These books comprise the main part of the library's circulating materials and are housed on the second floor. They cover all subject areas supporting the College curriculum and are classified according to the Library of Congress Classification System (see below).
Oversized books are shelved separately to make the most efficient use of shelf space, and are located in the back of the second floor near the stairs.
Library of Congress Call Number System
Like most academic libraries, KCC library uses the Library of Congress Classification System (LC) to arrange books in subject order according to 21 major classes of knowledge. Public and school libraries use the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
LC call numbers consist of three divisions: class and subclass (designated by letters), and a final item-specific number. The following list presents the main classes. Exact call numbers for materials available in UH libraries can be found using the library's online catalog, Hawaiʻi voyager.
| Call Number | Subject Area |
|---|---|
| A | General Works |
| B-BJ | Philosophy |
| BF | Psychology |
| BH-BX | Religion and Theology |
| C | History of Civilization: Antiquities, Chronology, Heraldry, Geneology, Biography |
| CC | Archaeology |
| CS | Genealogy |
| D | General History |
| DA | History - Great Britain |
| DB | History - Austria, Hungary, France |
| DC | History - France |
| DD | History - Germany |
| DE-DJ | History - Greece, Italy, and Netherlands |
| DK | History - Russia, Poland and Finland |
| DL | History - Scandinavia |
| DP | History - Spain and Portugal |
| DQ-DR | History - Switzerland, Turkey, and Balkans |
| DS | History - Asia |
| DT | History - Africa |
| DU | History - Australia and Oceania (including Hawaiʻi) |
| E 1-143 | History - America (general) |
| E 151 - F170 | History - United States |
| F 1001 - 1140 | History - Canada |
| F 1201 - 3799 | History - Mexico, Latin and South America |
| G-GA | Geography and Cartography |
| GB-GC | Physical Geography and Oceanography |
| GE-GV | Anthropology, Folklore, Customs, and Recreation |
| H-HA | Social Sciences (general) and Statistics |
| HB-HJ | Economics, Transportation, Commerce and Finance |
| HM-HX | Sociology |
| HQ | Family, Marriage, Women's Studies |
| J | Political Science |
| K | Law |
| L | Education |
| M | Music and Books on Music |
| N | Visual Arts: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Applied Arts |
| NA | Architecture |
| NC | Graphic Arts |
| ND | Painting |
| P | General Language and Literature |
| PA | Classical Language and Literature |
| PB-PH | Modern European Languages |
| PJ-PL | Oriental Language and Literature |
| PM | Hyperborean, American, and Artificial Languages |
| PN | Literary History |
| PQ | Romance Literature |
| PR | English Literature |
| PS | American Literature |
| PT | Teutonic Literature |
| PZ | Fiction and Juvenile Literature |
| Q | General Science |
| QA | Mathematics |
| QB | Astronomy |
| QC | Physics |
| QD | Chemistry |
| QE | Geology |
| QH | Natural History and Biology |
| QK | Botany |
| QL | Zoology |
| QM | Human Anatomy |
| QP | Physiology |
| QR | Microbiology |
| QS-QZ | Preclinical Sciences |
| R | Medicine |
| RA | Health and Nutrition |
| RC | Radiology/Respiratory Therapy |
| RG | Gynecology and Obstetrics |
| RT | Nursing |
| S | Agriculture |
| T | Technology and Engineering |
| TR | Photography |
| TX | Food Service, Hospitality |
| U | Military Science |
| V | Naval Science |
| W | Medicine (National Library of Medicine Classification) |
| Z 1 - 5051 | Bibliography and Library Science |
| Z 5052 - 7999 | Subject Bibliography |
| Z 8001 - 8999 | Personal Bibliography |
