The main print book sections for Media, Communication and Journalism in the Central Library are P 87-96, PN 1990-1992, and PN 4700-5600). 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 coursesm ay be 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):

• Classifications for Media, Communication, and Journalism (in the Central Library, unless otherwise noted)
   
• Communication. Mass Media: P 87-96
• General works: P 90
• By region or country: P 92-
• Content analysis: P 93
• Media ethics: P 94
• Social aspects of media (Sociology): HM 742-
• Mass media (Social history): HN 90
• Political communication: P 95.8
• Political communication (Political science): JA 85
• Technology: P 96 .T42
• Broadcasting: PN 1990- 
• Radio: PN 1991
• Television: PN 1992
• Journalism. The Periodical Press, etc.: PN 4700-
• Technique. Practical journalism: PN 4775-
• Journalism by country: PN 4840-
• Related classifications
• Advertising (Commerce): HF 5801-
• Broadcasting (Transportation and communications): HE 7551- (EPS Library)
• Common Law (Public) - Freedom of the press, etc.: KM 204-
• Common Law (Private) - Copyright, Media law, Internet, etc.: KN 112-

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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: