9th floor

AC–AZ General works.
B–BX Philosophy. Psychology. Religion.
C–CT Auxiliary sciences of history.
D World history.

Oversize [Books larger than 30cm in height with catalogue location of "Robarts Library Oversize"]

Pamphlets [ranges 6 - 14, but also located in Robarts Storage or Downsview]

10th floor

DA–DX History.
E History of the Americas.
F–FC History of the Americas.

Reference [Books with a library catalogue location "Robarts Library Reference"]

11th floor: G–GV Geography.
H–HX Social sciences.
J–JZ Political science.
K–KZD Law.

12th floor

L–LT Education.
N–NX Fine arts.
P–PM Language and literature.

Government publications with a location of Robarts Stacks.

13th floor: PN–PT Language and literature.
TR,TT Technology.
U–UH Military science.
V–VM Naval science.
Z–ZA Bibliography. Library science. Information Resources (General).

Other spaces in Robarts Library with books

1st floor: Short-term loan books set aside for your classes, technology loans, and books on hold ready for pick-up by you are located at the Library Services Desk on the 1st floor.
Don't forget to browse our curated book displays near the 1st floor elevators! Newly purchased books and selected titles by theme and topic are featured here every month!

3rd floor: You can find the Petro Jacyk Central & East European Resource Centre and the latest issues of select print journal titles on the 3rd floor.

8th floor: The East Asian Library and Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library are located on the 8th floor.

Books available by request only

Some books in the Robarts Library collection are available only by requesting them in the library catalogue because they are stored away. These include books with a location of "Robarts Library Storage", "Robarts Library Government Publications", and "Robarts Library Government Storage".

You can request books in these and other locations in our library catalogue, LibrarySearch.

Books organized by "old class"

The University of Toronto Libraries used to arrange books on the shelves by an earlier system called "old class" prior to 1954. While most items that were classified in this way have since been updated to Library of Congress classification, some still have "old class" numbers on their spine.

Books and pamphlets

Call number begins with "Pamph" (e.g., Pamph. HAm. S.)
Available by request in the library catalogue

Journals and periodicals

Call number begins with "P" at the beginning of the call number (e.g., P LE N)
Some are located on the 9th floor of Robarts Library, ranges 6–14. Some are available by request in the library catalogue.

Robarts Library book stacks

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