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Classification of Political and Social Sciences

EUI Library collections are organised according to Dewey Decimal Classification which was created by Melvil Dewey in 1873. This knowledge organisation system is continuously revised by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and international library partners. The 23rd edition was published in 2011. All item classifications are given in the EUI Library Catalogue.

Disciplines, sub-disciplines and inter-disciplinary research
Works in the political and social sciences are located on the first floor of the Library at the Badia Fiesolana. Due to the broad range of subjects and topics, the collection embraces diverse disciplines and sub-disciplines, which are classified in ten main DDC classes, a hundred divisions, and a thousand sections. Each Library book has a unique Dewey Decimal classification. Readers will also find works of relevance in the History Collection (garden floor) and the Law Collection (second floor).

The ten main DCC classes

  • 000 Computer science, data manuals and information science
  • 100 Philosophy and psychology
  • 200 Religion
  • 300 Social sciences
  • 400 Language
  • 500 Science
  • 600 Technology
  • 700 Arts and recreation
  • 800 Literature
  • 900 History and geography.

The Statistical Data Collection is classified (i) by international organisation (ii) by country / territory and (iii) by subject category according to the Statistics Europe framework (6th ed) and the Eurostat thematic system. Data manuals are classified at 001-006. Statistical Data Collection classification details.

 

Classifications of relevance to the political and social sciences

PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

  • 101 Standard subdivisions of philosophy

  • 110 Metaphysics

  • 120 Epistemology, causation, humankind

  • 130 Parapsychology and occultism

  • 140 Specific philosophical schools and viewpoints

  • 150 Psychology

  • 160 Philosophical logic

  • 170 Ethics (moral philosophy)

  • 180 Ancient, medieval, eastern philosophy

  • 190 Modern western and other noneastern philosophy

  • 200 Religion

  • 210 Philosophy and theory of religion

SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

  • 300 Standard subdivisions of the social sciences / methodology

  • 301 Sociology and anthropology

  • 302 Social interaction

  • 303 Social processes

  • 304 Factors affecting social behavior

  • 305 Groups of people

  • 306 Culture and institutions

  • 307 Communities

POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • 320 Political science (politics and government)

  • 321 Systems of governments and states

  • 322 Relation of the state to organised groups and their members

  • 323 Civil and political rights

  • 324 The political process

  • 325 International migration and colonisation

  • 326 Slavery and emancipation

  • 327 International relations

  • 328 The legislative process [Law Collection classification].

 

Due to the multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary nature of political and social research, the following sections of the DCC system are also relevant:

  • 001 Data manuals, information science and data science

  • 330 Economics

  • 350 Public Administration, military strategy, war and defence

  • 360 Social Problems (welfare state, criminology)

  • 380 Commerce, communications, transportation

  • 400 Language (incl. discourse analysis)

  • 500 Statistical theory, mathematics, probability, game theory

  • 800 Literature and literary theory

  • 900 History and Geography.

 

Library Research Guides

– Political and Social Sciences Collection
– Economics Collection
– History Collection
– Law Collection
– Statistical Data Collection.

 

Contact: Thomas Bourke

Page last updated on 11 November 2024