Call numbers help you locate items in the library. You will always find related books shelved together so understanding call numbers can help you find many resources on the shelves.
Still confused about call numbers? Our guide may help!
Call number ranges for XXX are:
BF: Psychology
BF 173 - 175.5: Psychoanalysis
HM 251: Social Psychology
HQ: Family, Marriage, Women
HQ 1206: Psychology of Women
TA: Human engineering
WL: Neurosciences
WM: Psychiatry
WM 100: Abnormal Psychology
You can find more books through our Library Catalogue by searching under the following subject headings:
You can find books at other BC Libraries by using Illume.
Look for items at other Canadian University Libraries. You can request a book from another institution using our interlibrary loan service.
Use the KPU Library Catalogue to search for books, e-books, videos and DVD's. It has better search options for finding these types of resources than the Summon Search tool.
Note: The library catalogue does not search for articles from journals, newspapers, magazines, etc. To find those, please use either Summon or one of the library's research databases.
Ebooks spanning a wide variety of disciplines. It includes many scholarly and academic publishers as well as some non-scholarly content.
Ebooks spanning a wide variety of disciplines. It includes many scholarly and academic publishers as well as some non-scholarly content.
Caution: You will often see a preview of selected pages in Google Books but you will not usually see the whole book.
Check the KPU Library catalogue to see if we have the book. If not, you can place an interlibrary loan request and we will try to borrow a copy for you from another library, at no charge.
Note: during the COVID-19 pandemic, some libraries are not lending print books through interlibrary loan.
Use the power of call numbers to find useful items on the shelf!
Call numbers are the letters and numbers that libraries use to organize books and other items on the shelf. Each item has a label attached to its 'spine' or side showing the call number. The call numbers are designed to group items on similar topics together. Once you find one good item, look for others on the shelves nearby.
Note: during the COVID-19 pandemic, our book stacks are closed and you will not be able to browse the shelves in person. You can still "browse the shelves" by call number virtually, through the library catalogue, and place holds on books. Our staff will retrieve them for you to pick up at the campus of your choice.
Most criminology materials have call numbers starting with the letters HV. Here's a more detailed breakdown to help you zero in on specific areas:
| Call number range | Subject area |
| HV 4997-5840 | Substance Abuse |
| HV 6001-6030 | Criminology (general) |
| HV 6035-6079 | Criminal anthropology |
| HV 6080-6113 | Criminal psychology (see also W 740) |
| HV 6115-6118 | Causes of crime |
| HV 6121-6143 | Crime & heredity (biological) |
| HV 6150-6249 | Crime - environment |
| HV 6250 | Victims of crime |
| HV 6251-7220 | Crimes & offenses |
| HV 7231-9960 | Criminal justice administration |
| HV 8688 | Restorative justice |
| HV 8694-8699 | Capital punishment |
| HV 9069-9108 | Youth crime |
| HV 9507 | Corrections |
| Call number range | Subject area |
| K section | Law |
| GN 69.8 | Forensic anthropology |
| W 740 | Forensic psychology |
| WM 600 | Psychology of group aggression |
| WS 350 | Psychopathology |
Two excellent tools for searching other library collections:
Note: You can also search individual local and Canadian library catalogues.
If KPU Library does not have a book that would like to borrow, you have two options:
Note: during the COVID-19 pandemic, some libraries are not lending items through interlibrary loan.
Note: during the COVID-19 pandemic, check first whether the other library is open.
Click here to find recently-received CRIM books in the KPU Library's collection. These books (and e-books) were selected for the collection.
We also receive many e-books through large e-book packages which will not show up in the list above, but which you can find listed in the library catalogue.