Oxford LibGuides: Hertford College Library: Library map

Library floor plans

The Library has three floors and is located in the main Old Buildings Quad of Hertford College, next to the Chapel.

The Library's classification scheme is unique! Books are grouped by academic subject area and can be browsed on the shelves.

Key subject areas

Shelfmark	Subject	Location
A	Music	Ground Floor
AA	Archaeology & Anthropology	Ground Floor
B 1-99	Philosophy	Ground Floor
B 100-200	Psychology	Upstairs Reading Room
C	Art	Basement
D 10-12	Sociology	Basement
D 13-14	Education	Basement (in Stack, ask Librarian)
D 15-22	Politics & International Relations	Basement
D 30-39	Economics	Basement
D 40-49	Management & Accounting	Ground Floor
DE	Health and Diseases	Basement
E 5-25	Maths	Upstairs Reading Room
E 27-28	General Science	Upstairs Reading Room
E 30-60	Physics	Upstairs Reading Room
E 100-109	Physiology and Pre-Clinical Medicine	Upstairs Reading Room
E 110-145	Biology and Biochemistry	Upstairs Reading Room
E 150-205	Clinical Medicine	Upstairs Reading Room
F & G	Greek and Latin	Basement
H	Spanish	Upstairs Reading Room
J	Ancient History	Basement
L	Law	Ground Floor
M	English Language & Literature	Ground Floor
N 1-4	Linguistics	Upstairs Reading Room
N 5-9	Comparative Literature	Upstairs Reading Room
N 10-14	French	Upstairs Reading Room
N 20-30	German	Upstairs Reading Room
N 31-40	Italian	Upstairs Reading Room
N 49-59	Slavonic Languages	Basement
N 70-79	Portuguese	Upstairs Reading Room
O	British History	Basement
P	Non-British History	Basement
Q	Oriental Languages and Literature	Basement
R	Geography	Basement
S	Modern Greek	Upstairs Reading Room
T	Theology	Basement
W	Welsh	Basement (in stack, ask Librarian)
WS	Gender Studies	Basement
XE 40-43	Chemistry	Upstairs Reading Room
XE 120-145	Engineering	Ground Floor
XE 128	Computer Science	Ground Floor
STUDY	Study Skills and Wellbeing	Ground Floor