Call numbers used for Comparative literature and cultural studies
Monash University Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme to organise books and journals. The most efficient way to locate material in the library is to search the library catalogue, however the following may be useful as a guide when browsing the shelves.
| Number |
Subject |
| 150.195 |
Psychoanalysis |
| 305.42 |
Feminism |
| 306 |
Culture |
| 791.43 |
Motion pictures |
| 791.45 |
Television |
| 792 |
Stage presentations |
| 801.95 |
Literary criticism |
| 808 |
Rhetoric and collections of texts from more than two literatures |
| 808.02 |
History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures |
| 810 |
American literature (including Canadian) in English |
| 820 |
English literature |
| 830 |
German literature |
| 840 |
French literature |
| 850 |
Italian literature |
| 860 |
Spanish literature |
| 870 |
Latin literature |
| 880 |
Classical Greek literature |
| 890 |
Literatures of other languages; oriental literatures |
Call numbers between 810 - 899 differ between the Sir Louis Matheson Library at Clayton and the branches. A local variation of the Dewey system is used at Clayton that allows literary works to be grouped chronologically and allows the works of an author to be shelved together regardless of the form of the works.
Literatures in the languages listed above are also subdivided by country. The following is a selected listing of some of these subdivisions. Please note that Literatures in this section are quite numerous, please refer to the information desk for further assistance.
| Number |
Selected call numbers for specific literatures |
| 810 |
American literature (including Canadian) |
| 820 |
English literature |
| 829.1 - 829.9 |
English literature of former colonies and protectorates |
| 829.1 |
Hong Kong |
| 829.2 |
Malaysia |
| 829.3 |
Singapore |
| 829.4 |
Europe |
| 829.5 |
other Asian countries |
| 829.6 |
African countries |
| 829.7 |
Caribbean countries |
| 829.8 |
South American countries |
| 829.9 |
Pacific islands |
| A820 |
Australian literature |
| NZ820 |
New Zealand literature |
| 830 |
German literature |
| 839.1 |
other Germanic literature |
| 839.2 |
Western Germanic literature |
| 839.21 |
Frisian literature |
| 839.3 |
Netherlands literature |
| 839.31 |
Dutch and Flemish literatures |
| 839.36 |
Afrikaans literature |
| 839.5 |
Scandinavian literature |
| 839.6 |
Old Norse (Old Icelandic) literature |
| 839.69 |
Modern Icelandic literature |
| 839.699 |
Faroese literature |
| 839.7 |
Swedish literature |
| 839.8 |
Danish and Norwegian literature |
| 839.9 |
Gothic literature |
| 840 |
French literature |
| 849.1 |
French literature in other countries. Precede by a letter for the name of the literature, eg. African literature in French is A849.1, American literature in French is Am849.1, Canadian literature in French C849.1. |
| 849.2 |
Provencal literature |
| 849.9 |
Catalan literature (Including Majorcan, Valencian) |
| 850 |
Italian literature |
| 860 |
Spanish literature |
| 869.1 |
Spanish-American literature (South, Central and Caribbean literature). Literatures are arranged by country as follows: A869.1 - Argentina, B869.1 - Bolivia, Be869.1 Belize, C869.1 - Cuba, Ch869.1 - Chile, Co869.1 - Columbia, Cos869.1 - Costa Rica, D869.1 - Dominican Republic, E869.1 - Equador, G869.1 - Guatemala, H869.1 - Honduras, M869.1 - Mexico, N869.1 - Nicaragua, P869.1 - Paraguay, Pa869.1 - Panama, Pe869.1 - Peru, Pu869.1 - Puerto Rico, S869.1 - El Salvador,, Ur - Uruguay, Ve869.1 - Venezuala |
| 869.2 |
Portuguese literature |
| 869.291 |
Portuguese literature in other countries, eg Brazil (this number is not divided by country) |
| 869.9 |
Galician literature |
| 870 |
Latin literature |
| 879.1 |
Mediaeval and modern Latin literature |
| 880 |
Classical Greek literature |
| 890 |
Literatures of other languages : oriental literatures |
| 895 |
Literatures of east and southeast Asia: Sino Tibetan literatures |
| 895.1 |
Chinese literature |
| 895.4 |
Tibetan literature |
| 895.6 |
Japanese literature |
| 895.7 |
Korean literature |
| 895.8 |
Burmese literature |
| 895.9 |
Other literatures of southeast Asia |
| 896 |
African literatures |
| 897 |
North American Indian literatures |
| 898 |
South American Indian literatures |
| 899 |
nonAustronesian literatures of Oceania, Austronesian literatures, Miscellaneous literatures |
| 899.15 |
Australian Aboriginal literatures |
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