Location Guide by Subject/LC Number

Most of the material in the Law Library is arranged by Library of Congress Classification Scheme in these broad subject areas:

• federal and state legal materials
• general materials
• foreign legal materials including: English, Canadian, French, German, and European Union

Under the Library of Congress classification scheme, books are arranged by subject. Within the classification of legal materials, the books are arranged first by jurisdiction and then by subject. Classifications for the various Anglo-American jurisdictions share common traits, as do classifications for civil law countries.

Some of the materials for European countries and for Latin American countries have been classified by the Library of Congress classification, but the majority of these materials are still under the old shelving schemes devised by the Library before Library of Congress numbers were available. Both Library of Congress classified materials and internally classified materials for these countries are arranged by country in compact stacks (lower level); within each country materials are subarranged first by the old shelving system and then by the Library of Congress system.

The general outline of the Library of Congress Classification Scheme appears below.

You will find the following location designations for law materials in the online catalog:

• Law (open shelves)
• Law Compact Stacks (lower level)
• Law Reference [non-circulating]

NOTE: Most of the call number locationsbelow are only for books with an online catalog location designation of Law. If you cannot locate a book, please check the online catalog location designation.

Call Number	Semantics of Call Number	Location
A	General Works (Such as general encyclopedias)	Lower Level
B-BJ	Philosophy; Psychology	Lower Level
BL-BX	Religion	Lower Level
C	History: Auxiliary Sciences	Lower Level
D	History: General and Old World	Lower Level
E - F	History: American (Western Hemisphere)	Lower Level
G	Maps; Geography; Anthropology; Recreation	Lower Level
H - HJ	Economics	Lower Level
HM - HX	Sociology (Including criminology)	Lower Level
J - JV	Political Science	Lower Level
JX 3-7690	International Law	Upper Level: North
JZ	International Relations	Lower Level
K 1-30	Law in General (Periodicals)	Main Floor
EXCEPT:	Comparative Law Journals (COMP.L.)	Upper Level: South
	Foreign Law Journals (Bound Volumes)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
	Current Issues of Foreign Law Journals	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Along North Wall)
K 33-9242	Law in General; Comparative Law; Conflict of Law	Upper Level: North
KBM	Jewish Law	Upper Level: South
KBP	Islamic Law	Upper Level: South
KBR	History of Canon Law	Upper Level: South
KBU	Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See	Upper Level: South
KD - KDK	Law of the United Kingdom and of Ireland	Lower Level
KDZ	Law of the Western Hemisphere and North America	Lower Level
KE - KEZ	Law of Canada and Canadian Provinces	Lower Level
KF	Law of the United States	Main Floor
KFA - KFZ	Law of Specific States and Cities	Upper Level: North
KFI 1215-1799	Most Illinois Legal Materials	Main Floor: Reference Area: North Side
KG	Law of Latin America, Mexico, and Central America	Upper Level: South
KGA - KGH	Law of Mexico and Specific Countries in Latin America and Central America	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KGJ 0-999	West Indies & Caribbean Area	Upper Level: South
KGK - KGZ	Specific Countries in the West Indies and the Caribbean area	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KH	South America	Upper Level: South
KHA - KHW	Specific Countries in South America	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KJ	History of the Law of Europe	Upper Level: South
KJA	Roman Law	Upper Level: South
KJC	Law of Europe (Including comparative law)	Upper Level: South
KJE	Law of European Union	Upper Level: South
KJG - KKZ	Law of Specific European countries including French law (KJV - KJW) and German law (KK - KKC)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KL	History of Law. The Ancient Orient	Upper Level: South
KLA - KLW	(Former) Soviet Union ("Eurasia")	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KMC	Asia (Middle East and Southwest Asia; Regional Comparative and Uniform Law)	Upper Level: South
KMF - KMY	Specific Countries in Asia (Middle East and Southwest Asia)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KNC	South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia (Regional Comparative and Uniform Law)	Upper Level: South
KNF - KPW	Specific Countries in Asia (South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KQ	Africa (History of Law & Law of Indigenous Peoples)	Upper Level: South
KQC	Africa (Regional Comparative and Uniform Law)	Upper Level: South
KQG - KTZ	Specific Countries in Africa	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KU - KUQ	Australia and New Zealand	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KVC	Pacific Area Jurisdictions (Regional Comparative and Uniform Law)	Upper Level: South
KVH - KWW	Pacific area jurisdictions (i.e. American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Micronesia,etc.)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KWX	Antarctica	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
KZ - KZA	Law of Nations	Upper Level: North
L	Education	Lower Level
M	Music	Lower Level
N	Fine Arts	Lower Level
P	Literature, Philology, & Linguistics (Divided into many tables for various languages)	Lower Level
Q	Science	Lower Level
R	Medicine (Including Medical Jurisprudence)	Lower Level
S	Agriculture	Lower Level
T	Technology	Lower Level
U	Military Science	Lower Level
V	Naval Science	Lower Level
Z	Bibliography (Except for law and music)	Lower Level

The following additional table will assist you in finding certain in-demand non-Library of Congress classified materials and some Library of Congress classified materials in alphabetical order:

Materials	Location
APR (ancient, primitive & religious)	Upper Level: South
Australia	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
Caribbean Nations (Bahamas, Bermuda, etc.)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
CM (European Union)	Upper Level: South
Compact Stacks	Lower Level: South Room
COMP.L. K 1-30 (Comparative Law Journals)	Upper Level: South
Comparative law call numbers beginning K 33-9242	Upper Level: North
Documents (DOC.): U.S.	Lower Level: North
Documents (DOC.): State	Lower Level: Northwest
European Union (KJE & CM)	Upper Level: South
European Law (KJ & KJC)	Upper Level: South
Foreign Law (Including U.S. Trust Territories and all non-U.S. countriesexcept the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
France (KJV through KJW)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
Germany (KK through KKC)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
Low Stacks I-IV	Main Floor: Center
National Reporter System	Main Floor and Upper Level: South
New Zealand	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
Newspapers: Current	Main Floor: Reserve Room
Periodicals (Location depends on call number)	All floors (Most current English language issues are in the reserve room on the main floor)
Records and Briefs: Illinois Supreme Court	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Southeast)
Records and Briefs: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Southeast)
Records and Briefs: U.S. Supreme Court (In microform)	Lower Level: Microforms Room
Reference	Main Floor
Reserve	Main Floor
Roman Law (KJA)	Upper Level: South
South Africa	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
(Former) Soviet Union	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)
U.S. Trust Territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, etc.)	Lower Level (Compact Stacks - Foreign Country Area)

Several other discrete collections are arranged by different classification schemes. Descriptions are available of the documents and foreign law collections.

To locate materials in the Law Library, you may need to consult three sources: the online catalog and two card catalogs as follows:

Online Catalog

For most people, the best way to start is to use one of the public terminals on the main floor immediately to your left as you enter the reading room or the public terminal on the lower level near the microforms room. Follow the menu instructions, which are self-explanatory. The online catalog will help you locate materials within the Law Library, within other libraries at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and within sixty-four other libraries across the state of Illinois.

You will find the following location designations for law materials in the online catalog:

• Law (Open Stacks)
• Law Compact Stacks (Lower Level)
• Law Reference (Non-circulating)

Note: Foreign country materials (except the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada) are in the compact stacks although theonline catalog location designation may be Law.

For more sophisticated searches on the online catalog, or for help with the online catalog, consult a reference librarian.

Card Catalogs

Not all the materials in the Law Library are listed in the online catalog. If you cannot find what you want online, try the two card catalogs on the main floor along the north wall in the stacks.

The Anglo-American card catalog is a unified alphabetical catalog; that is, cards for authors, titles, and subjects are filed inone alphabet. Anglo-American titles cataloged before October 1, 1984, some state and federal documents, and some foreign law, international law,comparative law, and British Commonwealth titles are included. This is a "frozen" catalog in that no catalog cards have been added since October1, 1984.

The foreign law card catalog is a split catalog; that is, authors and titles are filed in one alphabet and topical subjects are filed in a second alphabet. This catalog is slowly being replaced or supplemented by the online catalog. This catalog is now of little use and should be consulted only as a last resort. There are no call numbers in this catalog, and you will need to ask for help in actually locating a specific title.