Finding Anthropology Books
The Library uses the Library of Congress classification system for ordering the books on the shelves. GN is the designated classification for Anthropology. However, because Anthropologists study every aspect of society you will also find relevant material in other classifications.
Every item in the Library has a unique call number which can be found by using the Library Catalogue.
Books which are in high demand for particular courses are held on Restricted Loan. To see the list for your course, type the course code into the Course code search in the Library's Catalogue, eg anth102.
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Keywords searching using OR
If you are doing a Keywords search and using the OR connector between search words it is necessary to use capital letters
e.g. (globalisation OR globalization) migration
Note that if there is no connector between search words AND is assumed.
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These appear in the Keyword search results and the Full record displays, helping to easily identify formats. 
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Library of Congress Classifications for Anthropology
| GN | Anthropology Level 4 |
| 1-6 | Periodicals. Societies. Collected works. |
| 17 | History of anthropology |
| 21 | Biography |
| 24-29 | General Works |
| 33 | Philosophy |
| 49-298 | Physical anthropology |
| 281-289 | Human Evolution |
| 269-279 | Race (General) |
| 282-286 | Fossil man. Human paleontology |
| 296 | Medical anthropology |
| 301-674 | Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology |
| 357-367 | Culture and cultural processes |
| 378-395 | Collected ethnographies |
| 397-397.5 | Applied anthropology eg cultural traits, customs |
| 406-442 | Technology. Material culture |
| 448-450 | Economic organisation |
| 451-477.7 | Intellectual life |
| 478-491 | Social organisation |
| 492-495 | Political organisation |
| 495-498 | Societal groups, ethnocentrism, warfare etc |
| 502-517 | Psychological anthropology |
| 537-674 | Ethnic groups and races, by region or country |
| 700-890 | Prehistoric archaeology |
| GR | Folklore eg folktales, beliefs, symbols |
| GT | Manners and customs eg houses, costumes, festivals |
Related Areas of Study
Anthropologists study most aspects of life and you will find their work shelved throughout the classifications. Use the Library catalogue to locate this material.
To find these titles in the Library catalogue you could use a Keyword search. Type in your topic and combine it with these word(s).
| anthropology anthropological anthropologies anthropologist(s) |
anthropolog* will retrieve all of these |
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ethnography (ies) |
ethnograph* will retrieve all these |
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ethnology (ies) |
ethnolog* will retrieve all these |
| cross – cultural studies rites and ceremonies social life and customs social conditions |
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