French books are generally found on Levels 4 and 11 of the Central Library.
We use the Library of Congress classification system for arrangement.
Every item in the Library has a unique call number which can be found by using the Library Catalogue.
Textbooks and recommended readings for particular courses are placed on High Demand by lecturers and located in the Self-Loan Area on Level 2.
To see the list for a particular course, type the course code into the catalogue Course code search box, or refer to the course page in Learn.
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New Zealand National Union Catalogue
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| PQ | French Literature |
| 151-221 | Medieval |
| 226-307 | Modern |
| 400-491 | Poetry |
| 500-591 | Drama |
| 601-771 | Prose, Prose Fiction |
| 781-841 | Folk literature incl. texts |
| 1101-1297 | Collections, Anthologies |
| 1300-1595 | Old French Literature |
| 1600-3989 | Modern Literature |
| PC (Level 4) | French Language |
| 2101-2241 | Grammar |
| 2121 | Conversation books |
| 2199-2321 | Parts of Speech |
| 2620-2630 | Dictionaries (French only) |
| 2635 | Polyglot |
| 2640-2645 | French-English/English-French |
| DC (Level 10) | |
| 1-20.5 | General |
| 21-29.3 | Description, Travel |
| 30-34.5 | Social life and customs |
| 35-59.8 | Military, naval, political |
| 60-94 | Early history |
| 95-109 | Medieval, 1328-1515 |
| 109-138 | 15th-18th Century |
| 139-249 | 1789-1815 |
| 197-326.9 | 19th Century |
| 334-354.9 | years 1871-1940 |
| 397 | years 1940-1946 |
| 398-409 | years 1947-1958 |
| 411-423 | years 1958-present |
| 611-801 | Local history & description |
| Subject | Level | Classification |
| Architecture | 6 | NA 1041-1053 |
| Art | 6 | N 6843-6853 |
| Biographies (general) | 11 | CT 1003 |
| Biographies (writers) | 4 | PQ 41 |
| Colonialism | 8 | JV 1811-1837 |
| Economics | 9 | HC 273-280 |
| Film | 4 | PN 1993.5 .F |
| Geography | 9 | GF 571-572 |
| History | 11 | DC |
| Literature | 4 | PQ 1 -3999 |
| Music Literature | 6 | ML 270 3489 & 3620 |
| Philosophy | 11 | B 1802-2430 |
| Political Theory | 8 | JC 179 |
| Religion | 11 | BX 1528-1532 |
| Sociology | 9 | HN 425 |
| Socialism | 8 | HX 261-269 |