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For POLITICAL SCIENCE, browse the Reference Collection, located on the main floor of Hewes Library, in the J and K call numbers. Consult below for additional areas of interest.
| A | General works | PB-PH | Modern European Languages | |
| B-BJ | Philosophy, Psychology | PG | Russian Literature | |
| BL-BX | Religion | PJ-PM | Languages and Lit of Asia, Africa | |
| C | Auxiliary Sciences of History | PN, PR, PS, PZ | General Literature | |
| D | History: General and Old World | English and American Literature | ||
| E-F | History: America | PQ, part 1 | French Literature | |
| G | Geography, Anthropology | PQ, part 2 | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Lit | |
| H | Social Science | PT, part 1 | German Literature | |
| J | Political Science | PT, part 2 | Dutch and Scandinavian Lit | |
| KD | Law of the United Kingdom/Ireland | Q | Science | |
| KF | Law of the United States | R | Medicine | |
| L | Education | S | Agriculture | |
| M | Music | T | Technology | |
| N | Fine Arts | U | Military Science | |
| P-PA | General Philology and Linguistics | V | Naval Science | |
| Classical Languages and Lit | Z | Bibliography, Library Science |
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