Civil Liberties: Find Books

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 them. 

Here are some terms you can use to search for books on Civil Liberties issues and topics. Remember this list is by no means conclusive. There are many more subject headings related to Civil Liberties in the catalog.

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

• Civil liberties
• Civil liberties - United States
• Human Rights
• Bill of Rights
• Privacy, Right of 
• Freedom of Speech

To locate ebooks, refine search results by Availability and select Available Online.

Further, refine the results by Resource Type and select Books.

Here are few E-books which may be helpful:

 

Here are a few books available in the library which may be helpful in your research: