Reference Collection
Subject index

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - JK - L - M - NO - P - Q - R - S - T - UV - W - XYZ

The National Library maintains an extensive open access reference collection, available in the Main Reading Room, consisting of encyclopaedias, dictionaries, travel guides, biographies, company information, and many other works of reference.

The Reference Collection is arranged on the shelves in the Main Reading Room numerically by Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). Each row of shelving has a label which provides a summary of the DDC numbers in that row.

This subject index will assist you to locate relevant reference tools in this collection. The listing is arranged alphabetically by topic and provides a pointer to the Dewey number(s) most appropriate for finding references works on your topic. Some major reference works are also included and listed by title.

A


Subject/Title

Dewey

Accounting 657

Acronyms/abbreviations (General)

423 and 060.148

Acronyms/abbreviations ( Journals and periodicals)

050.148

Agriculture/animal husbandry

630+

Airline/shipping/railway guides

385 - 387

Almanacs/quick facts

032

Animals

590 - 599 and 630+

Anniversaries, national holidays

394

Annual bibliography of English language and literature 820.16 ANN

Anthropology

301 and 305.8

Antiques/collectables

740 - 749

APAIS (Australian Public Affairs Information Service) 1952-2000

016.3 (1978+ available online)

Archaeology 913 and 930

Architecture

720 - 729

Arts

700 - 709 and 750 - 759

Arts - biography 709 and 759.2
Arts - dictionaries and encyclopaedias 703

Arts, Australian

709.94

Associations/organisations guides

060 - 068

Associations, Australian 068.94
Associations, A.C.T. 068.9471
Astronomy 520

Atlases (see also Atlas cabinet outside the Interview Room in the Main Reading Room)

911-912 (Further atlases are held in the Map Reading Room on LG1 floor)

Australian Dictionary of Biography 920.094 AUS

Australian government publications

015.94 and 328.94 / See also GovPubs

Australian National Bibliography

015.94

Australian Periodicals in Print

011.34

Australian politics 320.994+ / See also Australian Politics and Government: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia
Australian Rules Football 796.336+

Automobiles

629.2

Aviation 629.13

Awards/prizes/grants

001 .4+

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B

Subject/Title

Dewey

Ballet 792.8+
Banks and Banking 332.1 - 332.6
Bible 220+

Biography (see also each subject area)

920+

Biography - Australian 920.01 WHO and 920.094 / See also Australian Biography: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Biology

570 - 579

Birds 598.2+

Book Price Guides

018.3

Book Review Digest

015.73

Book review indexes

001.3, 015.73 and 028

Book trade/publishing

655

Books in Print (Australian)

015.94 (Also available as ANZBIP database)

Books in Print (British)

015.42 WHI

Books in Print (Canadian) 015.71 CAN
Books in Print (French) 015.44 LIV
Books in Print (German) 015.43 VER
Books in Print (Indian) 015.54 IND
Books in Print (International) 017.8 INT
Books in Print (Italian) 015.45 CAT

Books in Print (United States)

015.73 PUB

Botany 581+
British Library Catalogue On separate shelves on the "Treasury" side of the Library building

British National Bibliography

015.42

British parliamentary publications 328.42 / See also British Parliamentary Publications and Information

Building

690

Business/Commerce

650 (See also Companies 332 - 338)

Business Periodicals Index

650.016

Business management

658

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C

Subject/Title

Dewey

Canberra - history etc. 994.7

Cars

629.2

Charities/Foundations 001.4 and 361.7

Chemistry

540 - 549 and 660 - 669

Chess 794.1+

Children's Books in Print

028.52

Choice 1964-1996

339.405 (1997+ request through catalogue. For current issues ask at Information Desk)

Chronologies/dates

909

- Australian

994 .002+

Churches - directories 280 - 286

Clocks and watches, antique

681 and 739

Coins

737

Collectables/antiques 740 - 749
Colloquialisms/slang 427.9+
Commerce/Business 650+ (See also Companies 332 - 338)

Company guides and information

338.4 - 338.8 and 332's / See also Australian Companies: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Computing

001 - 005 and 651

Constitutions of countries, territories etc.

342.008

Contemporary Authors

809 CON

Contemporary Literary Criticism

809.04 CON

Cooking

640 - 642

Costume/fashion

391

Crafts 745
Cricket 796.358

Criminology

363 - 364

Current Biography 920.01 CUR

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D

Subject/Title

Dewey

Dance

792 - 793

Defence/Military 355-359, 622 and 629

Demography

310+

Design

745.2 - 747

Dewey classification -guides 025.431

Dictionaries - English

420 - 429

Dictionaries - Bilingual

440 - 499

Diplomacy/Foreign Affairs

327

Drama 809.2 (See also Theatre 792 - 793)

Drug/medicine guides

615

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E

Subject/Title

Dewey

Earth sciences (Geology etc.)

550 - 551 and 622

Economics

330 - 339

Education

370 - 379

Elections etc. 324+
Electoral rolls Held in Newspaper/Microform Reading Room. / See also Australian Electoral Rolls: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Electronics

621

Encyclopaedia Britannica 031 (Also available online)
Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia 994.0049915 E58 (Also available online)

Encyclopedias (General)

030's

Engineering

620 - 629

Environment

304.2, 333+, 363.7, 574.5+ and 628.5

Ethics 170 - 179

Etiquette/protocol

395

Etymology (origins of words and language) 422+

Europa Yearbook

314 EUR
European Union statistical publications 314+

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F

Subject/Title

Dewey

Family history/genealogy

929 (Many family history reference works are held in the Newspaper/Microform Reading Room).

Fashion/Costume

391

Fauna 590 - 599

Film/television

791 - 792

Fishing 799.1

Flora

580 - 589

Fodor's travel guides 914 - 919

Folklore/mythology

398

Food/nutrition

641 - 642 and 664

Football (all codes) 796.33+

Foreign affairs

327

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G

Subject/Title

Dewey

Games 796
Gardening 635
Gazetteers (place names) 910+
Gazetteers - Australian 919.4+

Geography/travel

914 - 919

Geology/Earth Sciences 550 - 551 and 622
Golf 796.352
Government/Politics 320 - 329

Government directories

352 - 354

Government publications - Australia 015.94 and 328.94 / See also GovPubs
Gray's Anatomy 611 G779
Groves Dictionary of Music... 780.3 N532

Guidelines 1969-1998

011.34

Guinness Book of Records 032.02 GUI

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H

Subject/Title

Dewey

Halsbury's Laws of Australia 349.94 H196 (Also available online)

Health

610 - 615 and 362

Heraldry

929.7+

Historical Records of Australia 994 HIS
Historical Records of Victoria 994.5 HIS

History

900 - 909 and 930 - 999

History - Africa

960 - 969

History - Americas

970 - 989

History - Asia

950 - 959

History - Australia

994 / See also Australian History: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

History - Canberra 994.7

History - Europe

943 - 949

History - Great Britain

942

History of Australia (Manning Clark) 994 CLA

Horticulture/gardening

632

Hotels/Accomodation 387.05, 647+ and 919.4

Human rights

323.4 and 341.481

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I

Subject/Title

Dewey

Industrial relations

331 and 344.01

International law

341

International organisations (yearbooks)

341.1058 and 341.2625

Inventions

608 - 609

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J

Subject/Title

Dewey

Janes guides (Defence/Military)

623 and 629

Jazz 781.65

Journal titles - abbreviations and lists

050.148

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L

Subject/Title

Dewey

Language/linguistics

400 - 499

Law

340 - 349 / See also GovPubs

Law - Australian - guides, encyclopedias 349.94
Laws of Australia 349.94 (Also available online via Firstpoint)
League of Nations 341.22+
Legislation - Australia - Consolidated Acts 1900-1973 345.94 / See also AUSTLII
Legislation - Australian Capital Territory 345.947 / See also AUSTLII

Leisure/recreation

790

Librarianship

020 - 029

Library Catalogues

- British Library On separate shelves on the "Treasury" side of the Main Reading Room
- Mitchell Library On separate shelves on the "Treasury" side of the Main Reading Room
- National Union Catalogue Pre 1956 Holdings (North American Libraries) On separate shelves on the "Treasury" side of the Main Reading Room

Library guides

026 - 027

Life sciences/medicine

610 - 619

Lingustics

400 - 410

Literature (general)

800 - 809

Literature - American

810 - 819

Literature - English/Australian

820 - 829 / See also Australian Literature: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Literature - Other Languages

830 - 899

Lonely Planet travel guides 914 - 919

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M

Subject/Title

Dewey

Management

650 - 658

Maps (see also Atlas cabinet outside the Interview Room in the Main Reading Room) Atlases held. 911-912 (Further atlases and more detailed maps are held in the Map Reading Room on LG1 floor)
Marketing 658.8

Mathematics

510

Medals 355.13 and 737.22+

Media guides

070 and 302

Medical dictionaries

610

Medicines/Drugs 615

Meeting procedure

658

Military/defence

355 - 359 and 622

MIMS (Australian drug/medicines guide) 615 MIM
Mitchell Library Catalogue On separate shelves on the "Treasury" side of the Main Reading Room
Mottoes 080

Museums

069 and 708

Music

780 - 789

Music - popular 781.63+

Mythology

291 and 398

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N

Subject/Title

Dewey

Names, Personal

929.4

National Union Catalogue Pre 1956 Holdings (North American Libraries) On separate shelves on the "Treasury" side of the Main Reading Room

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O

Subject/Title

Dewey

Olympics 796.48
Opera 782.1+
Orders and medals 355.13, 737.22+ and 929.71
Ornithology (birds) 598.2+
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 920.041 D554 (Also available online)

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P

Subject/Title

Dewey

Painting

750 - 759

PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service Cumulative subject index 1915-1974

011.34

Parapsychology

133

Parliamentary handbooks (Australian) 328.94 AUS

Parliamentary papers, indexes -Australian

328.94 / See also GovPubs

Parliamentary papers, indexes - British

328.42 / See also British Parliamentary Publications and Information

Peace studies

327

Periodical titles - abbreviations and lists

050

Philosophy

100 - 140 and 160-199

Phone books

Current Australian issues on shelves on the "Treasury" side of the Main Reading Room

Photography

770 - 779

Phrases/cliches 423.1

Physics

530 -539

Pinpointer 1963-1987

011.34

Place names/gazeteers

910.3

Place names - Australian 919.4+

Plants

580 - 589

Play Index

808.82016

Poetry indexes

808.81

Political Parties 329+

Politics/government

320 - 329

Polls, public opinion

303.3

Population/Demography 304.6+ and 310+

Pottery/porcelain

738

Press directories

070 and 302

Printing

686

Proverbs

398.9

Psychiatry 150 - 159 and 616

Psychology

150 - 159

Public Administration 350 - 354

Public opinion polls

303.3

Publishers - lists 070.5 and 655.44

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Q

Subject/Title

Dewey

Quotations/sayings

080 - 082 and 808

Quick facts, almanacs etc. 032+

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R

Subject/Title

Dewey

Railways

385

Reference book guides

011.02

Religion

200 - 299

Religion, comparative 290 - 299
Roget's Thesaurus 423.1 R732
Rugby league 796.33+
Rugby union 796.33+

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S

Subject/Title

Dewey

Sayings/quotations 080 - 082 and 808

School directories

373

Sciences - general dictionaries 503
Sciences - Pure 500 - 599
Sciences - Applied 600 - 699

Sculpture

730

Shakespeare 822.33+

Shipping

387

Short Story Index

808.83016

Sign language 419+
Slang/colloquialisms 427.9+
Soccer 796.33+
Social issues 305 - 309 and 360 - 369

Social work

361

Sociology

301

Sports/games

795 - 799

Stamps

383 and 769.56

Statistics - general

310 - 319 / See also Statistics: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

Statistics - yearbooks, Australian 319.4+
Statistics, Australian - economic 330.99400212 MON
Stock market 332.642+
Street maps (Australian) 919.4+ / See also Map Reading Room

Style Manual (Australian government)

686.2252

Surnames 929.4+

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T

Subject/Title

Dewey

Taxation/tax guides

336.2+ and 343.94+

Technology

600 - 609 and 670

Telecommunications

384

Telephone directories

See Phone books

Television (See also Media guides) 791.45
Tennis 796.342
Textiles 677

Theatre

792 - 793

Theses - indexes 015.94075 / See also Theses: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia
Tourism 790

Town planning

710 - 719

Trade 380 - 382

Transport

385 - 387

Trade directories

380 - 382

Travel guides

914 - 919

Treaty guides

341.026

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U

Subject/Title

Dewey

UNESCO Yearbook

370.058

United Nations publications

341+ / See also United Nations: Print Resources at the National Library of Australia

United States Congressional documents/hearings indexes

328.73 / See also United States Congressional Publications and Information

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W

Subject/Title

Dewey

Whitaker's Almanack 032.02 WHI

Who's Whos

920's

Who's Who - Australian 920.01 WHO

Wine

641.22

Women's studies

301.4 and 305.4

World of Learning 378 WOR

World War I and World War II

940.3 - 940.5

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Y

Subject/Title

Dewey

Yearbooks (Statistical)

314-319

Yearbooks (Statistical) - Australian 319.4+

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