Academic libraries use the Library of Congress Classification system to show a book's location on the shelf.
Look at the call numbers and the Library of Congress Classification System for Sociology. Click on Subclass HM Sociology
Main category
Subclass HM 1 thru 1281
Examples for sociology showing call number ranges
HM 621 - 656 Culture
HM 711 - 806 Groups & organizations
HM 811 - 821 Deviant behavior. Social deviance.
HM 1176 - 1281 Social influences. Social pressure.
Sociology is the study of group life: its characteristic changes, causes and consequences. It combines scientific and humanistic perspectives in the study of urban and rural life, family patterns and relationships, social change, inter-group relations, social class, environment, communications, health-seeking behavior, as well as social movements and community responses to disasters, natural and created.
--From the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Fordham University
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