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How to find books on the shelves: Finding books at Exeter

A step by step guide to finding a book on the library shelves

Finding books at the Forum, Exeter Campus

The Forum Library, Exeter Campus has 3 floors.

Once you have found the classmark of the book you want, you'll need to find out which floor it is on.

Books with these classmarks are located on the Orange Floor Level -1

001 – 099             Computing & Information Sciences

100 – 199             Philosophy

200 – 299             Theology

300 – 309             Sociology & Anthropology

320 – 329             Politics

330 – 339             Economics

340 -349               Law

350 – 359             Public Administration

360 – 369             Social Services

370 – 379             Education

380 – 389             Trade, Communications & Transport

390 – 399             Customs & Folklore

Books with these classmarks are located on the Yellow Floor Level 0

400 – 499             Linguistics

500 – 529             Natural Science

510 – 519             Mathematics & Statistics

520 – 529             Astronomy

530 – 539             Physics

540 – 549             Chemistry

550 – 559             Earth Sciences

560 – 569             Palaeontology

570 – 579             Biology

580 – 589             Botanical Sciences

590 – 599             Zoological Sciences

600 – 699             Technology

610 – 619             Medical Science

620 – 629             Engineering

630 – 649             Agriculture & Household Management

650 – 659             Accounting, Business & Management

660 – 699             Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing & Construction

700 – 779             Arts

780 – 789             Music

790 – 790.9          Performing Arts

791 – 791.9          Film & Television

792 – 792.2          Theatre

793 – 799             Recreational Arts

800 – 809             General Literature

810 – 819             American Literature

820 – 829             English Literature

Books with these classmarks are located on the Green Floor Level 1

830 – 838             German Literature

840 – 849             French Literature

850 – 859             Italian Literature

860 – 869             Spanish Literature

870 – 879             Latin Literature

880 – 889             Greek Literature

890 – 899             Russian, Middle Eastern and other World Literature

900 - 909              General History

910 – 919             Geography & Archaeology

920 – 929             Biography & Genealogy

930 – 939             Ancient History

940 – 949             European History

950 – 959             Asian History

960 – 969             African History

970 – 989             American History

990 – 999             Other World History

Finding books at St Luke's Library (Haighton), Exeter Campus

St Lukes Library, Exeter Campus has 3 floors.

Once you have found the classmark of the book you want, you'll need to find out which floor it is on.

Books with these classmarks are located on the Ground Floor

001 – 009             Computing & information sciences

100 – 199             Philosophy & Psychology

200 – 299             Religion & Theology

300 – 399             Social Sciences & Education

400 - 499              Languages & Linguistics

000 - 999             Journals

000 - 999             Pamphlets

Books with these classmarks are located on the Ground Floor

500 – 529             Science & Mathematics

510 – 599             Mathematics & statistics

600 – 699             Medicine & Technology

700 – 799             Arts, Music & Recreation

800 – 899             Literature

900 - 999              History & Geography

Finding books at the Old Library, Exeter Campus

The Old Library, Exeter Campus has 2 floors.

Once you have found the classmark of the book you want, you'll need to find out which floor it is on.

Books with these classmarks are located on Level -1

001 - 999     American Music

000 - 999     Arab World Documentation Unit (AWDU)

000 - 999     Brooks

000 - 999     Davis

870 - 899     Literature

900 - 999     History & Geography

000 - 999     Extra Oversize (Atlases, music scores and art folios)

                    House of Commons journals

Books with these classmarks are located on Level -2

000 - 999     Bibliographies

000 - 999     Ghana

000 - 099     Computer Science

100 - 199     Philosophy & Psychology

200 - 299     Religion & Theology

300 - 399     Social Sciences & Education

400 - 499     Languages & Linguistics

500 - 599     Science & Mathematics

600 - 699     Medicine & Technology

700 - 799     Arts, Music & Recreation

800 - 899     Literature

900 - 999     History

000 - 999     Journals

K - KZ          Law Old Editions

                    Microfilm & Microfiche

                    Parliamentary publications

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