Photography, classified at TR, is located on Level 4 of the Central Library.
Photography reference books (such as dictionaries and encyclopedias) are borrowable and shelved at their call numbers with the other borrowable books. See also: art e-reference.
The Library of Congress classification system is used to organize the books. Each Library book has a call number showing where it is located, which can be found on its catalogue record.
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.
Click a heading or scroll down to browse the classifications guide (with catalogue links):
| TR | Photography (Level 4) |
| TR 1 | Periodicals. Societies. Almanacs. Yearbooks |
| TR 6 | Exhibitions. Collections |
| TR 9-12 | Dictionaries & directories |
| TR 15 | History of photography (general) |
| TR 21-126 | By country |
| TR 122.5 | New Zealand |
| TR 139 | Biography |
| TR 144-145 | General works on photography |
| TR 183 | Psychology, aesthetics, etc. |
| TR 250-265 | Cameras |
| TR 267 | Digital photography |
| TR 510 | Colour photography |
| TR 640-685 | Artistic photography |
| TR 642 | General works |
| TR 644-647 | Exhibitions |
| TR 646 .N5 | New Zealand exhibitions |
| TR 647 | Works of individual photographers, A-Z (international) |
| TR 647 .C347 | Sophie Calle |
| TR 647 .P4 | Peter Peryer |
| TR 650-655 | Collections of art photographs |
| TR 651-655 | By period |
| TR 654 | 1951- |
| TR 655 | 2000- |
| TR 656-686 | Genres of artistic photography |
| TR 657-658 | Art objects |
| TR 659 | Architecture |
| TR 660 | Landscape |
| TR 674-675 | Human figure |
| TR 680-681 | Portraits |
| TR 681 | Special classes of persons, A-Z |
| TR 681 .W6 | Women |
| TR 685 | Photomontage |
| TR 690- | Other types of photography: commercial, scientific, etc. |
| TR 721-729 | Nature photography |
| TR 820 | Photojournalism |
| TR 820.5 | Documentary photography |
| TR 845-899 | Cinematography |
| TR 848 | History |
| TR 849 | Biography |
| TR 850-851 | General works |
| TR 892-896 | Applied cinematography |
| TR 897.5 | Animated filmmaking |
| TR 897.7 | Computer applications |
| TR 899 | Miscellaneous aspects of cinematography |
| TR 925-1045 | Photomechanical processes |
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To browse titles by subject in the catalogue, click a classification link in the Guide (below), or use the Call Number (LC) index. Eg., TR 646 .N5 = New Zealand exhibitions of artistic photography.
