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Discover How Libraries Organize the Topics you're Interested in:

The University Libraries use a system called the Library of Congress Classification. Items in the library received their call number based on this system, which groups books about similar topics together. They are essentially addresses for materials on shelves, with no two items having the same address.

Why it's useful:

This is why all the books on Japanese literature can be found in the same place (The PL700s-800s). It is very granular, so that even books on, for example, renga (PL732.R4) all stay together.

It is used by nearly all academic Libraries in the U.S. and Canada. Which means that a book at our library and UC Berkeley will almost always have the same call number.

How you can use it:

If you are doing research on anime or manga, you may come across the book マンガ・アニメにみる日本文化. In the record you will notice a feature "Search Nearby Call Numbers" which will show a great deal more books dealing with the topic. It's like looking at a virtual shelf of books. You can also associate the call number PN6790.J3 with scholarly discourse on anime and manga. Apply this to any topic you are interested in.

Advanced Tricks:

You'll become familiar with call numbers that correspond with your research interests. You can take the call number in the example above and search some the largest Japanese Collections in country:

See PN6790.J3 books at: Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Ohio State, UCLA, etc.

Subject Areas and Call Number Ranges

Call Number RangeSubject Coverage
A. General Works
B. Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
BPhilosophy (General)
B121 - B162.7Philosophy (Orient)
B135 - B138Japanese philosophy (古代,中世)
B5240 - B5244Japanese philosophy (近世,現代)
BFPsychology
BH - BJAesthetics, ethics, and etiquette
BL1 - BL65Religion (general)
BL1843Japanese Confucianism (儒教)
BL2195 - BL2228Religion in Japan
BL2216 - BL2227.8Shinto (神道) ; Japanese folk religion
BQBuddhism (仏教)
BQ226Buddhism -- Antiquities. Archaeology
BR1300 - BR1317Christianity in Japan (キリスト教)
C. Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)
CBCivilization
CCArchaeology
CR57.J3*Heraldry, crests (家紋)
CR6090.A2 - CR6090.ZBushido(武士道)
CSGenealogy (家系図)
D. History
DHistory (general)
D762.2 -World War II
DS801 - 899Japanese history (general)
DS821 -Social life and customs, civilization
DS850 -Earliest to 710 (古代)
DS855.68 -Nara (奈良), 710-794
DS855.87 -Heian (平安), 794-1185
DS858 -Kamakura (鎌倉), 1185-1333
DS863.75 -Muromachi (室町), 1336-1573
DS869.4 -Azuchi-Momoyama (安土桃山), 1568-1603
DS870 -Tokugawa (徳川/江戸),1600-1868
DS881.98 -Meiji(明治), 1868-1912
DS885.8 -Taisho (大正), 1912-1926
DS888.15 -Showa (昭和), 1926-1989
DS891 -Heisei (平成), 1989-
DS894 - 899Local histories
E. and F. History: America and Canada
F 1035 .j3* ; FC 106 .j3*Japanese in Canada (日系カナダ人)
G. Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
G - GCGeography (general), atlases, maps
GEEnvironmental sciences
GNAnthropology
GR339 - GR341.A-ZFolklore -- Japan
GR - GTFolklore, manners and customs (general)
GT1560Costume, dress, fashion -- Japan
GT2853.J3*Eating and drinking customs -- Japan
GT2910 - GT2916Japanese tea ceremony
GV1695Japanese dance
H. Social Sciences
H, HAGeneral, Statistics
HBEconomic theory
HC461 - HC465Japan -- Economic history and conditions
HD70.J3*Industrial management -- Japan
HETransportation
HF3821 - HF3830Japan -- Commerce, business
HG187.j3*Finance -- Japan
HJ1391 - HJ1400Finance, public -- Japan
HM22.j3*Sociology -- Japan
HN721 - HN730Japan -- social conditions, social problems
HQ681 - HQ682Family, marriage -- Japan
HQ1064 .J3*Aged -- Japan
HQ1761 - HQ1762Women, Feminism -- Japan
HS - HTSocieties, communities, classes, etc.
HVSocial welfare, social security, social work
HV7111 - HV7115Criminology, Crime -- Japan
HX411 - HX415Socialism, Communism, Anarchism -- Japan
HX947 - HX947.Z7Utopias, The ideal state, Anarchism -- Japan
J. Political science
J674.C2 - J674.T3General legislative and executive papers -- Japan
JA - JCPolitical science (general) and political theory
JF1358.J3*Public administration -- Japan
JQ1600 - JQ1699Japan -- Politics and government
JS7371 - JS7358Local government -- Japan
JX1577 - JX1577.5Japan -- Foreign relations
JX1851 - JX1852.Z9Diplomacy -- Japan
K. Law
KNX0 - KNX4999Law -- Japan
KNX2070 -Constitutional law -- Japan (憲法)
KNX2201 - KNX2219.3Japan under Allied Occupation, 1945-1952
KNY10 - KNY220Law -- (major) Japanese Cities
KNY220.A-ZLaw -- Other Japanese Cities
L. Education
LA1310 - LA1319History of education -- Japan
LC94 .J3*Education and state -- Japan
LG240 - LG277Individual Institutions -- Japan
127Textbooks -- Japan -- History
M. Music
M1812 -Folk Music -- Japan
M1813 - M1813.2Popular Music -- Japan
N. Fine Arts
N7350 - N7359.6Visual arts -- Japan
N7353.6.U35Ukiyoe (浮世絵)
NA1550 - NA1559.6Architecture -- Japan
NB1055 - NB1059.6Sculpture, Japanese
NC - NKDrawing, design, illustration
ND1457.J3* ND1457.J37Calligraphy, Japanese (書道)
NEPrint media, Printmaking and engraving
NE1310 - NE1326.5Japanese colored wood engravings. Ukiyoe prints
NKDecorative arts. Applied arts
NXArts in general
P. Language and Literature
PPhilology, Linguistics (general)
PL501 - PL699Japanese language and linguistics
PL700 - PL899Japanese literature
PL700 -History and criticism (general)
PL726 -History and criticism (by period)
PL728 -Poetry
PL732.R4*Renga (連歌)
PL734 -Drama
PL740 -Prose
PL746.5Rakugo
---(Collections) :
PL757 -Waka (和歌)
PL758.15 -Manyoshu (万葉集)
PL758.22 -Kokin Wakashu (古今和歌集)
PL759 -Haiku (俳句)
PL764.7 - Comedy
PL765 -Nō, Yōkyoku, Utai (能, 謡曲, 謡)
PL766 -Kyōgen (狂言)
PL767 -Kabuki plays (歌舞伎)
PL770 - PL777Prose, Fiction -- Japan
PL771 - 771.83Diaries, Travel
PL772 - PL772.88Essays / Zuihitsu (隋筆)
PL772.89 - PL772.988Kanbun
PL773 - 773.83Letters
PL774Romance
PL775Short Stories
PL776 - PL776.883Wit and Humor, Satire
PL780 - PL783Translations
PL784 - PL866Individual authors and works
PL787 -Heian period, 794-1185 (平安)
PL788.4Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部) -- Genji Monogatari (源氏物語)
PL790 -Medieval period, 1185-1660 (中世)
PL793 -Edo period, 1600-1788 (江戸)
PL800 -Meiji-Taisho period, 1868-1926 (明治, 大正)
PL821 -Showa (pre-war) 昭和 (戦前), 1926-1945
PL844 -Showa (post-war) 昭和 (戦後), 1946-1989
PL866 - 899Heisei (平成), 1989-
PN -Literary history, theory (general)
PN1978 .J3*Bunraku (文楽)
PN1993.5.J3*Japanese film (映画)
PN2920 - PN2928Performing arts, theatre -- Japan (演劇, 芸能, 歌舞伎, 能)
PN2927 - PN2928Biography
PN6065.J3*Collections of Literature -- Japanese
PN6790.J3*Collections of Comics -- Japanese
PZ49.2 - PZ49.8Belles Lettres -- Japanese
Q. Science
R. Medicine
S. Agriculture
T. Technology
T173.5.J3*Technological change -- Japan
TD171.5.J3*Environmental protection -- Japan
TD187.5.J3*Environmental pollution -- Japan
TF105 - TF106.A-ZRailroad engineering and operation -- Japan
TX724.5.J3*Cooking, Japan
U. Military Science
U821.J3*History of Arms and Armor -- Japan
UA 845 - 849Japan -- General military situation, policy, defence, etc.
V. Naval Science
Z. Library Science
Z4 - Z1000Books (general), Palaeography, Publishing, Libraries, etc.
Z 1001 -Bibliography (general)
Z 3001 -Bibliography (Asia)
Z 3301 - 3319Bibliography (Japan)
Z 5051 - 7999Subject bibliography
Z 8001 - 8999Personal bibliography
Floating Headings
Japan -- Social life and customs
Japan -- Civilization