History Books

Reference
Encyclopedias of world history	903
Encyclopedias of the Third World	909.09724
Atlas of the Islamic world since 1500	909.097671
Annual register: a record of world events 1987 -	909.82
Europa World Yearbook	909.82
Dictionaries of twentieth century history	909.82
Dictionaries of geography	910.3
Voyages of discovery	910.4
Atlases	911-912
Biographical dictionaries	920
Biographical dictionaries of women	920.072
Dictionaries of ancient history	930
Dictionaries of modern history	940
Dictionaries of British history	941
History of London	942.1
History of Richmond College (& university)	942.195
History of countries and regions	947-980
Dictionaries of American (US) history	973
Keesings Contemporary archives/ Record of world events 1957-	end of ref. sequence

Dewey
		Use callnumber to check OPAC
900	Geography & History
901	Philosophy & theory of history
907.2	Historical research
909	World history
909.094927	Arab world
909.0971241	British Empire & Commonwealth
909.09724	Third World
909.097671	Islamic world
909.09812	Western civilization
909.82	Twentieth century
		Use callnumber to check OPAC
910	Geography
910.4	Travel exploration e.g. Darwin & the Beagle
912	Atlases (mainly reference)
913-919	Travel accounts / guides arranged by continent
920	Biography (mainly reference)
929.9	Flags of the world
		Use callnumber to check OPAC
930	Ancient history
932	Ancient Egypt
933	Ancient Palestine
934	Ancient India
935	Mesopotamia
936	Ancient Europe
936.203	Roman Britain
937	Ancient Rome
938	Ancient Greece

The rest of the history section is arranged by country. It is worth noting the history number for a country as you can find this reflected throughout the Library book collection in various guises. For example, adding 973 (the United States) to the politics number 320 will result in 320.973 for books on the politics of the United States. Or 305.480951 will give you books on women in China. In other instances the number appears without its initial 9. So 352.041 [not 0941] will give you books about local government in Britain.

		Use callnumber to check the OPAC
940	European history
940.21	Renaissance
941/942	England, Great Britain
	941.1 Scotland ; 941.5 Ireland ; 941.6 Ulster
943	Germany & Central Europe
944	France
945	Italy
946	Spain & Portugal
947	Eastern Europe and Russia
	947.5 - 947.9 for countries of former Soviet Union
948	Scandinavia
		Use callnumber to check the OPAC
950	Asia
951	China
952	Japan
953	Arabian Peninsula
954	India and South Asia
955	Iran
956	Middle East
958	Central Asia including Afghanistan
959	Southeast Asia including Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia
		Use callnumber to check the OPAC
960	Africa
962	Egypt and Sudan
966	West Africa including Nigeria
967	Central Africa
968	South Africa
		Use callnumber to check the OPAC
970	North America
971	Canada
972	Mexico
973	United States
		Use callnumber to check the OPAC
980	South America
981	Brazil
982	Argentina
983	Chile
985	Peru
986	Colombia and Ecuador
		Use callnumber to check the OPAC
993	New Zealand
994	Australia
995	New Guinea
996	Polynesia
997	Atlantic Ocean islands including the Falklands
999	Extra-terrestrial worlds