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History research guide
Last update: Nov 23rd, 2009 URL: http://guides.lib.washington.edu/history  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Browsing History Books

The UW Libraries arranges books by Library of Congress call numbers. Though history is covered in every discipline (e.g., women's history may be located in the women's studies call numbers while the medical history may be in the medicine call numbers), the major sections for history are listed below.

D General history, historiography Suz 4
DA Great Britain, Ireland Suz 4
DB Austria, Hungary, Czech Suz 4
DC France Suz 4
DD Germany Suz 4
DE Greco-Roman World Suz 4
DF Greece Suz 4
DG Italy Suz 4
DJ Netherlands Suz 4
DJK Eastern Europe Suz 4
DK Russia Suz 4
DL Scandinavia Suz 4
DP Spain & Portugal Suz 4
DQ Switzerland Suz 4
DR Balkans Suz 4
DS Asia Suz 3
DT Africa Suz 3
DU Oceana Suz 3
E United States Suz 3
F US States, Canada, Latin America Suz 3

For a more specific breakdown of the call numbers see the Library of Congress Classification Online.

 
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