The Library has three floors and is located in the main Old Buildings Quad of Hertford College, next to the Chapel.
The Library's classification scheme is unique! Books are grouped by academic subject area and can be browsed on the shelves.
Key subject areas
Shelfmark | Subject | Location |
---|---|---|
A | Music | Ground Floor |
AA | Archaeology & Anthropology | Ground Floor |
B 1-99 | Philosophy | Ground Floor |
B 100-200 | Psychology | Upstairs Reading Room |
C | Art | Basement |
D 10-12 | Sociology | Basement |
D 13-14 | Education | Basement |
D 15-22 | Politics & International Relations | Basement |
D 30-39 | Economics | Basement |
D 40-49 | Management & Accounting | Ground Floor |
E 5-25 | Maths | Upstairs Reading Room |
E 27-28 | General Science | Upstairs Reading Room |
E 30-60 | Physics | Upstairs Reading Room |
E 100-109 | Physiology and Pre-Clinical Medicine | Upstairs Reading Room |
E 110-145 | Biology and Biochemistry | Upstairs Reading Room |
E 150-205 | Clinical Medicine | Upstairs Reading Room |
F & G | Greek and Latin | Basement |
H | Spanish | Upstairs Reading Room |
J | Ancient History | Basement |
L | Law | Ground Floor |
M | English Language & Literature | Ground Floor |
N 1-4 | Linguistics | Upstairs Reading Room |
N 5-9 | Comparative Literature | Upstairs Reading Room |
N 10-14 | French | Upstairs Reading Room |
N 20-30 | German | Upstairs Reading Room |
N 31-40 | Italian | Upstairs Reading Room |
N 49-59 | Slavonic Languages | Basement |
N 70-79 | Portuguese | Upstairs Reading Room |
O | British History | Basement |
P | Non-British History | Basement |
Q | Oriental Languages and Literature | Basement |
R | Geography | Basement |
S | Modern Greek | Upstairs Reading Room |
T | Theology | Basement |
W | Welsh | Basement (in stack, ask Librarian) |
XE 40-43 | Chemistry | Upstairs Reading Room |
XE 120-145 | Engineering | Ground Floor |
XE 128 | Computer Science | Ground Floor |
STUDY | Study Skills and Wellbeing | Ground Floor |