- C – Auxiliary sciences of history
- D – World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
Call numbers beginning with E–N – 4th floor east
- E – History of the Americas
- F – History of the U.S., British, Dutch, French, and Latin America
- G – Geography, Anthropology, and Recreation
- H – Social Sciences
- J – Political Science
- K – Law
- L – Education
- M – Music
- N – Fine Arts
Call numbers beginning with P–PS – 4th floor west
- P – Philology and linguistics
- PA – Greek and Latin Language and Literature
- PB – Modern Languages
- PC – Romance Languages
- PD – Germanic and Scandinavian Languages
- PE – English Language
- PF – West Germanic Languages
- PG – Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian Languages
- PH – Uralic and Basque Languages
- PJ – Oriental Languages and literature
- PK – Indo-Iranian Languages and Literature
- PL – Languages and Literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
- PM – Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial Languages
- PN – General Literature
- PQ – French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Literature
- PR – English Literature
- PS – American Literature
Call numbers beginning with PS–Z – 2nd floor west
- PS – American Literature
- PT – Dutch, Afrikaans, Scandinavian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, etc. Literature
- PZ – Fiction and Juvenile Literature
- Q – Science
- R – Medicine
- S – Agriculture
- T – Technology
- U – Military Science
- V – Naval Science
- Z – Bibliography, Library Science, and General Information Resources