3rd Reading Room – Humaniora

Shelving of publications

Shelving of publications is based on the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system. Each speciality has its own UDC number which forms the beginning of the publication’s call number. Use the guide for finding books on open shelves.

Subject areas and UDC numbers:

  • Dictionaries    0TK
  • Art. Architecture    7
  • Culture    00
  • Ethnology    39
  • Fiction   821 (3rd floor lobby)
  • Folklore    398
  • History    9
  • History of science    001
  • Library science    02
  • Linguistics    81
  • Literature    82
  • Museology    069
  • Philosophy    1
  • Semiotics    003
  • Theatre. Cinema    79
  • Theology    2

Shelving order within a speciality:

  • Reference works
  • Estonian-language publications
  • Foreign publications in the Latin script
  • Foreign publications in the Slavic script

Borrowing rules
To borrow publications from the reading room open collections, pick them up from the shelf and check them out at service points or with the self-checker.

Loan dates for reading room collections:

  • 24 hours (green mark), cannot be renewed
  • 14 days (no mark), renewable
  • 30 days (yellow mark), renewable
  • 60 days (blue mark), renewable
  • only for in-house use (red mark), cannot be borrowed

 

 

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