The Library's book collection is shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC). Other classification systems are used for the collections of fiction and periodicals.
The Library’s main book collection is sorted and shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System, DDC. The system was created by the American librarian Melvil Dewey (1851–1931). According to DDC, books are grouped by subject with a numerical code for each subject area.
Type information about the book you are looking for in the search box, for example title and/or author’s name.
Locate the book you are looking for among the results. Click the title of the book to see complete information, including the list of copies.
The list of copies will tell you if the book is available, what type of copies are available in the library collection (standard loan and/or day loan), which libraries hold the book, which shelf is its home location (DDC number), and if the book is shelved according to the author’s name or book title.
The Dewey Decimal Classification System is structured around ten main classes, each of them described with a numerical code of three digits, 000–900. Here we have listed the ten main classes together with a selection of more specific codes:
004–006 Computer science
320 Political science
330 Economics
340 Law
370 Education
610 Medicine & health
650 Management & auxiliary services
See all DDC shelving codes used by Linköping University Library:
Hyllsigneringsschema för böcker (PDF) (Shelving system for books)
Older books are shelved according to the SAB Classification System and are found in the "SAB Collection," kept in closed stacks (Bokladan). If you want to borrow a book from the SAB Collection, place a reservation in the library search service UniSearch to have it sent to the branch library of your choice.