GW Law Library: Library Guides: Zones@GW Law Library: Subject Guide to Call Numbers--U.S.

What is a "Call Number"?

A "call number" is a combination of characters assigned to a library book to indicate its place on a shelf.

SUBJECT	CALL # RANGE
Abortion	KF3771 (Regulation) KF9315 (Criminal aspects)
Administrative law	KF5401 - KF5425
Agency	KF1345
Antitrust	KF1631- KF1657
Banking	KF966 - KF1032
Bankruptcy	KF1506 – KF1536
Children—Legal status	KF479
Civil procedure	KF8810 - KF9086
Conflict of laws	KF410 - KF418
Constitutional law	KF4501 - KF5130
Contracts	KF801 - KF1244
Copyright	KF2994 - KF3086
Corporations	KF1396 - KF1480
Criminal law	KF9201 - KF9479
Criminal procedure	KF9601 - KF9763
Dispute resolution	KF9084
Energy law	KF2120 - KF2140
Environmental	KF3817-KF3820.6
Evidence	KF8931 - KF8968
Family law	KF501 - KF554 (Domestic relations) KF9322 - KF9324 (Domestic violence)
Gov/Public contracts	KF841 - KF869
Health/Medical law	KF3821 - KF3832
Immigration	KF4801 - KF4848
Insurance	KF1146 - KF1238
Jurisprudence	K201 - K487
Juvenile justice	KF9771 - KF9827
Labor and employment	KF3301 - KF3580
Legal history	KF350 - KF374
Legal research	KF240 - KF247
Legal writing	KF250
LLM Theses	AS36.G3 [Historic Storage]
Military law	KF7201 - KF7749
Patents	T201 -T342 (Technological) KF3096 - KF3165 (Law)
Professional responsibility/Legal ethics	KF305 - KF314
Property	KF560 - KF720
Real estate	KF566 - KF698 K736 - K780
Remedies	KF9010 - KF9070
Secured transactions	KF1046 - KF1060
Securities	KF1431 - KF1442
Social security	KF3641 - KF3664
Tax	KF6271 - KF6636
Torts	KF1246 - KF1327
Trademarks	KF3176 - KF3194
Trade regulation	KF1600 - KF1668
Trial practice	KF8911 - KF8925
Trusts and estates	KF726 - KF780
U.S. Supreme Court	KF8741 - KF8748
Women—Legal status	KF477 - KF478