We use the Library of Congress call number system to organize more than one millions items in the CCNY libraries. The first letter(s) in the call number of a book indicate which subject area the book belongs to. Law and legal studies related books start with the letter 'K" and are located in Cohen Library. Some areas of political science may be of interest to law and legal studies research. Political Science related books start with the call letter "J". It can be fun to browse the shelves, but if you're in a hurry, you'll save time by looking up the call numbers of the specific books you need as there a thousands of books in some of these sections and some of them may be checked out.
Located on the 2nd Floor of Cohen Library
K= Law
J= Political Science
LAW Call Number Breakdown
K Jurisprudence, Comparative Law, International Trade, Human Rights
KD-KDK British and Irish Law
KDZ Law of the Americas (OAS, NAFTA)
KE Canadian Law (federal)
KEA-KEY Law of Canadian provinces and territories (e.g., KEA is law of Alberta, KEB is law of British Columbia)
KF United States Law
KF16-153 Legislative Documents, Statutes, Reports
KF154-170 Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Formbooks
KF220-224 Criminal Trials
KF240-251 Legal Research and Writing
KF261-334 Legal Education and Legal Profession
KF332 State Bar Journals
KF350-382 U.S. Legal History and Jurisprudence
KF398-418 Equity, Conflict of Laws
KF501-553 Domestic Relations, Family Law
KF560-720 Property
KF726-780 Trusts, Estate Planning, Wills
KF801-1241 Contracts
KF1246-1327 Torts
KF1341-1480 Agency, Associations, Corporations
KF1501-1548 Bankruptcy
KF1601-1668 Trade Regulation, Antitrust
KF1681-2940 Regulated Industries
KF2971-3192 Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademark & Patent Law
KF3301-3580 Labor Law, Employment Discrimination
KF3941-3977 Public Safety
KF4101-4257 Education Law
KF4501-5130 Constitutional Law
KF5300-5332 Local Government Law
KF5336-5398 Government Employees
KF5500-5865 Public Property, Public Restraints on Private Property
KF6200-6795 Public Finance, Taxation
KF7201-7755 National Defense, Military Law
KF8201-8228 Indian Law
KF8700-8807 Court Organization and Procedure
KF8810-9075 Civil Procedure
POLITICAL SCIENCE
J General legislative and executive papers
JA Political science (General)
JC Political theory
JF Political institutions and public administration
JJ Political institutions and public administration (North America)
JK Political institutions and public administration (United States)
JL Political institutions and public administration (Canada, Latin America, etc.)
JN Political institutions and public administration (Europe)
JQ Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.)
JS Local government/Municipal government
JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JX International law, see JZ and KZ (obsolete)
JZ International relations
Note: Most public libraries do not own Law textbooks, however a professor may have put a copy on reserve loan (2hrs) in Cohen.
