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  • How do I find information about books available in the Library at Macalester? Use the CLICnet Catalog to find information about books and other materials available in the DeWitt Wallace Library.
  • Can I search for books in other Libraries? CLICnet will help you find materials available at 7 other colleges and universities in the Twin Cities area. Go to the Library's Finding Books & More: Catalogs Web page to access additional Library catalogs, including the University of Minnesota's MNCAT catalog.

  • How are books organized on the shelves in the DeWitt Wallace Library? We use Library of Congress call numbers, which include both letters and numbers, to organize our books on the shelves according to their subject.

  • Do we have access to Ebooks here at Macalester? Many electronic books, or Ebooks, can be found and accessed using the CLICnet Catalog. See the Library's Ebooks Web page for more information.

 

 

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A

General Works (pdf)

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AC Collections. Series. Collected Works
AE Encyclopedias
AG Dictionaries and other general reference works
AI Indexes
AM Museums. Collectors and collecting
AN Newspapers
AP Periodicals
AS Academies and learned societies
AY Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories
AZ History of scholarship and learning. The humanities

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B

Philosophy. Psychology. Religion (pdf)

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B Philosophy (General)
BC Logic
BD Speculative philosophy
BF Psychology
BH Aesthetics
BJ Ethics
BL Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BM Judaism
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.
BQ Buddhism
BR Christianity
BS The Bible
BT Doctrinal Theology
BV Practical Theology
BX Christian Denominations

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C

Auxiliary Sciences of History (pdf)

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C Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)
CB History of Civilization
CC Archaeology
CD Diplomatics. Archives. Seals
CE Technical Chronology. Calendar
CJ Numismatics
CN Inscriptions. Epigraphy
CR Heraldry
CS Genealogy
CT Biography

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D

History (General) and History of Europe (pdf)

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D History (General)
DA History of Great Britain
DAW History of Central Europe
DB History of Austria. Liechtenstein. Hungary. Czechoslovakia
DC History of France
DD History of Germany
DE History of the Greco-Roman world
DF History of Greece
DG History of Italy
DH History of Low Countries. Benelux Countries
DJ History of Netherlands (Holland)
DJK History of Eastern Europe (General)
DK History of Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics
DL History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia
DP History of Spain
DQ History of Switzerland
DR History of Balkan Peninsula
DS History of Asia
DT History of Africa
DU History of Oceania (South Seas)
DX History of Gypsies

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E

History: America (pdf)

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E America

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F

History: America (pdf)

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F United States local history

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G

Geography. Anthropology. Recreation (pdf)

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G Geography (General)
GA Mathematical geography. Cartography
GB Physical geography
GC Oceanography
GE Environmental sciences
GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GN Anthropology
GR Folklore
GT Manners and customs (General)
GV Recreation. Leisure

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H

Social Sciences (pdf)

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H Social sciences (General)
HA Statistics
HB Economic theory. Demography
HC Economic history and conditions
HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HE Transportation and communications
HF Commerce
HG Finance
HJ Public finance
HM Sociology (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems.
HQ The Family. Marriage. Women
HS Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
HT Communities. Classes. Races
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare.
HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

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J

Political Science (pdf)

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J General legislative and executive papers
JA Political science (General)
JC Political theory
JF Political institutions and public administration (General. Comparative government, Political Parties)
JK Political institutions and public administration (United States)
JL Political institutions and public administration (North & South America)
JN Political institutions and public administration (Europe & former Soviet Union countries)
JQ Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, & Oceania)
JS Local government. Municipal government
JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JX OBSOLETE - International law, see KZ
JZ International relations

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K

Law (pdf)

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K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
KB Religious law in general. Comparative religious law.
KBM Jewish law. Halakah
KBP Islamic law. Shari‘ah. Fiqh
KBR History of canon law
KBU Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See
KD Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland
KDZ America. North America
KE Law of Canada
KF Law of the United States
KG Latin America (General)
KH South America (General)
KJ-KKZ Europe
KL Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (History. Eurasia )
KM Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Asia. Middle East, SW Asia)
KN Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Asia. South Asia. SE Asia. East Asia)
KP Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Asia. South Asia. SE Asia. East Asia)
KQ Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Africa)
KR Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Africa)
KS Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Africa)
KT Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Africa)
KU Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Pacific Area)
KV Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Pacific Area)
KW Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica (Pacific Area)
KZ Law of nations

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L

Education (pdf)

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L Education (General)
LA History of education
LB Theory and practice of education
LC Special aspects of education
LD Individual institutions (United States)
LE Individual institutions (America- except United States)
LF Europe
LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa. Oceania.)
LH College and school magazines and papers
LJ Student fraternities and societies, United States
LT Textbooks

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M

Music and Books on Music (pdf)

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M Music
ML Literature on music
MT Musical instruction and study

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N

Find Arts (pdf)

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N Visual arts
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC Drawing. Design. Illustration
ND Painting
NE Print media
NK Decorative arts
NX Arts in general

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P

Language and Literature (pdf)

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P Philology. Linguistics
PA Classical philology
PB Modern languages. Celtic languages
PC Romanic
PD Germanic
PE English
PF West Germanic
PG Slavic. Baltic. Albanian
PH Uralic. Basque
PJ Oriental philology and literature
PK Indo-Iranian philology and literature
PL Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PM Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages
PN Literature (General)
PQ French literature
PR English literature
PS American literature
PT German literature
PZ Fiction and juvenile belles lettres

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Q

Science (pdf)

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Q Science (General)
QA Mathematics
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
QD Chemistry
QE Geology
QH Natural history (General)
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QM Human anatomy
QP Physiology
QR MicrobiologyS

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R

Medicine (pdf)

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R Medicine (General)
RA Public aspects of medicine
RB Pathology
RC Internal medicine
RD Surgery
RE Ophthalmology
RF Otorhinolaryngology
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ Pediatrics
RK Dentistry
RL Dermatology
RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RS Pharmacy and materia medica
RT Nursing
RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
RX Homeopathy
RZ Other systems of medicine

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S

Agriculture (pdf)

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S Agriculture (General)
SB Plant culture
SD Forestry
SF Animal culture
SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SK Hunting sports

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T

Technology (pdf)

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T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TC Hydraulic engineering
TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TF Railroad engineering and operation
TG Bridge engineering
TH Building construction
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
TP Chemical technology
TR Photography
TS Manufactures
TT Handicrafts. Arts and crafts
TX Home economics

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U

Military Science (pdf)

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U Military science (General)
UA Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation
UB Military administration
UC Maintenance and transportation
UD Infantry
UE Cavalry. Armor
UF Artillery
UG Military engineering
UH Other services

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V

Naval Science (pdf)

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V Naval science (General)
VA Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation
VB Naval administration
VC Naval maintenance
VD Naval seamen
VE Marines
VF Naval ordnance
VG Minor services of navies
VK Navigation. Merchant marine
VM Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering

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Z

Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources (General) (pdf)

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Z Books (General). Writing. Paleography
ZA Information resources (General)

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