Stereotypes - ENGL 100S - Blake: Find Books

To browse the library shelves for Sociology and Social Issues books, go to:

HM
Sociology (General)

HS
Societies

HN
Social History & Conditions, Problems

HT
Communities, Classes, Races

HQ
The Family, Marriage, Women

HV
Social Pathology

Ever wonder how books are shelved?

In this library we use The Library of Congress Classification System to organize books on the shelves. The LC SYSTEM organizes material in libraries according to twenty-one branches of knowledge called classes. The system uses letters to represent the twenty-one broad branches of knowledge. The letters I, O, W, X AND Y are not used.

 The twenty-one classes are:

A – GENERAL WORKS

B – PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION

C – AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY

D – HISTORY: GENERAL & OUTSIDE THE AMERICAS

E – HISTORY: UNITED STATES

F – HISTORY: UNITED STATES LOCAL & AMERICAS

G – GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION

H – SOCIAL SCIENCE

J – POLITICAL SCIENCE

K – LAW

L – EDUCATION

M – MUSIC & BOOKS ON MUSIC

N – FINE ARTS

P – LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Q – SCIENCE

R – MEDICINE

S – AGRICULTURE

T – TECHNOLOGY

U – MILITARY SCIENCE

V – NAVAL SCIENCE

Z – BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARY SCIENCE & INFORMATION RESOURCES

These twenty-one broad subject areas are further divided into more specific subject areas by adding one or two additional letters as well as some numbers. For a more detailed breakdown of any subject, go to the Library of Congress web page. 

So, How Do I Find a Book on the Shelf?

Try this exercise, which was put together by the librarians at Kent State University, to see if you have figured out the Library of Congress system!

Finding Books on Your Topic 

Once you have chosen a topic and done your background research you will be ready to conduct more comprehensive research using books.

Use the Library Catalog to find books. Books can provide a broad overview of a topic or in-depth information. You can search for books by author, title, subject, or keyword. 

Use the following terms to search by SUBJECT or KEYWORD for books on your topic:

• Social problems
• Social movements
• Social psychology
• Social conditions

or search for a specific social issue:

• poverty
• homelessness
• hunger
• AIDS
• healthcare
• population
• education
• welfare
• unemployment
• gender equity
• global warming
• racial profiling

 

Here are few E-books available electronically on a few important social issues.

Please note! This list is by no means conclusive. There are MANY more social issues and the library has books on most.

Here are few books available in the library on a few important social issues.

Please note! This list is by no means conclusive. There are MANY more social issues and the library has books on most.