Shelf Marks Classification Scheme of the Central Library
Shelf mark LH
For books with the shelf mark "LH" or "Bestellt LH", please ask our staff at the reference desk in the Central Library.
Large sized books are marked with an "f" after the shelf mark and can be found on the second floor near the HB 30.
| Shelf mark | Subject | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 020/... - 842/... | Departmental Library of Mechanical Engineering (BMB) | Second floor left |
| 050/... - 7500/... | Departmental Library of Economics and Social Sciences (BW) | Second floor left |
| A | General, Book Studies and Library Science, Research and Science | Second floor left |
| B | Philosophy, Psychology, Education, Theology (from 1980 onwards subdivided into Ba, Be, Bg, Bk, Bt) | Second floor left |
| Ba | Philosophy | Second floor left |
| Be | Psychology | Second floor left |
| Bg | Education | Second floor left |
| Bk | Rehabilitation Sciences, Special Needs Education | Second floor left |
| Bt | Religious Studies and Theology | Second floor left |
| C | Linguistics and Literature studies | Second floor left |
| Cp | Journalism | Second floor left |
| D | History and Politics | Second floor left |
| Diss | Theses | Basement level 2 left |
| DissDo | Theses by students of TU Dortmund | Basement level 2 |
| E | Geography, Anthropology | Second floor right |
| EGM/EGZ | Collection of the German Association for Railway History (DGEG) | Please ask our staff at the reference desk on the ground floor. |
| F | Economics | Second floor right |
| Fn | Social Sciences | Second floor right |
| Fome A - GJ | Collection of the FOME Research Centre for East-Central Europe | Third floor right |
| Fome Kb | Collection of children's and juvenile books of the FOME Research Centre for East-Central Europe | Please ask our staff at the reference desk on the second floor right. |
| G | Law | Third floor right |
| HB | Reference collection | |
| Ja A - Ja Y | Collection of the former Ruhr College of Education, departmental library Hagen | Third floor right |
| Jb A - Jb V | Collection of juvenile books of the former Ruhr, College of Education | Please ask our staff at the reference desk on the second floor right. |
| Jc A - Jc C | Collection of the former Ruhr College of Education, main library | Third floor right |
| Jc D - Jc S, Jc OST | Collection of the former Ruhr College of Education, main library | Third floor left |
| Jd 000 - Jd 900 | Collection of the former Ruhr College of Education, lending department Kreuzstraße | Third floor left |
| Jf A, Jf B | Collection of the Women's Archive | Third floor left |
| Js GEX - Js SGX | Collection of the former Library of the Research Centre for the Political and Social History of Education | Third floor left |
| K | Sciences (general) | Third floor left |
| L | Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Medicine | Third floor left |
| L Aa - L Yn | Textbook collection | Ground floor |
| Lr | Agriculture (until 1974) | Third floor left |
| M | Mathematics | Third floor left |
| Mr | General and applied statistics (until 1974) | Third floor left |
| N | Physics | Third floor left |
| P | Chemistry | Third floor left |
| Q | Chemical Engineering | Third floor left |
| S | Technology (general), Control engineering, Measurement engineering | Third floor left |
| Sn | Computer sciences, Data processing | Third floor left |
| Sv | Standards, Patents | Third floor left |
| T | Mechanical engineering | Third floor left |
| V | Electrical engineering | Third floor left |
| W | Primary industries | Third floor left |
| Wn | Geoscience | Third floor left |
| X | Spatial Planning, Civil Engineering | Third floor right |
| Xn | Construction Engineering and Transportation | Third floor right |
| Y | Art and Architecture | Third floor right |
| Ya | Architecture | Third floor right |
| Yb | Cultural Anthropology of Textiles | Third floor right |
| Yf | Music | Third floor right |
| Yn | Sport | Third floor right |
| Y NB | Notebooks | Please ask our staff at the media department on the second floor left. |
| YQ | Bequests of former professors of Dortmund University | Please ask our staff at the reference desk on the second floor right. |
| YR | Books in braille | Third floor right |
| YT - YZ | Shelf marks of the media area | |
| ZA - ZYZ | Journals | |
| A - Yn | "Rara": Rare and valuable books | Please ask our staff at the reference desk on the second floor right. |
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