The Hunter College Libraries arranges books by Library of Congress call numbers. Though history is covered in every discipline (e.g., women's history may be located in the women's studies call numbers while the medical history may be in the medicine call numbers), the major sections for European history are listed below.
For the location of specific call numbers go to the floor maps
| D | History General | |
| DA | Great Britain | |
| DAW | Central Europe | |
| DB | Austria, Hungary, Czech | |
| DD | Germany | |
| DE | Greco-Roman | |
| DF | Greece | |
| DG | Italy | |
| DH | Low Countries | |
| DJ | Netherlands | |
| DK | Russia, former Soviet Union, Poland | |
| DL | Scandinavia | |
| DP | Spain & Portugal | |
| DQ | Switzerland | |
| DR | Balkans |
For a more specific breakdown of the call numbers see the Library of Congress Classification Online.