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International Politics: Coleraine

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Where are International Politics books shelved at Coleraine?

International Politics books are mainly located in Reading Room 1.

Coleraine and Magee Libraries use the Library of Congress classification scheme to arrange book stock in a subject sequence on the shelves.

Most of the relevant book stock for International Politics is in the D-F and in the J-JX sections.

History is classified in D-F.  It is important to remember that political issues may be classified within history.  For example, German reunification, the Northern ireland, 'Troubles', ethnic issues and the diplomatic relations of one state to another are classified here.

Constitutional history and political structures such as the United Nations are in J-JX.

Books with an 8 prefix to the class mark are pamphlets and are shelved in pamphlet boxes within the normal book sequence.  Books with an O prefix are oversize and are shelved at the end of the overall book sequence in the oversize book section in Reading Room 2.

Here are some shelf numbers (shelfmarks) to get you started. 

Shelfmark   Topic    
D1060                European Integration
DT30.5 Africa
E903 American War on Terror
JC571 Human Rights
JC578.T73 Transitional Justice
JX1395 World Politics
JX1952-1974 Arms Control
JX4541 Conflict
JZ4985.U55 United Nations

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Useful International Politics Reference Books

Reference books in Coleraine are located in Reading Room 2.

Reference books have a REF prefix and cannot be used outside of the Library.  Here are some shelf numbers (shelfmarks) to get you started. 

Shelfmark   Topic    
REF D208.L66 The Longman handbook of modern European History
REF DA424.C65 Longman handbook of twentieth-century Europe
REF DJK49.C69 Atlas of Eastern Europe in the twentieth-century
REF DS119.7.G56 The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli conflict
REF DS918.H57 Historical Dictionary of teh Korean War
REF E174.O94 The Oxford Companion to United States History
REF G1021.S72 The State of the World Atlas
REF JA51.S7 The Statesman's Yearbook
REF JX1995.T7 Treaties and Alliances of the World