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Book Finder: location of classmarks in the Main Library

Short Loan Collection

General Reference Collection

Video and DVD Collection

All subject area books which are in high demand


General reference and media

AC-AZ (books and periodicals) Foreign magazines and serials
B- BD, (books and periodicals) BF,  (books and periodicals) BH-BX, (books and periodicals)

Philosophy and Theology Collections

Philosophy and Theology
CB-CT (books) CB-CT (periodicals)

D-DD (books) D-DD (periodicals)

History Collections (Records and Reference)

Archaeology and History
DE-DX (books) DE-DX (periodicals)
E-F  (books and periodicals)
G-GT, GV
European history
American history
Geography and Anthropology
H-HE (books) H-HE (quarto books)

Social Sciences Reference Collection

Official Statistics Collection

Parliamentary Publications Collections

Social Sciences
HM-HX (books), HM-HX (periodicals), HM-HX (quarto books) Sociology and Social work
HF-HJ (books and periodicals) Accountancy and Commerce
J-JZ, (books and periodicals) K-KZ, (books and periodicals)
L-LT (books and periodicals)
Politics, Law
Education
M-MT (books and periodicals) N-NX (books and periodicals) Music and Fine art
P. (books and periodicals)  PA, (books and periodicals)

PB-PG (books and periodicals)
PH-PM (books and periodicals)

Antiquities Reference Collection

Linguistics, Greek and Latin
European languages
Other languages
PN (books), PN (periodicals)

Language and Literature Reference Collection

Literature (general)
PQ (books) PQ (periodicals), PR (books), PR - PS (pers) English, French, Italian and Spanish literature
PS, PT, PZ (books), PT- PZ (periodicals)

Germanic literature, Norse literature and  American literature

Q-QC (books and periodicals)
QD (books) QD (periodicals)
QE (books), QE (periodicals)

Science Reference Collection

Astronomy, Physics
Chemistry and Geology
QH-QR (books) QH-QR (pers) Biology, Biochemistry
S-SK (books), S-SK (periodicals) Agriculture
Fisheries and Forestry
T-TX (books), T-TX (periodicals) Technology and Engineering
U-VM (books) U-VM (pers) Military and Naval science
Z Library studies and Information science

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