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Humanities: Quick Guide

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Follow these classification numbers on the shelves to find information on:

The following table lists the call number of books of various Humanities categories in the Library. The books are mainly housed on the second floor of the University Library (see right map). For audio-visual materials, they could be found in Learning Garden.

Please note: the table only lists out the major scope of particular categories. Other related books and e-books subscribed by the Library need to be located via the LibrarySearch.


Anthropology GN1 - 890
History C1 - F3799
     History of Civilization CB3 - 482
        America E1 - F3799
        Asia DS1 - 937
          China DS701 - 796
          Hong Kong DS796.H7 - .H795
        Europe DA1 - DR2285
        Oceania (South Seas) DU1 - 950
Fine Arts N1 -NX 820
     Arts in general NX1 - 820
     Decorative arts NK1 - 9990
     Drawing. Design. Illustration NC1 - 1940
     Painting ND25 - 3416
     Print media NE1 - 3002
     Sculpture NB1 - 1952
     Visual arts N1 - 9211
Languages and Literature P1 - PZ90
     Linguistics P101 - 410
     Language  
        Chinese PL1001 - 1960
        English PE1 - 3729
        Japanese PL501 - 699
        Korean PL901 - 949
     Literature  
        Chinese Literature PL2250 - 3208
        English Literature PR1 - 9680
        Japanese Literature PL700 - 889
        Korean Literature PL950 - 998
Music M1 - 5000
     Literature on music ML1 - 3930
     Musical instruction and study MT1 - 960
Philosophy B1 - 5802
     General B69 - 99
     Ancient B108 - 708
     Medieval B720 - 765
     Renaissance B770 - 785
     Modern B790 - 5802
Religious Studies BL1 - BX9999
     Buddhism BQ1 - 9800
     Christianity BR1 - 1725
     Islam BP1 - 253
     Judaism BM1 - 990
Translating  
     Chinese language – Translating PL1277
     English language PE1498 - 1499
     English language translating into Chinese PE1498.2 .C55
     Translating and interpreting P306 - 310; PN241

Location Map

Books on Humanities are mainly housed on the second floor of the University Library

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