Books are organised by classmark within each major subject areas. Books are arranged on the shelf in the following order:
| Capitals | XV |
| Numbers | XVA7 |
| Stops | XVAB.E |
Numbers are ordered decimally: 1, 11, 2, 21, 3
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| Subject | Classmark |
|---|---|
| Balto-Slavic Languages and Literature | XB |
| Celtic Philology | XC |
| Chinese Language and Literature | WP |
| Chinese Literature, history of | WPB |
| Classical Philology, the classics of Greece and Rome | XD |
| Dutch and Flemish Language and Literature | XZ |
| French Language | XS |
| French Literature | XU |
| German Language | XV |
| German Literature | XX |
| Greek Language | XE |
| Greek Literature | XG |
| Indo-Iranian, or Indic-Iranic Languages and Literatures | XA |
| Italian Language | XL |
| Italian Literature | XN |
| Japanese Language and Literature | WQ |
| Language and Linguistics | W |
| Latin Language | XH |
| Latin Literature | XJ |
| Portuguese Language and Literature | XR |
| Scandinavian Languages and Literatures | XY |
| Second Language acquisition | WAJC |
| Spanish Language | XO |
| Spanish Literature | XQ |
| Turko-Tatar Languages and Literatures | WRR |