Subject Librarian
Hardcopy Books
Use the OPAC found on the library resources link to quickly find books from our hard copy collection. You will notice that as you retrieve book records from the OPAC, each and every book is assigned a shelf number as known as a class or call number. The shelf number is what you are going to use to identify the books you want on the library shelves. Our books are given shelf numbers according to the Library of Congress System. These shelf numbers keep related books together by subject. You can follow the numbers like a street address to find a family of related books all together on the shelf. So once you have found your book, it is often useful to browse the books on either side of it as well.
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Here are some of the most useful shelf numbers for Theology hard copy books.
| BL | Religions. Mythology. Rationalism |
|---|---|
| 1-50 | Religion (General) |
| 51-60 | Philosophy of religion. Psychology of religion. Religion in relation to other subjects |
| 70-71 | Sacred books (General) |
| 71.5-73 | Biography |
| 74-99 | Religions of the world |
| 175-265 | Natural theology |
| 175-190 | General |
| 200 | Theism |
| 205-216 | Nature and attributes of Deity |
| 217 | Polytheism |
| 218 | Dualism |
| 220 | Pantheism |
| 221 | Monotheism |
| 224-227 | Creation. Theory of the earth |
| 239-265 | Religion and science |
| 270 | Unity and plurality |
| 290 | The soul |
| 300-325 | The myth. Comparative mythology |
| 350-385 | Classification of religions |
| 410 | Religions in relation to one another |
| 425-490 | Religious doctrines (General) |
| 430 | Origins of religion |
| 435-457 | Nature worship |
| 458 | Women in comparative religion |
| 473-490 | Worship of human beings |
| 6570 | Others |
| 500-547 | Eschatology |
| BL550-619 | Worship. Cultus |
| 624-629.5 | Religious life |
| 630-(632.5) | Religious organization |
| 660-2680 | History and principles of religions |
| 660 | Indo-European. Aryan |
| 685 | Ural-Altaic |
| 687 | Mediterranean region |
| 689-980 | European. Occidental |
| 700-820 | Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman) |
| 830-875 | Germanic and Norse |
| 900-980 | Other European |
| 1000-2370 | Asian. Oriental |
| 1000-1035 | General |
| 1050 | Northern and Central Asia |
| 1055 | Southern and Eastern Asia |
| 1060 | Southwestern Asia. Asia Minor. Levant |
| 1100-1295 | Hinduism |
| 1100-1107.5 | General |
| 1108.2-1108.7 | Religious education |
| 1145-1146 | Hindu literature |