Locating materials by Library of Congress Classification.

Arthur Lakes Library has 3 main and 2 mezzanine floors.  By floor, here is where you will find things in the Library:

First Floor (1)
· Government Publications Reference room
· Government Publications stacks (shelved by Superintendent of Documents number)
· Map Room (shelved by Library of Congress number)
· Wood Mining History Archive (by appointment only)
· Tell Ertl Oil Shale Repository ( see Reference)
· Collection Management and Preservation (see Preservation for thesis submission)
Microfiche/film reader/printer available in the Government Publications and Reference room
Restrooms and water fountain located on both east and west sides
Library workstations available in the Government Publications Reference room and Map room

First Mezzanine (1M)
· Journals (alphabetical by title: "Journal of. . ." - Z --these materials do not circulate)
· Newspapers (alphabetical by title)

Second Floor (2) -- main entrance
· Circulation desk (check in/out services, reserves, and CSM theses)
· Reference room (see Reference desk for hours)
· Boettcher room (Book Stacks Call numbers A - HD68)
· Browsing room (latest issues of selected current periodicals--these materials do not circulate)
· CSM Thesis collection (located at Circulation desk--request by thesis number obtained from Catalyst)
· Journals (alphabetical by title: A - J --these materials do not circulate)
· Computer area (CSM Computing Center PCs located on north side)
Library workstations available in Reference room and Boettcher room
Microfiche/film reader/printers available on north side in computer area
Restrooms and water fountain located on west side
Soda vending machines and public phone located in southwest corner

Second Mezzanine (2M)
· Books (Call numbers QD180 - Z)

Third Floor (3)
· Books (Call numbers HD69 -QD179 and all Oversize books)
· Information Center for Ropeway Studies (wire rope publications--these materials do not circulate. See Circulation desk for access)
· Administrative office (located on east side)

Listed below are the letters and titles of the classes of the Library of Congress Classification used in Arthur Lakes Library. Click on any class to view a breakdown of its subclasses. Search the Library Catalog at http://catalyst.coalliance.org to find exact call numbers for books or journals.

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LC Classes in the Library
A -- GENERAL WORKS (2nd floor)
B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION (2nd floor)
C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY (2nd floor)
D -- HISTORY: GENERAL AND OLD WORLD (2nd floor)
E -- HISTORY: AMERICA (2nd floor)
F -- HISTORY: AMERICA (2nd floor)
G -- GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION (2nd floor)
H -- SOCIAL SCIENCES (2nd floor/3rd floor)
J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE (3rd floor)
K -- LAW (3rd floor)
L -- EDUCATION (3rd floor)
M -- BOOKS ON MUSIC (3rd floor)
N -- FINE ARTS (3rd floor)
P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (3rd floor)
Q -- SCIENCE (3rd floor/2M)
R -- MEDICINE (2M)
S -- AGRICULTURE (2M)
T -- TECHNOLOGY (2M)
U -- MILITARY SCIENCE (2M)
V -- NAVAL SCIENCE (2M)
Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL) (2M)

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A - GENERAL WORKS
AC1-999 Collections.  Series.  Collected works
AE1-(90) Encyclopedias
AG2-600 Dictionaries and other general reference works
AI1-21 Indexes
AM1-(501) Museums.  Collectors and collecting
AN Newspapers
AP1-(271) Periodicals
AS1-945 Academies and learned societies
AY10-2001 Yearbooks.  Almanacs.  Directories
AZ(20)-999 History of scholarship and learning.  The humanities

Classes / Top
B - PHILOSOPHY.  PSYCHOLOGY.  RELIGION
B1-5802 Philosophy (General)
BC1-199 Logic
BD10-701 Speculative philosophy
BF1-990 Psychology
BF1001-1389 Parapsychology
BF1404-1999 Occult sciences
BH1-301 Aesthetics
BJ1-1725 Ethics
BJ1801-2195 Social usages.  Etiquette
BL1-2790 Religions.  Mythology.  Rationalism
BM1-990 Judaism
BP1-610 Islam.  Bahaism.  Theosophy, etc.
BQ1-9800 Buddhism
BR1-1725 Christianity
BS1-2970 The Bible
BT10-1480 Doctrinal Theology
BV1-5099 Practical Theology
BX1-9999 Christian Denominations

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C - AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
C1-51 Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)
CB3-482 History of Civilization
CC1-960 Archaeology
CD1-6471 Diplomatics.  Archives.  Seals
CE1-97 Technical Chronology.  Calendar
CJ1-6661 Numismatics
CN1-1355 Inscriptions.  Epigraphy
CR1-6305 Heraldry
CS1-3090 Genealogy
CT21-9999 Biography

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D - HISTORY:  GENERAL AND OLD WORLD
D1-2009 History (General)
DA1-995 History of Great Britain
DAW1001-1051 History of Central Europe
DB1-3150 History of Austria.  Liechtenstein.  Hungary.  Czechoslovakia
DC1-947 History of France
DD1-(905) History of Germany
DE1-100 History of the Greco-Roman world
DF10-951 History of Greece
DG11-999 History of Italy
DH1-925 History of Low Countries.  Benelux Countries
DJ1-(500) History of Netherlands (Holland)
DJK1-77 History of Eastern Europe (General)
DK1-949.5 History of Russia.  Soviet Union.  Former Soviet Republics
DK4010-4800 History of Poland
DL1-1180 History of Northern Europe.  Scandinavia
DP1-402 History of Spain
DP501-(900.22) History of Portugal
DQ1-851 History of Switzerland
DR1-2285 History of Balkan Peninsula
DS1-937 History of Asia
DT1-3415 History of Africa
DU1-950 History of Oceania (South Seas)
DX101-301 History of Gypsies

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E-F - HISTORY:  AMERICA
E11-143 America
E151-889 United States

F1-975 United States local history
F1-15  New England
F106  Atlantic coast.  Middle Atlantic States
F206-220  The South.  South Atlantic States
F296-301  Gulf States.  West Florida
F396  Old Southwest.  Lower Mississippi Valley
F476-485  Old Northwest.  Northwest Territory
F590.3-596.3  The West.  Trans-Mississippi Region.  Great Plains
F721-722  Rocky Mountains.  Yellowstone National Park
F786-790  New Southwest.  Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley
F850.5-851.5  Pacific States
F1001-1145.2 British America
F1170 French America
F1201-3799 Latin America.  Spanish America

Classes / Top
G - GEOGRAPHY.  ANTHROPOLOGY.  RECREATION
G - GE in Science
GF1-900 Human ecology.  Anthropogeography
GN1-890 Anthropology
GR1-950 Folklore
GT1-7070 Manners and customs (General)
GV1-1860 Recreation.  Leisure

Classes / Top
H - SOCIAL SCIENCES
H1-99 Social sciences (general)
HA1 - HA35 Statistics
HA36-4737 Statistics
HB1-3840 Economic theory.  Demography
HC10-1085 Economic history and conditions
HD28-9999 Industries.  Land use.  Labor
HE1-9990 Transportation and communications
HF1-6182 Commerce
HG1-9999 Finance
HJ9-(9995) Public finance
HM401-1281 Sociology (general)
HN1-991 Social history and conditions.  Social problems.  Social reform
HQ1-2039 The family. Marriage. Woman
HS1-3371 Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
HT51-1595 Communities.  Classes.  Races
HV1-9960 Social pathology.  Social and public welfare.  Criminology
HX1-970.7 Socialism.  Communism.  Anarchism

Classes / Top
J - POLITICAL SCIENCE
J(1)-981 General legislative and executive papers
JA1-92 Political science (General)
JC11-(607) Political theory
JF-JQ Political institutions and public administration
JS(3)-8500 Local government.  Municipal government
JV1-9480 Colonies and colonization.  Emigration and immigration.  International migration
JX (obsolete)
JZ(2)-6530 International relations

Classes / Top
K - LAW
K1-7720 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
KBR2-4090 History of canon law
KBU2-4820 Law of the Roman Catholic Church.  The Holy See
KD Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland
KDZ1-4999 America.  North America
KE Law of Canada
KF Law of the United States
KG1-999 Latin America (General)
KG3001-3999 Mexico and Central America (General)
KH1-999 South America (General)
KJ Europe
KL - KW Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica
KZ2-6785 Law of nations
KZA1002-(4205) Law of the sea
KZD1002-6715 Space law.  Law of outer space

Classes / Top
L - EDUCATION
L7-991 Education (General)
LA5-2396 History of education
LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education
LC8-6691 Special aspects of education
LD - LG Individual institutions
LH1-9 College and school magazines and papers
LJ3-165 Student fraternities and societies, United States
LT6-(1001) Textbooks

Classes / Top
M - MUSIC
M1-5000 Music
ML1-3930 Literature on music
MT1-960 Musical instruction and study

Classes / Top
N - FINE ARTS
N1-(9211) Visual arts
NA1-9428 Architecture
NB1-1952 Sculpture
NC1-1940 Drawing.  Design.  Illustration
ND25-3416 Painting
NE1-3002 Print media
NK1-(9990) Decorative arts
NX1-820 Arts in general

Classes / Top
P - LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
P1-1091 Philology.  Linguistics
PA1-199 Classical philology
PB1-3029 Modern languages.  Celtic languages
PC1-5498 Romanic
PD1-(7159) Germanic
PE1-3729 English
PF1-5999 West Germanic
PG1-9665 Slavic.  Baltic.  Albanian
PH1-5490 Uralic.  Basque
PJ1-(9500) Oriental philology and literature
PK1-(9601) Indo-Iranian philology and literature
PL1-8844 Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PM1-9021 Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages
PN1-6790 Literature (General)
PQ1-3999 French literature
PR1-9680 English literature
PS1-3576 American literature
PT1-4897 German literature
PZ(1)-90 Fiction and juvenile belles lettres

Classes / Top
Q - SCIENCE
Q1-390 Science (General)
QA1-939 Mathematics
QB1-991 Astronomy
QC1-999 Physics
QD1-999 Chemistry
QE1-996.5 Geology
QH1-278.5 Natural history (General)
QK1-989 Botany
QL1-991 Zoology
QM1-695 Human anatomy
QP1-(981) Physiology
QR1-502 Microbiology

Classes / Top
R - MEDICINE
R5-920 Medicine (General)
RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine
RB1-214 Pathology
RC31-1245 Internal medicine
RD1-811 Surgery
RE1-994 Ophthalmology
RF1-547 Otorhinolaryngology
RG1-991 Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ1-570 Pediatrics
RK1-715 Dentistry
RL1-803 Dermatology
RM1-950 Therapeutics.  Pharmacology
RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
RT1-120 Nursing
RV1-431 Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
RX1-681 Homeopathy
RZ201-999 Other systems of medicine

Classes / Top
S - AGRICULTURE
S1-(972) Agriculture (General)
SB1-1110 Plant culture
SD1-669.5 Forestry
SF1-1100 Animal culture
SH1-691 Aquaculture.  Fisheries.  Angling
SK1-664 Hunting sports

Classes / Top
T - TECHNOLOGY
T1-995 Technology (General)
TA1-2040 Engineering (General).  Civil engineering (General)
TC1-978 Hydraulic engineering
TD1-1066 Environmental technology.  Sanitary engineering
TE1-450 Highway engineering
TF1-1620 Railroad engineering
TG1-470 Bridge engineering
TH1-9745 Building construction
TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery
TK1-9971 Electrical engineering.  Electronics.  Nuclear engineering
TL1-4050 Motor vehicles.  Aeronautics.  Astronautics
TP1-1185 Chemical technology
TP787-TP808 Ceramics
TR1-1050 Photography
TS1-2301 Manufactures
TT1-999 Handicrafts
TX1-1110 Home economics

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U - MILITARY SCIENCE
U1-900 Military science (General)
UA10-997  Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation
UB1-900 Military administration
UC10-780 Maintenance and transportation
UD1-495 Infantry
UE1-500 Cavalry.  Armor
UF1-910 Artillery
UG1-620 Military engineering
UH20-910 Other services

Classes / Top
V - NAVAL SCIENCE
V1-995 Naval science (General)
VA10-750 Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation
VB15-(955) Naval administration
VC10-580 Naval maintenance
VD7-430 Naval seamen
VE7-500 Marines
VF1-580 Naval ordnance
VG20-2029 Minor services of navies
VK1-1661 Navigation.  Merchant marine
VM1-989 Naval architecture.  Shipbuilding.  Marine engineering

Classes / Top
Z - BIBLIOGRAPHY.  LIBRARY SCIENCE.
INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)
Z4-115.5 Books (General).  Writing.  Paleography
Z116-659 Book industries and trade
Z662-1000.5 Libraries
Z1001-8999 Bibliography
ZA3040-5185  Information resources (General)
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