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Mile End subject guide

 Below is a list of the subjects available at Mile End Library with their shelfmarks and locations.

SubjectShelfmarkFloor/RoomSide
Aeronautical engineering TL 1st Floor North East
Aesthetics BH 2nd Floor North West
Africa (History) DT 2nd Floor North West
Africa, Asia (Political Science) JQ, JS, JV 2nd Floor North East
African Literature PS 2nd Floor North East
Ageing QP86 1st Floor North East
Agiosperms QK495 1st Floor North East
Agriculture S 1st Floor North East
Algae QK565 1st Floor North East
Alternative medicine R733 1st Floor North East
American Literature PS 2nd Floor North East
Anglo-Saxon PB 2nd Floor North East
Animal Behaviour QL751 1st Floor North East
Animal culture SF 1st Floor North East
Animal Intelligence QL785 1st Floor North East
Animal Physiology QP31 1st Floor North East
Anthropology GN 2nd Floor North West
Aquaculture SH 1st Floor North East
Arachnida QL451 1st Floor North East
Archaeology CC, CD, CE, CJ, CN, CR, CS, CT 2nd Floor North West
Architecture NA 2nd Floor North East
Art N 2nd Floor North East
Art by Country N 2nd Floor North East
Arthropoda QL434 1st Floor North East
Arts & Social Sciences Ref   2nd Floor North West
Asia (History) DS 2nd Floor North West
Astronomy QB 1st Floor North West
Atlases of human anatomy QM25 1st Floor North East
Australia (History) DU 2nd Floor North West
Australian Literature PS 2nd Floor South East
Austrian Literature PT 2nd Floor South East
Austro-Hungarian History DB 2nd Floor North West
Bacterial systematics QR82 1st Floor North East
Balkans (History) DR 2nd Floor North West
Belgium (History) DH 2nd Floor North West
Biology QH 1st Floor North East
Biology of Fishes QL615 1st Floor North East
Biomedical engineering R856 1st Floor North East
Biotechnology QR53 1st Floor North East
Birds QL673 1st Floor North East
Blood QP91 1st Floor North East
Botany QK 1st Floor North East
Botany textbooks QK47 1st Floor North East
Brain QM455 1st Floor North East
British History DA 2nd Floor North West
Building construction TH 1st Floor North East
Business Finance, Investment HG4006 2nd Floor North East
Calculus QA 1st Floor North West
Canada (Law) KE, KEA 1st Floor South West
Canadian & Latin American History F 2nd Floor North West
Canadian Literature PS 2nd Floor South East
Cardiovascular systems QP102 1st Floor North East
Caribbean Literature PS 2nd Floor South East
Cartography GA 2nd Floor North West
Catalan PB 2nd Floor North East
Celtic PB 2nd Floor North East
Chemistry QD 1st Floor North West
Christianity BR, BS, BX 2nd Floor North West
Circuit Analysis TK 1st Floor North East
Classical Philology and Languages PA 2nd Floor North East
Coelenterata (cnidaria) QL375 1st Floor North East
Command Papers   1st Floor South East
Community Medicine RA485 1st Floor North East
Comparative Anatomy(individual organs of animals) QL805 1st Floor North East
Computer Science, Databases, Networks QA 1st Floor North West
Crustacea QL435 1st Floor North East
Cryptograms QK505 1st Floor North East
Decorative arts NK, NX 2nd Floor North East
Dental anatomy (includes Oral Histology/Embryology) QM306 1st Floor North East
Dental microbiology QR47 1st Floor North East
Dentistry RK 1st Floor North East
Doctor-Patient relations/ communication R727 1st Floor North East
Drawing, Design, Illustration, Commercial Art NC 2nd Floor North East
Early Modern PB 2nd Floor North East
Eastern Europe (History) DJK 2nd Floor North West
Economic History by country HC 2nd Floor North West
Economics HB 2nd Floor North West
Education L, LA, LB, LC, LF 2nd Floor North East
Electrical Engineeering TK 1st Floor North East
Embryology QL955 1st Floor North East
Endocrynology QP187 1st Floor North East
Engineering T 1st Floor North East
Engineering Mathematics TA 1st Floor North East
English Language PE 2nd Floor North East
English Literature PR 2nd Floor North East
Entomology QL462 1st Floor North East
Environmental engineering TD 1st Floor North East
Ethnic groups RA564.9 1st Floor North East
Europe (Law) KJ 1st Floor South West
Europe (Political Science) JN 2nd Floor North East
European Union Law KJE, KJV 1st Floor South West
Film PN 2nd Floor North East
Finance HG 2nd Floor North East
Fish Physiology QL639.1 1st Floor North East
Flora of Britain QK306 1st Floor North East
Flora of Europe QK281 1st Floor North East
Forestry SD 1st Floor North East
French History DC 2nd Floor North West
French Language PC 2nd Floor North East
French Literature PQ 2nd Floor North East
Funghi QK601 1st Floor North East
Gastro-intestinal system QP145 1st Floor North East
General and civil engineering TA 1st Floor North East
General Science Q 1st Floor North  West 
General Zoology QL47 1st FloorNorth   East
Geography G 2nd FloorNorth  West 
Geology  GBE 2nd FloorNorth  West
German History  DD 2nd FloorNorth  West 
German Language  PF 2nd Floor North  East 
German Literature  PT 2nd Floor South East 
Germanic  PB 2nd Floor North  East 
Gerontology RA564.8 1st Floor North East
Great Britain (Political Science) JN101 2nd Floor North East
Greco-Roman History DE 2nd Floor North West
Greek History DF 2nd Floor North West
Gymnosperms QK494 1st Floor North East
Heart QP111 1st Floor North East
Hepaticae QK553 1st Floor North East
Histology QM551 1st Floor North East
History D 2nd Floor North West
History of Art N 2nd Floor North East
History of Civilisation CB 2nd Floor North West
Holland (History) DJ 2nd Floor North West
Human Anatomy QM23 1st Floor North East
Human Development QP84  1st Floor North East
Human Geography  GF 2nd Floor North West
Human physiology QP34  1st Floor North East
Human physiology & the environment QP82  1st Floor North East
Hydraulic Engineering TC  1st Floor North East
Immunology QR181 1st Floor North East
Indian Literature PS  2nd Floor South East 
Intelligence Services JWB  2nd Floor North East 
International Relations JX  2nd Floor North East 
Invertebrates QL362  1st Floor North  East 
Irish Literature in English PS  2nd Floor North East 
Islam BP  2nd Floor North West 
Italian PB  2nd Floor North East 
Italian History (from Ancient Rome) DG  2nd Floor North West 
Italian Language PC  2nd Floor North East 
Italian Literature PQ  2nd Floor North East 
JOURNALS   1st Floor North  West 
Judaism BM  2nd Floor North West 
Laboratory Animals QL55  1st Floor North  East 
Latin American Literature PQ  2nd Floor North East 
Law - Jurisprudence K, KAH, KAJ  1st Floor South West 
LAW JOURNALS   1st Floor South East 
Law of the sea KZA  1st Floor South West 
Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland KD  1st Floor South West 
LAW REF    1st Floor South East 
LAW REPORTS   1st Floor South East
Library Sciences  2nd FloorSouth East 
Linguistics P 2nd Floor North East
Literary criticism and history PR 2ndFloor South East
Logic BC 2nd Floor North West
Mammals QL703 1st Floor North East
Management, Organization of Production HD28 2nd Floor North West
Maps      
Marine Algae  QK570.2  1st Floor North  East 
Material Engineering  TM  1st Floor North  East 
Mathematics  QA  1st Floor North  West 
Medical Dictionaries  R121  1st Floor North  East 
Medical Economics  RA410  1st Floor North  East 
Medical Materials  R857.M3  1st Floor North  East 
Medical Microbiology  QR46  1st Floor North  East 
Medical Psychology / Health Psychology  R726.5  1st Floor North  East 
Medical Sociology  RA418  1st Floor North  East 
Medical Statistics  RA409  1st Floor North  East 
Medical Textbooks  R46  1st Floor North  East 
Medicine  1st Floor North East 
Metabolism QP171 1st Floor North East
Microbial Ecology QR100 1st Floor North East
Microbiology QR9-QR502 1st Floor North East
Microbiology- General textbooks QR41 1st Floor North East
Middle English PB 2nd Floor North East
Military Science JW, JWA 2nd Floor North East
Modern languages PB 2nd Floor North East
Mollusca QL403 1st Floor North East
Motor vehicles TL 1st Floor North East
Musci (Mosses) QK537 1st Floor North East
Museum Theory AE, AG, AM, AP, AS, AZ 2nd Floor North West
Music M, ML, MT 2nd Floor North East
Myriapoda  QL449  1st Floor North  East 
National Health Service (NHS) RA412.5.G7 1st Floor North East
Netherland (History) DH 2nd Floor North West
Neuroanatomy QM451 1st Floor North East
Neurology RC 1st Floor North East
Norse (Language) PB 2nd Floor North East
Northern Europe (History) DL 2nd Floor North West
Obstetrics & Gynaecology RG 1st Floor North East
Oncology  RC  1st Floor North  East 
Ophtalmology RE 1st Floor North East
Otorhinolaryngology RF 1st Floor North East
Painting ND,NE 2nd Floor North East
Parasitology QL757  1st Floor North East
Pathology RB  1st Floor North East
Pediatrics RJ  1st Floor North East
Philosophy B 2nd Floor North West
Philosophy of Art N 2nd Floor North East
Physical Geography GB 2nd Floor North West
Physics QC 1st Floor North East
Physiology QP21-QP981.C28 1st Floor North East
Physiology of Invertebrates QL364 1st Floor North East
Phytochemistry QK861 1st Floor North East
Plant Cell & Tissues QK725 1st Floor North East
Plant Geography QK101 1st Floor North East
Plant Growth & Development QK731 1st Floor North East
Plant Hormones QK745 1st Floor North East
Plant Physiology QK711 1st Floor North East
Plant Systematics & Taxonomy QK95 1st Floor North East
Political sciences JA, JC, JF 2nd Floor North East 
Politics J 2nd Floor North East 
Pollen QK658 1st Floor North  East 
Portuguese PB 2nd Floor North East 
Portuguese Literature PQ 2nd Floor North East 
Post-Colonial Literature PS 2nd FloorSouth East 
Protozoa  QL366  1st Floor North  East 
Psychiatry  RC  1st Floor North  East 
Psychology BF 2nd Floor North West
Pteridophyta (Ferns)  QK522 1st Floor North  East 
Public finance, taxation  HJ  2nd Floor North East 
Railways  TF  1st Floor North  East 
Religions, Mythology  BL  2nd Floor North West 
Religious Art  2nd Floor North East 
Religious Law  KB, KBB, KBD, KBL, KBP  1st Floor South West 
Reproduction  QK825  1st Floor North  East 
Reptiles & Amphibians  QL641  1st Floor North  East
Research/ Biomedical technology  R850-R855  1st Floor North  East 
Respiratory system  QP 121  1st Floor North  East 
Roads  TE  1st Floor North  East 
Rumanian PB 2nd Floor North East
Russia (History) DK 2nd Floor North East
Russian Language & Literature PG 2nd Floor North West
Scandinavian Literature PT 2nd Floor South East
Sculpture NB 2nd Floor North East
Social Sciences H 2nd Floor North West
Sociology HM, HN, HQ, HS, HT, HV 2nd Floor North East
Spain (History) DP 2nd Floor North West
Spanish Language PC 2nd Floor North East
Spanish Literature PQ 2nd Floor North East
Statistics HA 2nd Floor North West
STATUTES   1st Floor South East
Surgery RD 1st Floor North East
Swiss-German Literature PT 2nd Floor South East
Theatre PN  2nd Floor North  East
Tissues QP88  1st Floor North  East 
Trees and Shrubs  QK475  1st Floor North  East
U.S.A. (History) E 2nd Floor North West
United States (Political Science)  JK-JL  2nd Floor North  East 
U.S.A. Law  KF-KJC 1st Floor South West 
Virology QR360  1st Floor North East
Voyages and Expeditions  QL4  1st Floor North  East
West Germanic PB  2nd Floor North  East
Women's Health  RA 564.85 1st Floor North  East 
Worms  QL386  1st Floor North  East  
Zoology QL 1st Floor North East 
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