The main sections for Media, Communication and Journalism in the Central Library are P 87-96, PN 1990-1992, and PN 4700-5600 (on Level 6). Reference books (dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.) on these subjects are intershelved with the other borrowable books.
Related classifications within the Central Library include HF, HM, HN; JA; and KN.
Outside the Central Library, books at HE (broadcasting) are located in the EPS Library or, for New Zealand/Pacific content, in the Macmillan Brown Library.
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. NB: E-books are searchable by title, keyword, etc., but not by call number.
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):
| P 87-96 | Communication. Mass Media |
| P 87 | Periodicals / Serials / Journals |
| P 87.5 | Dictionaries & encyclopedias |
| P 90 | General works |
| P 91 | General special |
| P 91.3 | Study and teaching. Research |
| P 92 | By region or country, A-Z |
| P 92 .N5 | New Zealand |
| P 92.5 | Biography |
| P 93- | Special aspects |
| P 93 | Content analysis |
| P 93.5 | Visual communication |
| P 94 | Influence. Moral, ethical or religious aspects |
| P 94.5 | Relation to special groups of people, A-Z |
| P 94.5 .W65 | Women |
| P 94.6 | Relation to culture. Intercultural communication |
| P 95 | Oral communication. Speech |
| P 95.8 | Political aspects. Policy |
| P 95.82 | By region or country, A-Z |
| P 96 | Other special aspects, A-Z |
| P 96 .I5 | International cooperation. International communication |
| P 96 .T42 | Technological innovations. Technology |
| P 96 .V5 | Violence in the media (general) |
| PN 1990- | Broadcasting |
| PN 1990.6 | By region or country, A-Z |
| PN 1990.72 | Biography, A-Z |
| PN 1991 | Radio broadcasts |
| PN 1991.3 | History, by region or country, A-Z |
| PN 1991.3 .N5 | New Zealand |
| PN 1991.5 | General works |
| PN 1992 | Television broadcasts |
| PN 1992.3 | History, by region or country, A-Z |
| PN 1992.3 .N5 | New Zealand |
| PN 1992.5 | General works |
| PN 1992.6- | Special topics |
| PN 1992.6 | Influence. Political, moral and religious aspects |
| PN 1992.75 | Production and direction |
| PN 1992.77 | Programs. Scripts |
| PN 1992.8 | Other special topics, A-Z |
| PN 1992.8 .V55 | Violence on television |
| PN 4700- | Journalism. The Periodical Press, etc. |
| PN 4700 | Periodicals / Serials / Journals |
| PN 4731 | General works. Theory, scope, influence, etc. |
| PN 4735 | Special relations |
| PN 4735 | Relation to the state. Government and the press. Liberty of the press |
| PN 4738- | United States |
| PN 4748 | Other regions or countries, A-Z |
| PN 4748 .N5 | New Zealand |
| PN 4749 | Relation to social questions |
| PN 4751 | Relation to politics |
| PN 4756 | Relation to ethics, religion, etc. |
| PN 4771 | Other relations |
| PN 4775- | Technique. Practical journalism |
| PN 4778 | The editor. Editing |
| PN 4781 | Reporting, correspondence, etc. |
| PN 4783 | Newspaper style |
| PN 4784 | Other, A-Z |
| PN 4784 .F6 | Foreign news |
| PN 4784 .T4 | Television |
| PN 4785- | Study and teaching |
| PN 4801- | History |
| PN 4840- | Journalism by country |
| PN 4840- | United States |
| PN 5111- | Great Britain. England |
| PN 5511- | Australia |
| PN 5591- | New Zealand |
| Related classifications | |
| HE | Transportation and communications (EPS Library) |
| HE 7551 | Electronic mail systems |
| HE 7568 | Information superhighway |
| HE 7601- | Telecommunication industry |
| HE 8689 | Broadcasting (general) |
| HE 8689.8 | United States |
| HE 8689.9 | Other countries |
| HE 8689.9 .N5 | New Zealand (Macmillan Brown Library) |
| HE 8690- | Radio broadcasting |
| HE 8698 | United States |
| HE 8699 | Other countries |
| HE 8699 .N5 | New Zealand (Macmillan Brown Library) |
| HE 8700 | Television broadcasting |
| HE 8700.76 | Political broadcasts. Television in politics |
| HE 8700.79 | Public television |
| HE 8700.8 | United States |
| HE 8700.9 | Other countries |
| HE 8700.9 .N5 | New Zealand (Macmillan Brown Library) |
| HF | Commerce |
| HF 5801-6182 | Advertising |
| HF 5808 | Media directories |
| HF 5813 | History, by region or country |
| HF 5813 .N5 | New Zealand |
| HF 5813 .U6 | United States |
| HF 5821 | Theory. Relation to other subjects |
| HF 5822 | Psychology |
| HF 5823 | General works |
| HF 5827- | Other aspects of advertising |
| HM | Sociology |
| HM 742-743 | Social groups - Online social networks. Social media |
| HM 846-851 | Social change - Information technology. Information society. Internet |
| HM 1013-1017 | Social psychology - Communication of information |
| HM 1166-1169 | Social psychology - Interpersonal communication. Online chat groups |
| HM 1206 | Social influence - Communication. Mass media |
| HM 1211 | Social influence - Intercultural communication |
| HM 1221 | Social influence - Public relations |
| HM 1231 | Social influence - Propaganda |
| HM 1236 | Social influence - Public opinion |
| HN | Social history and conditions |
| HN 90 .M3 | Social history - Mass media |
| JA | Political science |
| JA 85 | Communication in politics. Political communication |
| JA 85.2 | By country or region |
| KM | Common law - Public |
| KM 204 | Freedom of speech, freedom of expression |
| KM 207 | Freedom of the press. Media freedom |
| KM 209 .I6 | Freedom of information |
| KM 209 .P7 | Privacy |
| KN | Common law - Private |
| KN 112 | Copyright (general) |
| KN 112.3-112.5 | Copyright of broadcasts, films, musical recordings, etc. |
| KN 112.6-112.7 | Digital copyright, incl. Internet, computer software, etc. |
| KN 340 | Communications |
| KN 342 | Telecommunications, incl. e-mail |
| KN 343 | Media law |
| KN 344 | Broadcasting, entertainment, incl. radio, television, cinema |
| KN 345 | Publishing, incl. press/news media law |
| KN 345.2 | Journalism, press, newspapers |
| KN 347 | Computer law, information technology |
| KN 347.4 | Internet |
| KN 349 | Censorship |
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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., P 93 = Content analysis.
NB: To retrieve e-books along with print resources, use the Keyword catalogue indexes or Multisearch.
Thesis and Honours students are likely to have time to look beyond UC resources.
With this in mind some 'mega search' catalogues are listed below: