ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY RESOURCES

The library materials are classified using classification schedule devised and used by the Library of Congress (LC) which divides the field of knowledge thusly:
CLASSES A-Z
A. General Works
B. Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
C. History, Auxiliary sciences: Chronology, numismatic, heraldry, biography
D. History, General and Old World, Africa
E. - F. History: America
G. Geography, Anthropology, Folklore
H. Social Science: Statistics, Economics, Sociology
J. Political Science, Constitutional History, International Law
K. Law
L. Education
M. Music
N. Fine Arts
P. Language and Literature 
Q. Science 
R. Medicine 
S. Agriculture 
T. Technology 
U. Military Science 
V. Naval Science
Z. Bibliography, Librarianship, Information Resources

Subjects are separated from each other and are sub-divided into smaller and more specialised aspects by dividing the classification numbers as indicated below:

A - Z        Main Class
AE - AZ        Narrower classes of subjects
ABI - 999    (Numerical) Detailed division of subject
AB100.1.A2     (Decimal) Author arrangement (e.g. Abraham) under a class number

The classification number for each print material available on the OPAC is written on the spine of the library material.

Location symbols are used and prefixed to the classification numbers for works which are kept separate from the main book stock as follows:

BIOD                     Biodiversity Database
EAF                       East Africana
EAFCORY            Cory Manuscripts
EDB                      Environment Database
Fol                         Folio
SoL                       School of Law
FOS                      Fosbrooke
IDS                        Institute of Development Studies
LAW                      Law Collection
EAFLIB                 Liberation Movements, African
MAP                      Maps
MEE                      Microfiches
MIC                       Micro cards
MIF                        Microfilms
MSS                      Manuscripts
PAM                      Pamphlets
PER                      Periodicals
QTO                      Quarto
REF                      References Collection
REP                      Reprint
THS                     Thesis
UNO                     United Nations Collection

There can be a combination of location symbols e.g. EAF - REP indicating a reprint in the East Africana Collection, or LAW - QTO indicating the size of a book in the Law Collection, EAF.THS refers to a thesis in East Africana.