UW's Dana Porter Library houses books on history. Here is the alphabetical classification code for key areas of history and the floor where books in each area of history are kept. For a fuller listing of the classification used by the UW Library see the Library of Congress' webpage.
Area of History |
LC Class |
Floor |
|
History of civilizations - general |
CB |
6 |
Biographies |
CT |
6 |
History: general and old world |
D |
6 |
Great Britain |
DA |
6 |
Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary |
DB |
6 |
France |
DC |
6 |
Germany |
DD |
6 |
Mediterranean (Greco-Roman world) |
DE |
6 |
Eastern Europe |
DJK |
6 |
Russia, Poland, Finland |
DK |
6 |
Asia |
DS |
6 |
North America, United States specifically |
E |
7 |
Canada, Mexico, Latin America, West Indies, South America, some U.S. |
F |
7 |
Canada specifically |
FC |
7 |
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