University of Canterbury Subject Guides - Sociology

Finding Sociology Books

The Library uses the Library of Congress classification system for ordering the books on the shelves. HM – HV are the designated classifications for Sociology. However, because sociologists study every aspect of society you will also find relevant material in other classifications.

Every item in the Library has its own unique call number which can be found by using the Library’s catalogue.

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Library of Congress Classifications for Sociology

HM	Sociology (General and theoretical)
401 - 417	Periodicals
425	Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
435 - 477	History of sociology
478 - 479	Biography
481 - 538	Theory. Method.
548	Economic sociology
554	War. Conflict resolution
571 - 586	Study and teaching. Research
621 - 656	Culture
661-691	Social control
701	Social systems
706	Social structure
708	Social capital
711-753	Social groups
756-781	Community
786-806	Organizational sociology
811-817	Deviant behaviour. Social deviance
821	Social stratification. Social inequality. Equality
826	Social institutions
831-886	Social change
851	Information society
881	Social movements
886	Violence
1011-1281	Social psychology
HN	Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform.
1	Periodicals
8 - 19	History
17.5	Social reform literature 1945-
25	Statistics. Social indicators. Quality of life
28	Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects
29	Study and teaching. Research
49 .C6	Community development. Rural development
50 - 995	By region or country
50-90	United States of America
101-110	Canada
371-380	Europe
381-400	Great Britain
421-440	France
530.2	Russia
651-755	Asia
771-837	Africa
841-850	Australia
930.5	New Zealand
930.7-939.5	Pacific Area
978 - 981	Developing countries
HQ	Family. Marriage. Women.
1	Periodicals
12 - 472	Sexual life
503 - 1064	The family. Marriage. Home
503 - 518	History
531-727	By region or country
755.5-759.92	Parents. Parenthood
760-767.7	Family size
767.8-792.2	Children. Child development
793-799.2	Adolescents
799.95-799.97	Adulthood
801 .A1- 801.83	Man-woman relationship. Courtship
811-831	Divorce
1060 - 1064	Older people
1073	Thanatology. Death. Dying
1075	Sex role
1088 - 1090.7	Men
1101 - 2030.7	Women. Feminism
1865.5	New Zealand
HT	Communities. Classes. Races.
51 - 65	Human settlements. Communities
101 - 395	Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
401 - 485	Rural groups. Rural sociology
601 - 1444	Classes
675 - 690	Classes arising from occupation
1501 - 1595	Races
HV	Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology.
1 - 5840	See the classifications on the Social Work for more detail
6001 - 7220.5	Criminology
6250 - 6250.4	Victims of Crimes
6251 - 6773.5	Crimes and offences
6543 - 6548	Suicide
6556 - 6593	Sex crimes
6626 - 6626.7	Abuse of persons
6708 - 6722	Gambling
6774 - 7220	Crimes and criminal classes
7250 - 9960	Criminal justice and administration
7551 - 8280.7	Police. Detectives. Constabulary.
8301- 9960	Penology. Prisons. Corrections.
9915.5	New Zealand

Other classifications containing Sociology material Note that this is not a comprehensive list as you will find material of interest to Sociology in almost all classifications.
B	Philosophy. Religion
BL 60	Religion and sociology
BL 74-79	Religions of the world
BP 173.25 - 173.45	Islamic sociology
BF	Psychology
See Finding Psychology Books
DU	History of New Zealand
412	Description and travel
418	Social life and customs
GE	Environmental sciences
105	General works
170	Environmental policy
195-199	Environmentalism. Green movement
GF	Human ecology. Anthropogeography
21-49	General works
51	Environmental influences on humans
75	Human influences on the environment
125	Cities
GN	Anthropology
See Finding Anthropology Books
GV	Recreation. Leisure
561	Sports periodicals
706.5	Sports in relation to sociology
H	Social Sciences (General)
1-8	Serials
61-61.4	Theory. Method
62-62.5	Study and teaching. Research
HA	Statistics
29-32	Theory and method of social science statistics
HB	Economic theory. Demography
846-846.8	Welfare theory
848-3697	Demography. Population
HC	Economic history and conditions
59.7	Developing countries
79 .E5	Environmental policy and economic development
79 .P6	Poverty
HD	Industries. Land use. Labour
58.7 – 58.95	Organizational behaviour. Corporate culture
72 – 75.9	Economic development
6951 – 6957	Industrial sociology
HF	Commerce
5415.32	Consumer behaviour
HX	Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
J	Political Science
JA 76	Political sociology
JQ 5800- 5899	Constitutional history and administration – New Zealand
K	Law
KA 60	Sociology of law
KA 70 .S6	Law in relation to sociology
LC	Education
189-214.53	Educational sociology
ML	Music
3470	Popular music
NX	Arts
180 .S6	Arts in relation to society and culture
Q	Science
175.37-175.5	Sociology of science
RA	Public aspects of medicine
418-418.5	Medicine and society. Social medicine. Medical sociology
T	Technology
14.5	Social aspects