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Browse Library Shelves for Philosophy Books

Call numbers on library books group similar books together by topic. Books dealing with philosophy in most of the library collections (Main Collection, Reference, etc.) have Library of Congress call numbers starting with B. These lettered classes are further subdivided by additional letters and/or numbers (see examples below). You can use this information to browse the library shelves.

B - Philosophy (General)

B1-105  General works

By period (including individual philosophers and schools of philosophy)

B108-118 Ancient

B121-161 "Orient" (includes China and India)

B165-491 Greece

B505-626 Greco-Roman

B630-708 Alexandrian and Early Christian

B720-765 Medieval

B770-785 Renaissance

B790-4695 Modern

BC - Logic

BD - Speculative philosophy

BD95-131 Metaphysics

BD143-237 Epistemology. Theory of Knowledge

BD300-450 Ontology (including being, the soul, life, death)

BJ - Ethics

BJ71-1185...History and general works (including individual ethical philosophers)

BJ1188-1295 Religious ethics

BJ1395 . ....Feminist ethics

BJ1400-1500 Special topics

BJ1518-1697 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue (including practical and applied ethics, conduct of life, etc.)

These subclasses continue through BX. Use the Library of Congress Classification link below to see the full list.

Browse Online for UWW Books

These call number ranges, which are defined by Library of Congress Classification System (LCCS) Classes, provide you the information needed to browse the UW-Whitewater libraries' shelves in the areas most likely to have what you want.

The UW-W libraries organize our Main, Main Oversize, and Browsing, DVD Academic, and some other collections using the LCCS. This system groups similar items together using the predominant subject of the item. To facilitate efficient browsing of our collections for theatre materials, we have listed the most useful LC Classes below.

You can browse collections in person in the libraries and also browse all the collections combined in Research@UWW. To browse online:

  1. On the libraries' homepage, click on the Research@UWW Search button
  2. In the top bar select Browse
  3. Change Browse by Subject to Browse by Library of Congress Call Numbers
  4. Enter a call number to start with in the "Enter Term" box
  5. Select the search button
  6. Select an item title to find out more about the item and to get the library collection and floor that goes with the item's call number.