Edwin H. Mookini Library

 

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Like most academic libraries, Mookini Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System (LC) to arrange books in subject order. Most public and school libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification System

LC call numbers consist of three parts:

  • class
  • subclass
  • item-specific number
The following list presents the main classes used in Mookini Library. Exact call numbers for materials available in UH libraries can be found using Voyager, the library's online catalog.
Call Number Subject Area Floor
A General Works Main

B-BD Philosophy Main
BF Psychology Main
BH-BX Religion and Theology Main

C History of Civilization: Antiquities, Chronology, Heraldry, Geneology, Biography Main

D General History Main
DA History - Great Britain Main
DB History - Austria, Hungary, France Main
DC History - France Main
DD History - Germany Main
DE-DJ History - Greece, Italy, and Netherlands Main
DK History - Russia, Poland, and Finland Main
DL History - Scandinavia Main
DP History - Spain and Portugal Main
DQ-DR History - Switzerland, Turkey, and Balkans Main
DS History - Asia Main
DT History - Africa Main
DU History - Australia and Oceania Main

E 1-143 History - America (general) Main
E 151 - F 170 History - United States Main

F 1001-1140 History - Canada Main
F 1201-3799 History - Mexico, Latin and South America Main

G-GA Geography and Cartography Main
GB-GC Physical Geography and Oceanography Main
GE-GV Anthropology, Folklore, Customs, and Recreation Main

H-HA Social Sciences (general) and Statistics Lower
HB-HJ Economics, Transportation, Commerce and Finance Lower
HM-HX Sociology Lower

J Political Science Lower

K Law Lower

L Education Lower

M Music and Books on Music Lower

N Visual Arts: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Applied Arts Lower

P General Language and Literature Lower
PA Classical Language and Literature Lower
PB-PH Modern European Languages Lower
PJ-PL Oriental Language and Literature Lower
PM Hyperborean, American, and Artificial Languages Lower
PN Literary History Lower
PQ Romance Literature Lower
PR English Literature Lower
PS American Literature Lower
PT Teutonic Literature Lower
PZ Fiction and Juvenile Literature Lower

Q General Science Lower
QA Mathematics Lower
QB Astronomy Lower
QC Physics Lower
QD Chemistry Lower
QE Geology Lower
QH Natural History and Biology Lower
QK Botany Lower
QL Zoology Lower
QM Human Anatomy Lower
QP Physiology Lower
QR Microbiology Lower
QS-QZ Preclinical Sciences  Lower

R Medicine Lower

S Agriculture - Plant and Animal Industry Lower

T Technology and Engineering Lower

U Military Science Lower

V Naval Science Lower

W Medicine (National Library of Medicine Classification) Lower

Z 1-5051 Bibliography and Library Science Lower
Z 5052-7999 Subject Bibliography Lower
Z 8001-8999 Personal Bibliography Lower