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.
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.
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.
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.
Call Number Range | Subject Coverage |
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A. General Works | |
B. Philosophy, Psychology, Religion | |
B | Philosophy (General) |
B121 - B162.7 | Philosophy (Orient) |
B135 - B138 | Japanese philosophy (古代,中世) |
B5240 - B5244 | Japanese philosophy (近世,現代) |
BF | Psychology |
BH - BJ | Aesthetics, ethics, and etiquette |
BL1 - BL65 | Religion (general) |
BL1843 | Japanese Confucianism (儒教) |
BL2195 - BL2228 | Religion in Japan |
BL2216 - BL2227.8 | Shinto (神道) ; Japanese folk religion |
BQ | Buddhism (仏教) |
BQ226 | Buddhism -- Antiquities. Archaeology |
BR1300 - BR1317 | Christianity in Japan (キリスト教) |
C. Auxiliary Sciences of History (General) | |
CB | Civilization |
CC | Archaeology |
CR57.J3* | Heraldry, crests (家紋) |
CR6090.A2 - CR6090.Z | Bushido(武士道) |
CS | Genealogy (家系図) |
D. History | |
D | History (general) |
D762.2 - | World War II |
DS801 - 899 | Japanese 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 - 899 | Local 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 - GC | Geography (general), atlases, maps |
GE | Environmental sciences |
GN | Anthropology |
GR339 - GR341.A-Z | Folklore -- Japan |
GR - GT | Folklore, manners and customs (general) |
GT1560 | Costume, dress, fashion -- Japan |
GT2853.J3* | Eating and drinking customs -- Japan |
GT2910 - GT2916 | Japanese tea ceremony |
GV1695 | Japanese dance |
H. Social Sciences | |
H, HA | General, Statistics |
HB | Economic theory |
HC461 - HC465 | Japan -- Economic history and conditions |
HD70.J3* | Industrial management -- Japan |
HE | Transportation |
HF3821 - HF3830 | Japan -- Commerce, business |
HG187.j3* | Finance -- Japan |
HJ1391 - HJ1400 | Finance, public -- Japan |
HM22.j3* | Sociology -- Japan |
HN721 - HN730 | Japan -- social conditions, social problems |
HQ681 - HQ682 | Family, marriage -- Japan |
HQ1064 .J3* | Aged -- Japan |
HQ1761 - HQ1762 | Women, Feminism -- Japan |
HS - HT | Societies, communities, classes, etc. |
HV | Social welfare, social security, social work |
HV7111 - HV7115 | Criminology, Crime -- Japan |
HX411 - HX415 | Socialism, Communism, Anarchism -- Japan |
HX947 - HX947.Z7 | Utopias, The ideal state, Anarchism -- Japan |
J. Political science | |
J674.C2 - J674.T3 | General legislative and executive papers -- Japan |
JA - JC | Political science (general) and political theory |
JF1358.J3* | Public administration -- Japan |
JQ1600 - JQ1699 | Japan -- Politics and government |
JS7371 - JS7358 | Local government -- Japan |
JX1577 - JX1577.5 | Japan -- Foreign relations |
JX1851 - JX1852.Z9 | Diplomacy -- Japan |
K. Law | |
KNX0 - KNX4999 | Law -- Japan |
KNX2070 - | Constitutional law -- Japan (憲法) |
KNX2201 - KNX2219.3 | Japan under Allied Occupation, 1945-1952 |
KNY10 - KNY220 | Law -- (major) Japanese Cities |
KNY220.A-Z | Law -- Other Japanese Cities |
L. Education | |
LA1310 - LA1319 | History of education -- Japan |
LC94 .J3* | Education and state -- Japan |
LG240 - LG277 | Individual Institutions -- Japan |
127 | Textbooks -- Japan -- History |
M. Music | |
M1812 - | Folk Music -- Japan |
M1813 - M1813.2 | Popular Music -- Japan |
N. Fine Arts | |
N7350 - N7359.6 | Visual arts -- Japan |
N7353.6.U35 | Ukiyoe (浮世絵) |
NA1550 - NA1559.6 | Architecture -- Japan |
NB1055 - NB1059.6 | Sculpture, Japanese |
NC - NK | Drawing, design, illustration |
ND1457.J3* ND1457.J37 | Calligraphy, Japanese (書道) |
NE | Print media, Printmaking and engraving |
NE1310 - NE1326.5 | Japanese colored wood engravings. Ukiyoe prints |
NK | Decorative arts. Applied arts |
NX | Arts in general |
P. Language and Literature | |
P | Philology, Linguistics (general) |
PL501 - PL699 | Japanese language and linguistics |
PL700 - PL899 | Japanese literature |
PL700 - | History and criticism (general) |
PL726 - | History and criticism (by period) |
PL728 - | Poetry |
PL732.R4* | Renga (連歌) |
PL734 - | Drama |
PL740 - | Prose |
PL746.5 | Rakugo |
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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 - PL777 | Prose, Fiction -- Japan |
PL771 - 771.83 | Diaries, Travel |
PL772 - PL772.88 | Essays / Zuihitsu (隋筆) |
PL772.89 - PL772.988 | Kanbun |
PL773 - 773.83 | Letters |
PL774 | Romance |
PL775 | Short Stories |
PL776 - PL776.883 | Wit and Humor, Satire |
PL780 - PL783 | Translations |
PL784 - PL866 | Individual authors and works |
PL787 - | Heian period, 794-1185 (平安) |
PL788.4 | Murasaki 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 - 899 | Heisei (平成), 1989- |
PN - | Literary history, theory (general) |
PN1978 .J3* | Bunraku (文楽) |
PN1993.5.J3* | Japanese film (映画) |
PN2920 - PN2928 | Performing arts, theatre -- Japan (演劇, 芸能, 歌舞伎, 能) |
PN2927 - PN2928 | Biography |
PN6065.J3* | Collections of Literature -- Japanese |
PN6790.J3* | Collections of Comics -- Japanese |
PZ49.2 - PZ49.8 | Belles 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-Z | Railroad engineering and operation -- Japan |
TX724.5.J3* | Cooking, Japan |
U. Military Science | |
U821.J3* | History of Arms and Armor -- Japan |
UA 845 - 849 | Japan -- General military situation, policy, defence, etc. |
V. Naval Science | |
Z. Library Science | |
Z4 - Z1000 | Books (general), Palaeography, Publishing, Libraries, etc. |
Z 1001 - | Bibliography (general) |
Z 3001 - | Bibliography (Asia) |
Z 3301 - 3319 | Bibliography (Japan) |
Z 5051 - 7999 | Subject bibliography |
Z 8001 - 8999 | Personal bibliography |
Floating Headings | |
Japan -- Social life and customs | |
Japan -- Civilization |