Books are arranged by subject according to the Library of Congress classification scheme. Explanatory leaflets are available from the Library Office.
A rough guide to the classification scheme is shown below.
Floor 1
General Works, Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries etc. A
Philosophy B - BD
Psychology BL - BX
Auxiliary sciences of History, Archaeology, Biography etc. C
History D – F
Floor 2
Geography / Anthropology / Recreation G
Social Sciences / Economics / Sociology H
Political Science J
Law K
Education L
Music M
Fine Arts N
Language and Literature P1 - PR1118
Philology and Linguistics P
Classical Languages & Literature PA
Modern European Languages PB - PH
Oriental Languages & Literatures PJ - PK
Languages & Literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa,Oceania PL
Literature PN
Romance Literatures PQ
Floor 3
Language and Literature cont. PR - PZ
English Literature PR
American Literature PS
Germanic Literatures PT
Science Q
Mathematics QA
Astronomy / Physics QB - QC
Chemistry QD
Geology QE
Natural History / Biology QH
Botany QK
Zoology QL
Human anatomy QM
Physiology QP
Microbiology QR
Medicine R
Agriculture S
Technology T
Military & Naval science U - V
Library science Z