Finding a shelfmark
To find an item's location, search the library catalogue using Explore and open the Locations tab under the title information for the library and shelfmark details.
For example:
What it means
Science |
Located at the UCL Science Library in this instance. |
PSYCHOLOGY |
Psychology collection, 1st floor of the Science Library. This may be abbreviated on the book's spine label. |
B 55 |
Indicates a topic area within the subject. In this example, B 55 is for books by and about Freud. See below for an outline of your subject's classification. |
WOL |
The first three letters of an author's surname. |
Medical Libraries
Please note, some of our medical-related libraries use different classification schemes, mostly that from the in the US, or developments of it.
Classification
PSYCHOLOGY A | General |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý B | Systems (theories including psychoanalysis) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý C | Methodology (research methods, tests, statistics) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý D | Physiological Psychology (genetics and evolution, neuropsychology) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý G | Psychological Processes (cognition, intelligence, memory, emotion) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý K | Developmental Psychology (child development, ageing) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý M | Educational Psychology (schools, truancy) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý P | Personality (gender, ego, self) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý Q | Abnormal Psychology (psychosis, behavioural disorders, therapies) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý S | Social Psychology (groups, beliefs, conflict, communication) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý V | Applied Psychology (occupational psychology, clinical psychology) |
±Ê³§³Û°ä±á°¿³¢°¿³Ò³ÛÌý W | Comparative Psychology (animal behaviour) |