Location of Materials 

 
2nd Floor: Periodicals and microfilm
Non-circulating Collections and Chesler Gallery
Main Floor: Reference Collection
Circulating Stacks, A-E (behind Reference area)
NJ Law Collection
Folio/Oversize stacks
Middle Floor: Circulating Stacks, F-V (2 rooms)
Lower Level: Instructional Media
Stacks Z (ask at Circulation Desk)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System 

Fairleigh Dickinson University Library has adopted the classification system of the Library of Congress. This system divides all human knowledge into twenty-one large classes and many subclasses, only a few of which are listed here. 

Main Floor  

A              GENERAL WORKS
AE                Encyclopedias (general)
AI                Indexes (general)
AY                Almanacs

B              PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION
BC                Logic
BF                Psychology
BL-BX             Religion

C              AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
CB                History of Civilization
CC                Archaeology

D              HISTORY (Except America)
                  Includes geography and description of the Old World countries.

E              HISTORY - AMERICA - UNITED STATES
Lower Level | Location of Material 
Lower Level  
F               HISTORY - AMERICA
                  1-970           United  States
                  1001-1140       Canada
                  1201-1392       Mexico
                  2201-3799       South  America

G            GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION
G-GB              Geography (general and physical)
GC                Oceanography
GN                Anthropology
GR                Folklore
GV                Recreation

H            SOCIAL SCIENCES
HA                Statistics
HB                Economic theory
HF                Commerce
HG-HJ             Finance
HM                Sociology (General works and Theory)
HN                Sociology (All other aspects)

J            POLITICAL SCIENCE
JK                United States
JX                International Law

K            LAW

L            EDUCATION

M            MUSIC

N            FINE ARTS

P            LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
PA                Greek and Latin
PE                English language
PN                General and comparative literature
PQ                Romance literature
PR                English literature
PS                American literature

Q            SCIENCE
QA                Mathematics (includes Computers)
QE                Geology
QL                Zoology
  
R            MEDICINE

S            AGRICULTURE

T            TECHNOLOGY

U-V          MILITARY AND NAVAL HISTORY
Staff Room
Z            BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARY SCIENCE
Main Floor | Lower Level | Location of Material 
 

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