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.
Subject Headings relating to Sociology:
Anomy
Crime--Sociological Aspects
Marginality, Social
Mass Society
Multiculturalism
Population
Social Conflict
Social Groups
Social Structure
Social Systems
Sociolinguistics
Symbolic Interactionism
Urbanization
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