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Use the following call number ranges and subject headings when searching the libraries' catalog for your subject area of Florence and Italy. Please note that these call number ranges are approximate as not all libraries follow the classification system standards.

Library of Congress Classification System:

DG 11-999 History and Geography of Italy

JN5201-5690 Political institutions and public administration (Italy)

JS3000-6949.89 Local government. Municipal government (Europe)

PQ4001-4199.5 Italian literature (History and criticism)

PQ4201-4263 Italian literature (Collections)

PQ4265-4926 Individual authors and works

PQ5901-5999 Regional, provincial, local, etc.

Dewey Decimal Classification System:

066 Organizations in Iberian peninsula & adjacent islands

076 Newspapers in Iberian peninsula & adjacent islands

196 Philosophy of Spain

450 Italian, Romanian languages

850 Italian, Romanian literature

914.5 Italy(Geography & travel)

945 Italian Peninsula & adjacent islands (History)

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Italy

Italian history & culture

Italian language

Art, Italian

Architecture, Italian

Florence (Italy)

Florence (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.

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