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Our library uses the Library of Congress Call Number Classification System to organize our books. If you know a little bit about what the call numbers stand for, you can browse the stacks more efficiently.
Here are the main subclasses and a few sub-subclasses that might be relevant to exploring lighting:
3rd Floor:
N - Visual arts
NA - Architecture
NA 1-60 - General
NA 100-130 - Architecture and the sate
NA 190-1555.5 – History
NA 1995 - Architecture as a profession
NA 2000-2320 - Study and teaching. Research
NA 2335-2360 - Competitions
NA 2400-2460 – Museums. Exhibitions
NA 2500-2599 - General works
NA 2599.5-2599.9 - Architectural criticism
NA 2695-2793 - Architectural drawing and design
NA 2835-4050 - Details and decoration
NA 4100-8480 - Special Classes of buildings
NA 4100-4145 - Classed by material
NA 4150-4160 - Classed by form
NA 4710-8480 - Classed by use
NA 4170-(7020) - Public buildings
NA 4590-5621 - Religious architecture
NA 7100-7884 - Domestic architecture. Houses. Dwellings
NA 7910-8125 - Clubhouses, guild houses, etc.
NA 8200-8260 - Farm architecture
NA 8300-8480 - Outbuildings, gates, fences, etc.
NA 9000-9428 - Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
NB – Sculpture
NC - Drawing, Design, Illustration
ND – Painting
NE - Print Media
NK - Decorative arts
NK 1-570 - General
NK 600-806 – History
NK 1135-1149.5 – Arts and crafts movement
NK 1160-1590 - Decoration and ornament. Design
NK 1160-1174 - General
NK 1175-(1498) - History
NK 1505-1535 - General works
NK 1548-1590 - Special subjects for design
NK 1648-1678 - Religious art
NK 1700-2195 - Interior decoration. House decoration
NK 1700-2138 - General. History, etc. Including special rooms
NK 2140-2180 - Decorative painting
NK 2190-2192 - Church decoration
NK 2200-2750 - Furniture
NK 2775-2898 - Rugs and carpets
NK 2975-3049 - Tapestries
NK 3175-3296.3 - Upholstery. Drapery
NK 3375-(9990) - Other arts and art industries
NK 3700-4695 - Ceramics
NK 4700-4890 - Costume
NK 5100-5440 - Glass
NK 5500-6060 - Glyptic arts
NK 6400-8459 - Metalwork
NK 8800-9505.5 - Textiles
NK 9600-9955 - Woodwork
NX - Arts in General
Click here for a more thorough explanation of the Visual Arts (N) call numbers.
5th floor:
TD - Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TH - Building construction
TH 7700-7975 - Illumination. Lighting
TH 8001-8581 - Decoration and decorative furnishings
TX - Home economics
TX 901-946.5 - Hospitality industry. Hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. Food service
TX 950-953 - Taverns, barrooms, saloons
TX 955-985 - Building operation and housekeeping
Click here for a more thorough explanation of the Technology (T) call numbers.