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History: Books

Finding Books for History

Print books for History are mostly found in the Central and Macmillan Brown libraries, over a range of floors depending on the subject focus. 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 or Multisearch.

Library of Congress Class D classification areas.

DU Oceania

DU 80-398 Australia
DU 125 Indigenous Australians

DU 400-430 New Zealand

D History (General)

D501-680 World War I (1914-1918)

D839-860 Post-World War II (1945-1989)

DA Great Britain

DAW Central Europe

DB Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia

DC France - Andorra - Monaco

DC 183 France revolution 1789-1799

DD Germany

DE Greco-Roman World

DF Greece

DG Italy - Malta

DH Low Countries - Benelux Countries

DJ Netherlands (Holland)

DJK Eastern Europe (General)

DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland

DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia

DP Spain - Portugal

DQ Switzerland

DR Balkan Peninsula

DS Asia
DS 35.3 Islamic world
DS 401 India
DS 701 China

DT Africa

E History of the Americas
E 201-298 United States, revolution 1775-1783

F Americas; Canada, South and Central America

Finding Books on High Demand

Books which are in high demand for particular courses are held on High Demand. To see the list for your course, type the course code into the Course code search in the Library Catalogue, eg hist 137