History: World Subject Guide
Call Numbers
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Because of the encompassing nature of the discipline of history, call numbers for subfields in the history of the world may vary widely. Below are some broad subject areas of the Library of Congress's classification scheme. You may use these numbers to browse the stacks for books in the field of world history.
C Classification: Auxiliary Sciences of History
(General Stacks, 3rd Floor, Waldo Library)
CB: History of civilizaton and culture
CC: Archeaology (General)
CD: Diplomatics; archives; seals
CE: Chronology
CJ: Numismatics
CN: Epigraphy
CR: Heraldry
CS: Genealogy
CT: Biography (General)
D Classification: History - General & Eastern Hemisphere
(General Stacks , 2nd Floor, Waldo Library, except as noted)
D: General History (General Stacks, 3rd floor, Waldo Library)
DA: Great Britain
DB: Austria; Hungary; Czech Republic
DC: France; Monaco
DD: Germany
DE: Mediterranean region; Greco-Roman world
DF: Greece
DG: Italy
DH: Belgium; Luxembourg
DJ: Netherlands
DK: Russia
DL: Northern Europe; Scandinavia
DP: Spain; Portugal
DQ: Switzerland
DR: Eastern Europe; Turkey
DS: Asia
DT: Africa
DU: Australia; New Zealand; Polynesia; South Seas
DX: Gypsies