Library spaces
Building F, main library building
- individual study spaces
- books and journals
- lending, consultations and other services
- SUPO top-up machine
- phone booth
- printers
- self-service kitchenette
- computers with Internet access
Building D, group spaces
- study spaces for group work
- relaxation space
- self-service kitchenette with a microwave oven
Branch libraries
- a network of libraries located at individual departments
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Overview of service desks
Information Desk
- 1st floor, lobby
- a librarian is always available
- Lost and Found, first aid kit, document binding, printing without ISIC, issuing of certificates, useful items
Circulation and Registration Desk
- 1st floor, Journals Study Room
- a librarian is always available
- lending and returning of books, payment of late fees, registration
Consultation Desk
- 2nd floor, Quiet Study Room
- a librarian is always available
- consulting services, help with finding books, useful items
Librarian’s Desk
- 3rd and 4th floor, Quiet Study Room
- most of the day unattended
- help with finding books, useful items
Accessibility
Both buildings that house the library have a barrier-free entrance and elevator. The available study spaces in the Quiet Study Rooms and D2TYM3-6 Group Study Rooms are also adapted for wheelchair users.
Division of call numbers on library floors
The collections of the Central Library of the Faculty of Arts are arranged according to Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), adjusted to the needs of the MU Faculty of Arts.
List of call numbers
2nd floor
| 001 | Science and scientific work |
| 003 | Writing systems. Semantics and semiotics |
| 004 | Computer science. Computer technology |
| 007 | Cybernetics. Activity and organizing |
| 008 | Civilization. Culture – progress |
| 02 | Library and information science |
| 025 | Operations of libraries |
| 028 | Reading |
| 030 | General encyclopedic works |
| 06 | General organizations and museology. |
| 070 | Newspapers. Press. Journalism |
| 09 | Manuscripts, rare books, other rare printed materials |
| 1 | Philosophy. History of philosophy |
| 101 | Nature and role of philosophy |
| 11 | Metaphysics |
| 111 | Metaphysics in general. Ontology |
| 113 | Cosmology. Philosophy of nature |
| 12 | Special metaphysics. Causation. Soul. Incarnation |
| 13 | Philosophy of mind |
| 130.2 | Philosophy of culture |
| 133 | Occultism. Magic. Astrology |
| 14 | Philosophical systems and points of view |
| 141 | Kinds of viewpoint |
| 159.9 | Psychology |
| 159.913 | Mental hygiene |
| 159.92 | Mental development and capacity. Comparative psychology |
| 159.922 | Developmental psychology, national characteristics |
| 159.923 | Psychology of personality |
| 159.925 | Graphology |
| 159.93 | Sensation. Sensory perception |
| 159.94 | Executive functions. Emotions |
| 159.95 | Higher mental processes |
| 159.96 | Special mental states and processes. Depth psychology |
| 159.964.2 | Psychoanalysis |
| 159.97 | Abnormal psychology |
| 159.98 | Applied psychology |
| 16 | Logic |
| 165 | Theory of knowledge. Epistemology |
| 17 | Ethics (moral philosophy) |
| 173 | Family morality |
| 176 | Sexual morality |
| 178 | Drug dependence. Alcoholism |
| 2 | Religion. Theology |
| 2a | Religion and evolution |
| 211 | Atheism |
| 22 | Bible |
| 222 | Old Testament |
| 225 | New Testament |
| 23 | Christianity |
| 23a | Christianity – encyclopedias |
| 23d | Christianity in general |
| 23e | Christianity in the world |
| 261.8 | Ecumenical movement |
| 28 | Christian churches and sects |
| 281.2 | Early Christianity |
| 281.9 | Orthodox Eastern churches |
| 282ea | Western Christianity (to the Reformation) – theology |
| 282eb | Western Christianity (to the Reformation) – history |
| 282fa | Catholicism (from the Reformation to the Enlightenment) – theology |
| 282fb | Catholicism (from the Reformation to the Enlightenment) – history |
| 282ga | Catholicism (from the Enlightenment to the present ) – theology |
| 282gb | Catholicism (from the Enlightenment to the present ) – history |
| 283ha | Protestantism (from the Reformation to the Enlightenment) – theology |
| 283hb | Protestantism (from the Reformation to the Enlightenment) – history |
| 283ia | Protestantism (from the Enlightenment to the present ) – theology |
| 283ib | Protestantism (from the Enlightenment to the present ) – history |
| 29 | Non-Christian religions |
| 291 | Comparative religion and history of religions |
| 291a | Religious science – encyclopedias |
| 291d | Religious science in general |
| 291e | Theory and methodology of religious science |
| 291f | Philosophy of religion |
| 292 | Antique religions |
| 292.11 | Greek religion |
| 294 | Religions of Indic origin |
| 294.3 | Buddhism |
| 294.3j | Japanese Buddhism |
| 294.311 | Theravada Buddhism |
| 294.321 | Vajrayana |
| 294.38 | Mahayana Buddhism |
| 294.5 | Hinduism |
| 296 | Judaism |
| 296h | Modern Judaism |
| 297 | Islam |
| 297e | Classical Islam |
| 297f | Modern Islam |
| 298 | New religions |
| 298g | Yoga in the West |
| 298k | Buddhism in the West |
| 298l | Esoterism. Occultism. Hermetism |
| 298r | Neopaganism |
| 298s | New Age |
| 299 | Other religions |
| 299.5 | Religions of Southeast Asia |
| 299.51 | Religions of China |
| 299.52 | Religions of Japan |
| 299.6 | Religions of Africa |
| 299.7 | Religions of America |
| 30 | Social sciences |
| 304 | Cultural policy. Life style |
| 311 | General statistics |
| 314 | Demography |
| 316 | Sociology |
| 316.3 | Social structure. Social groups |
| 316.4 | Social processes. Social conflicts |
| 316.6 | Social psychology |
| 316.7 | Sociology of culture |
| 316.77 | Communication. Information science |
| 316.774 | Media |
| 32 | Politics |
| 321 | Political science. Systems of governments and states |
| 323 | Internal policy |
| 323.1 | Nationalist movement. Nationality policy. National minorities |
| 323.2 | Relation of state to citizens |
| 327 | International relations |
| 328 | Parliaments. Representation of the people. Governments |
| 329 | Political parties |
| 33 | Economics. |
| 331 | Labour. Employment. Labour economics |
| 334.71 | Industries. Handicraft production |
| 336 | Finance. Banking industry |
| 338 | Management. Tourism |
| 338.2 | Economic policy |
| 339 | Trade. Commerce. International economic relations |
| 34 | Law. Jurisprudence |
| 341 | International law |
| 342 | Public law. Constitutional law. Administrative law |
| 343 | Criminal law |
| 347 | Private law |
| 35 | Public administration. |
| 355 | Military science |
| 36 | Social work. Social welfare |
| 37 | Education. Educational science |
| 37.012 | Methodology of educational science |
| 371 | Schools and their activities |
| 371.3 | Methods of instruction and study |
| 372 | School subjects |
| 373 | General schools |
| 373.2 | Preschool education |
| 374.7 | Adult education |
| 376 | Special education |
| 378 | Higher education |
| 379.8 | Leisure education |
| 39 | Ethnology |
| 391 | Clothing. Fashion. Adornment |
| 396 | Women’s movement. Women and society |
| 397 | Native peoples |
| 397i | Native peoples – Indians |
| 398 | Folklore |
| 398.2 | Fairy tales. Legends. Storytelling |
| 398.8 | Folk songs |
| 5 | Natural sciences |
| 502 | Nature. Nature conservation |
| 504 | Environment. Ecology |
| 51 | Mathematics |
| 52 | Astronomy |
| 53 | Physics |
| 55 | Geology. Meteorology. Hydrology |
| 57 | Biology. Anthropology |
| 575 | Genetics |
| 59 | Zoology |
| 61 | Medicine |
| 612 | Human physiology |
| 613 | Hygiene. Health care |
| 615 | Pharmacy. Pharmacology. Therapy. Toxicology |
| 615.8 | Physiotherapy. Psychotherapy. Alternative medicine |
| 616 | Pathology. Clinical medicine |
| 616.89 | Psychiatry. Psychopathology |
| 62 | Technology |
| 63 | Agriculture. Forestry. Animal husbandry |
| 64 | Household. Gastronomy |
| 65 | Management of industry, commerce, communications |
| 655 | Publishing houses. Book trade. Letterpress printing |
| 659 | Advertising and public relations |
| 7 | Arts |
| 71 | City planning. Garden architecture. Historic preservation |
| 72 | Architecture |
| 73 | Plastic arts. Sculpture. Numismatics |
| 74 | Art handicraft. Art of the book |
| 75 | Painting |
| 76 | Graphic arts |
| 77 | Photography |
| 78 | Music |
| 782 | Dramatic music. Opera. Operetta |
| 791.43 | Film |
| 791.43c | Czech film |
| 792 | Theater |
| 793 | Dance. Entertainments |
| 796 | Sport. Games |
3rd floor
| 80 | Linguistics. Philology |
| 80ang | Anglistics |
| 80fil | Philosophy of language |
| 80ger | Germanic studies |
| 80psy | Psycholinguistics |
| 80rom | Romance studies |
| 80sla | Slavic studies |
| 80soc | Sociolinguistics |
| 80tra | Translation studies |
| 80trccs | Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies |
| 802 | English language |
| 802d | English language – dictionaries |
| 802g | English language – grammar |
| 802o | Old English language |
| 803 | Germanic languages |
| 803.0 | German language |
| 803.93 | Dutch language |
| 803.93d | Dutch language – dictionaries |
| 803.93p | Dutch language – textbooks and teaching |
| 803.96 | Norwegian language |
| 803.97 | Swedish language |
| 804 | Romance languages |
| 804.0 | French language |
| 804.99 | Catalan language |
| 805.0 | Italian language |
| 805.90 | Romanian language |
| 806.0 | Spanish language |
| 806.90 | Portuguese language |
| 807 | Classical languages |
| 807.1 | Latin language |
| 807.5 | Classical Greek language |
| 807.74 | Greek language |
| 808 | Slavic languages. Baltic languages |
| 808.101 | Church Slavic language. Old Bulgarian language |
| 808.2 | Russian language |
| 808.3 | Ukrainian language |
| 808.4 | Polish language |
| 808.50 | Czech language |
| 808.54 | Slovak language |
| 808.6 | South Slavic languages |
| 808.61 | Serbian language |
| 808.62 | Croatian language |
| 808.63 | Slovenian language |
| 808.66 | Macedonian language |
| 808.67 | Bulgarian language |
| 809 | Other languages |
| 809.16 | Celtic languages |
| 809.24 | Hebrew language |
| 809.27 | Arabic language |
| 809.43 | Turkic languages |
| 809.45 | Hungarian language. Finnish language. Estonian language |
| 809.51 | Chinese language |
| 809.54 | Tibetan language |
| 809.56 | Japanese language |
| 82 | Literary studies |
| 82d | Literary studies – dictionaries and encyclopedias |
| 82kt | Comics studies |
| 82w | World literature (in multiple languages) |
| 82wd | World literature – dictionaries and encyclopedias |
| 82wt | World literature (in multiple languages) – theory |
| 820 | English literature |
| 820a | American literature in English |
| 820aa | American literature – anthologies |
| 820ab | American and British literature |
| 820abt | American and British literature – theory |
| 820at | American literature – theory |
| 820b | British literature |
| 820ba | British literature – anthologies |
| 820bm | Middle English literature |
| 820bo | Old English literature |
| 820bt | British literature – theory |
| 820bts | Shakespeare William – work – theory |
| 820c | Canadian literature in English |
| 820ca | Canadian literature in English – anthologies |
| 820ct | Canadian literature in English – theory |
| 820d | Australian literature in English |
| 820dt | Australian literature in English – theory |
| 820e | Caribbean literature in English |
| 820et | Caribbean literature in English – theory |
| 820t | English literature – theory |
| 83 | Germanic literatures |
| 83t | Germanic literatures – theory |
| 830 | German literature |
| 830r | Austrian literature in German |
| 830rt | Austrian literature – theory |
| 830s | Swiss literature in German |
| 830t | German literature – theory |
| 839.3 | Dutch literature |
| 839.3t | Dutch literature – theory |
| 839.5 | Scandinavian literatures |
| 839.5t | Scandinavian literatures – theory |
| 839.6 | Norwegian literature |
| 839.6t | Norwegian literature – theory |
| 839.7 | Swedish literature |
| 839.7t | Swedish literature – theory |
| 839.8 | Danish literature |
4th floor
| 84 | Romance literatures |
| 840 | French literature |
| 840b | Belgian literature in French |
| 840bt | Belgian literature in French – theory |
| 840c | Canadian literature in French |
| 840ct | Canadian literature in French – theory |
| 840s | Swiss literature in French |
| 840t | French literature – theory |
| 840z | Other literatures in French |
| 849.9 | Catalan literature |
| 849.9t | Catalan literature – theory |
| 850 | Italian literature |
| 850t | Italian literature – theory |
| 859.0 | Romanian literature |
| 860 | Spanish literature |
| 860a | American literature in Spanish |
| 860at | American literature in Spanish – theory |
| 860t | Spanish literature – theory |
| 869.0 | Portuguese literature |
| 869.0a | American literature in Portuguese |
| 869.0at | American literature in Portuguese – theory |
| 869.0t | Portuguese literature – theory |
| 87 | Literature in Classical languages |
| 87t | Literature in Classical languages – theory |
| 871 | Classical Latin literature |
| 871t | Classical Latin literature – theory |
| 875 | Classical Greek literature. Byzantine literature |
| 875t | Classical Greek literature. Byzantine literature – theory |
| 877.4 | Modern Greek literature |
| 877.4t | Modern Greek literature – theory |
| 881 | Slavic literatures. Baltic literatures |
| 881t | Slavic literatures. Baltic literatures – theory |
| 882 | Russian literature |
| 882t | Russian literature – theory |
| 883 | Ukrainian literature |
| 883t | Ukrainian literature – theory |
| 884 | Polish literature |
| 884t | Polish literature – theory |
| 885.0 | Czech literature |
| 885.0t | Czech literature – theory |
| 885.4 | Slovak literature |
| 885.4t | Slovak literature – theory |
| 886 | South Slavic literatures |
| 886t | South Slavic literatures – theory |
| 886.1 | Serbian literature |
| 886.1t | Serbian literature – theory |
| 886.2 | Croatian literature |
| 886.2t | Croatian literature – theory |
| 886.3 | Slovenian literature |
| 886.3t | Slovenian literature – theory |
| 886.4 | Bosnian and Hercegovinian literature |
| 886.5 | Montenegrin literature |
| 886.6 | Macedonian literature |
| 886.7 | Bulgarian literature |
| 886.7t | Bulgarian literature – theory |
| 89 | Other literatures |
| 89t | Other literatures – theory |
| 892.4 | Hebrew literature |
| 892.7 | Arabic literatures |
| 892.7t | Arabic literatures – theory |
| 894 | Finno-Ugric literatures. Altaic literatures |
| 894t | Finno-Ugric literatures. Altaic literatures – theory |
| 894.35 | Turkish literature |
| 894.511 | Hungarian literature |
| 894.541 | Finnish literature |
| 894.541t | Finnish literature – theory |
| 894.545 | Estonian literature |
| 895.1 | Chinese literature |
| 895.1t | Chinese literature – theory |
| 895.6 | Japanese literature |
| 895.6t | Japanese literature – theory |
| 895.7 | Korean literature |
| 902 | Archaeology |
| 903 | Prehistory. Prehistoric material remains |
| 904 | Cultural remains of historical times |
| 91 | Geography. Historical Geography |
| 910.4 | Exploring voyages. |
| 913 | Regional geography. Travelling |
| 913.4 | Geography of and travelling in Europe |
| 913.437 | Geography of and travelling in Czech Republic |
| 929 | Biographical studies |
| 929.5 | Genealogy |
| 929.6 | Heraldry |
| 929.7 | Nobility. Kings and rulers |
| 930 | Historical science. World history |
| 930.1 | Philosophy of history |
| 930.2 | Auxiliary sciences of history |
| 930.25 | Keeping archives. Archives |
| 930.85 | History of civilization. Cultural history |
| 931 | History of Ancient World |
| 932 | History of Egypt |
| 933 | Jewish history |
| 935 | History of Ancient Orient |
| 936 | History of Celts, Slavs, Teutons |
| 937 | History of Rome |
| 938 | History of Greece |
| 940 | History of Europe |
| 940.3 | History of First World War |
| 940.53 | History of Second World War |
| 941.0 | History of England and Great Britain |
| 941.7 | History of Ireland |
| 943.0 | History of Germany |
| 943.6 | History of Austria |
| 943.71 | History of Czech Republic |
| 943.76 | History of Slovakia |
| 943.8 | History of Poland |
| 943.9 | History of Hungary |
| 944 | History of France |
| 945.0 | History of Italy |
| 946.0 | History of Spain |
| 946.9 | History of Portugal |
| 947.0 | History of Russia |
| 947.7 | History of Ukraine |
| 948 | History of Nordic countries |
| 949.2 | History of Netherlands |
| 949.5 | History of Byzantine Empire and Greece |
| 949.7 | History of Balkan countries |
| 950 | History of Asia |
| 951.0 | History of China |
| 952.0 | History of Japan |
| 954.0 | History of India |
| 960 | History of Africa |
| 970 | History of North and Central America |
| 971 | History of Canada |
| 973 | History of United States |
| 980 | History of South America |
| 990 | History of Australia, Oceania and Polar regions |