Since history is covered in the literature of practically every discipline, books about the history of any particular topic are found throughout the library. For example, music history books are found on the ML shelves. Books about geographical regions and populations are found under the following call numbers:
| D | General history, historiography | |
| DA | Great Britain, Ireland | |
| DB | Austria, Hungary, Czech | |
| DC | France | |
| DD | Germany | |
| DE | Greco-Roman World | |
| DF | Greece | |
| DG | Italy | |
| DJ | Netherlands | |
| DJK | Eastern Europe | |
| DK | Russia | |
| DL | Scandinavia | |
| DP | Spain & Portugal | |
| DQ | Switzerland | |
| DR | Balkans | |
| DS | Asia | |
| DT | Africa | |
| DU | Oceania | |
| E | United States | |
| F | US States, Canada, Latin America |
Click for details regarding specific call numbers: D , E , F
The D - F shelves of the reference section (directly on the right on entering the library) have many regional and ethnic reference books and encyclopedias. For example:
The State of the Middle East : an atlas of conflict and resolution by 
Cities of the World by 
The Penguin State of the World Atlas by 