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Age of the Collection Reports, January 1, 2001: ROCKEFELLER LIBRARY

This report is a count of bibliographic records ("titles"), and not of volumes. The call number in the bibliographic record or first attached item is used. All of these reports were generated as of January 1, 2001 (give or take two days).

Subj Cat	Description	TOTAL	2000-09	1990-99	1980-89	1970-79	1960-69
-1	No Call #	10,243	9	1,353	2,381	1,244	996
0	Not in table	19,974	12	220	146	35	11
1	1- Brown University	3,998	-	705	706	1,030	979
2	2- Rhode Island	859	-	-	-	2	36
3	3- Providence	39	-	-	-	-	2
4	4- Textbooks	2	-	-	-	-	-
5	Other Numeric	6,590	-	2	-	165	3,042
6	A General	43,602	24	580	829	720	379
7	B-BE,BG-BK Philosophy	26,400	276	4,949	4,647	3,465	3,913
8	BF Psychology	5,429	66	921	854	807	598
9	BL,BZ Religion	7,696	122	1,686	1,484	1,137	917
10	BM Judaism	5,281	63	942	895	707	753
11	BN-BP Islam	2,395	42	902	405	254	209
12	BQ Buddhism	1,153	25	382	316	203	56
13	BR Christianity	29,942	298	6,035	5,587	3,944	4,490
14	BS Bible	10,054	163	2,823	1,938	1,335	1,108
15	C-CB History	2,029	20	314	262	307	427
16	CC Archaeology	1,218	31	380	300	152	110
17	CD-CS Historical Aids	4,990	15	567	664	609	529
18	D-DA History, Great Britain	27,094	300	4,214	3,912	2,934	3,728
19	DB,DD History, Central Europe	7,208	61	1,311	1,281	923	1,060
20	DC History, France	7,990	54	1,140	1,222	885	1,079
21	DE-DG399 History, Greece & Rome	7,685	53	1,622	1,750	1,358	816
22	DG400+ History, Italy	5,402	31	979	1,340	757	710
23	DH-DJ History, Low Countries	689	5	110	84	89	71
24	DK History, E.Eur. & Russia	9,409	62	2,206	1,477	1,160	1,539
25	DL History, Scandinavia	551	3	68	91	74	87
26	DM-DP History, Spain	3,207	20	659	590	455	366
27	DQ History, Switzerland	230	1	29	40	30	29
28	DR History, Balkans	2,123	31	422	326	396	270
29	DS1-329 History, Near East	11,038	145	2,798	2,376	1,423	1,245
30	DS330-449 History, South Asia	3,408	24	559	671	490	739
31	DS500-9999 History, East Asia	11,993	135	2,446	2,262	1,813	1,740
32	DT1-38,94+ History, Africa	6,285	70	1,124	1,175	996	1,431
33	DT39-93 History, Ancient Egypt	3,077	21	653	587	415	226
34	DU-DZ History, Oceanea,Gypsies	1,852	11	197	244	175	373
35	E-F1000 History, U.S.	95,338	627	7,588	5,735	5,192	5,576
36	F1001-1200 History, Canada	1,578	18	214	235	154	231
37	F1201-9999 History, Latin America	13,815	109	2,248	2,221	1,785	3,205
38	FA-GB Geography	12,550	26	565	533	367	636
39	GC Oceanography	107	-	10	11	23	24
40	GD-GM Ecology	1,556	19	343	126	93	30
41	GN-GT Anthropology	9,631	98	2,371	2,197	1,700	1,128
42	GU-GZ Recreation & Dance	3,979	43	757	593	319	293
43	H-HL Economics	82,664	1,354	17,394	17,882	11,171	10,345
44	HM,HR-HZ Sociology	24,998	357	6,154	5,407	4,195	3,048
45	HN-HP Social History	6,183	80	1,509	1,450	1,381	844
46	HQ Family,Gender,Sexuality	10,828	231	4,446	3,023	1,408	616
47	J-JZ Politics	39,128	492	7,206	5,770	4,566	4,478
48	K-KZ Law	9,268	196	3,147	2,255	933	571
49	L-LZ Education	24,254	212	3,722	3,181	3,302	3,566
50	M Music (scores)	392	-	4	7	-	3
51	ML Music	296	17	65	36	15	13
52	MT Music Technique	185	1	5	2	1	-
53	N,NB-NE,NL+Art	47,124	316	11,028	10,977	7,317	5,728
54	NA Architecture	13,508	128	3,778	3,399	2,140	1,569
55	NF-NK Decorative Arts	5,233	18	1,139	1,203	891	625
56	P,PB Language & Linguistics	9,067	132	2,346	2,621	1,715	871
57	PA Classics	14,433	115	2,413	2,332	2,087	1,983
58	PC1-999 Romance Lang & Lit	717	5	118	140	186	102
59	PC,PQ4000+ Italian Lang & Lit	18,888	49	1,981	2,282	2,480	2,128
60	PC,PQ2000+ French Lang & Lit	27,863	146	3,148	3,361	3,531	4,707
61	PC,PQ6000+ Spanish Lang & Lit	19,913	131	3,181	4,306	3,284	2,539
62	PC,PQ5000+ Portuguese Lang & Lit	8,513	44	2,254	2,562	1,662	878
63	PD,PF,PT Germanic Lang & Lit	37,576	285	5,001	8,267	6,605	5,099
64	PE English Language	3,568	23	697	683	518	629
65	PG Slavic Lang & Lit	24,870	118	4,385	5,342	4,424	4,629
66	PH Finno-Ugrian Lang & Lit	278	1	72	59	37	47
67	PJ1-2299 Egyptian Lang & Lit	1,904	9	296	216	244	296
68	PJ2300+ Semitic Lang & Lit	805	5	126	100	77	124
69	PJ4500+ Hebrew Lang & Lit	3,277	10	1,037	593	343	317
70	PJ5200+ Aramaic & Syraic L & L	241	-	24	20	26	36
71	PJ6000+ Arabic & Ethiopian L & L	2,118	10	638	300	236	255
72	PK Indo-Iranian Lang & Lit	2,440	13	229	441	402	442
73	PL1+,3300+ Asian & Oceanic L & L	913	4	161	188	155	196
74	PL500+ Japanese Lang & Lit	2,870	23	427	614	353	154
75	PL900+ Korean Lang & Lit	1,614	2	702	797	84	12
76	PL1000+ Chinese Lang & Lit	3,996	22	662	1,367	371	348
77	PL8000+ African Lang & Lit	438	5	73	85	86	112
78	PM Other Languages	682	6	160	135	126	77
79	PN1+,3300+ Literature	15,759	157	3,527	3,412	2,589	2,254
80	PN1501+ Perf.Arts, Dance, Film	11,613	238	3,749	3,031	1,705	1,142
81	PR1+ English Lit (general)	10,041	129	1,924	1,466	1,010	1,010
82	PR1400+ Old English Lit	270	1	47	43	35	40
83	PR1800+ Medieval English Lit	988	11	222	174	155	166
84	PR2200+ Renaissance Engl. Lit	5,872	73	881	793	815	983
85	PR3200+ Modern English Lit	34,633	324	5,827	5,616	4,288	5,325
86	PS1+ American Lit (general)	5,649	148	2,011	1,180	723	617
87	PS1000+ American Lit, 19th cent.	7,162	39	701	627	527	789
88	PS3500+ American Lit, 20th cent.	13,990	100	1,713	1,658	1,641	2,294
89	PS3550+ American Lit, contemp.	13,309	595	6,176	3,259	1,832	1,318
90	PZ Other Literature	297	-	1	5	7	1
91	Q1-9999 General Science	2,075	21	351	321	332	416
92	QA1-69,80+ Mathematics	994	17	191	166	130	132
93	QA70-79 Computers	175	5	74	61	9	22
94	QB Astronomy	661	4	173	111	77	71
95	QC Physics	618	16	135	98	73	59
96	QD Chemistry	243	3	47	19	33	28
97	QE Geology	301	4	37	42	37	56
98	QF-QH Natural History	1,118	13	122	145	122	141
99	QK Botany	306	5	37	32	18	32
100	QL Zoology	594	6	55	64	69	104
101	QM Human Anatomy	55	1	13	4	5	6
102	QN-QZ Physiology, Microbiology	-
103	QQ-QR Microbiology	586	4	37	34	28	36
104	R1-9999 Medicine	1,115	3	185	183	176	156
105	(undefined)	-
106	RA-RB Public Health, Pathology	1,158	19	360	278	187	94
107	RC Internal Medicine	1,028	3	247	228	201	118
108	RD Surgery	95	1	23	18	10	6
109	RE-RL Medical Specialities	636	-	118	111	58	17
110	RM-RS Therapeutics,Pharmacol.	212	-	33	42	19	17
111	RT Nursing	28	-	4	10	2	5
112	RU-RZ Other Medicine	113	-	3	5	5	4
113	S-SZ Agriculture	3,502	29	449	422	325	363
114	T-TJ,TL Technology & Engineering	3,486	28	533	553	493	448
115	TK Electrical Engineering	430	4	89	64	42	33
116	TM-TN Mining, Metallurgy	356	-	32	46	50	38
117	TP Chemical Engineering	322	1	47	53	43	41
118	TQ-TR Photography	1,643	36	579	458	280	114
119	TS Manufacturing	618	2	54	75	77	66
120	TT Arts & Crafts	218	1	31	53	43	12
121	TU-TZ Home Economics	634	7	95	153	109	56
122	U-V Military & Naval Sci.	7,424	119	1,614	1,730	786	661
123	Z1-659 Writing & Books	3,616	13	449	529	474	642
124	Z660-1000 Libraries	5,723	37	733	965	976	951
125	Z1001+ Bibliography	19,972	32	1,554	3,721	3,687	3,130
126	X1 Reserves Folder	1	-	-	1	-	-
127	X9 Reserves Prof Copy	-
	TOTAL	1,060,373	9,942	182,405	175,955	130,777	126,588

Subj Cat	Description	1950-59	1940-49	1930-39	1920-29	1910-19	<1909	No Date
-1	No Call #	394	346	408	465	248	1,337	1,062
0	Not in table	3	82	96	1,133	2,621	14,604	1,011
1	1- Brown University	190	202	147	14	4	13	8
2	2- Rhode Island	67	65	75	89	105	368	52
3	3- Providence	1	1	2	8	2	19	4
4	4- Textbooks	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
5	Other Numeric	3,326	10	2	-	-	13	30
6	A General	269	199	251	160	157	38,457	1,577
7	B-BE,BG-BK Philosophy	2,195	1,129	1,341	1,266	634	2,077	508
8	BF Psychology	428	316	355	341	142	476	125
9	BL,BZ Religion	559	278	350	349	173	465	176
10	BM Judaism	381	153	182	202	134	506	363
11	BN-BP Islam	107	64	50	49	42	216	55
12	BQ Buddhism	30	12	3	9	9	25	83
13	BR Christianity	2,290	1,324	1,287	1,087	595	2,582	423
14	BS Bible	643	239	309	336	176	820	164
15	C-CB History	180	129	127	98	30	84	51
16	CC Archaeology	43	11	18	19	22	88	44
17	CD-CS Historical Aids	206	277	209	152	173	1,403	186
18	D-DA History, Great Britain	2,018	2,404	1,782	1,571	1,058	2,597	576
19	DB,DD History, Central Europe	582	496	578	321	144	341	110
20	DC History, France	580	405	460	528	283	1,248	106
21	DE-DG399 History, Greece & Rome	370	241	329	306	142	576	122
22	DG400+ History, Italy	288	180	175	215	98	548	81
23	DH-DJ History, Low Countries	45	47	35	32	30	126	15
24	DK History, E.Eur. & Russia	813	420	462	439	224	444	163
25	DL History, Scandinavia	50	36	45	20	7	45	25
26	DM-DP History, Spain	204	204	199	123	61	264	62
27	DQ History, Switzerland	15	19	6	14	7	29	11
28	DR History, Balkans	141	87	79	114	86	125	46
29	DS1-329 History, Near East	746	346	483	419	193	531	333
30	DS330-449 History, South Asia	347	155	117	99	33	121	53
31	DS500-9999 History, East Asia	752	383	335	208	86	265	1,568
32	DT1-38,94+ History, Africa	450	139	179	189	94	314	124
33	DT39-93 History, Ancient Egypt	194	99	139	162	141	386	54
34	DU-DZ History, Oceanea,Gypsies	140	108	70	58	46	379	51
35	E-F1000 History, U.S.	2,626	2,315	2,122	1,574	1,845	55,332	4,806
36	F1001-1200 History, Canada	98	107	91	89	59	223	59
37	F1201-9999 History, Latin America	1,155	962	678	471	231	510	240
38	FA-GB Geography	307	156	261	617	1,963	6,331	788
39	GC Oceanography	8	4	6	5	1	3	12
40	GD-GM Ecology	15	5	15	36	142	676	56
41	GN-GT Anthropology	461	199	285	255	129	547	261
42	GU-GZ Recreation & Dance	176	269	368	309	171	475	206
43	H-HL Economics	5,847	3,853	4,046	3,424	1,572	2,814	2,962
44	HM,HR-HZ Sociology	1,481	742	935	780	397	987	515
45	HN-HP Social History	282	120	75	86	108	147	101
46	HQ Family,Gender,Sexuality	270	140	176	156	66	169	127
47	J-JZ Politics	2,267	1,712	1,639	1,930	2,484	5,318	1,266
48	K-KZ Law	301	169	194	154	236	950	162
49	L-LZ Education	1,705	1,201	1,573	1,328	771	2,750	943
50	M Music (scores)	3	2	4	23	51	280	15
51	ML Music	6	1	6	9	16	86	26
52	MT Music Technique	1	1	-	6	31	133	4
53	N,NB-NE,NL+Art	2,551	1,533	1,460	1,727	972	2,679	836
54	NA Architecture	688	333	326	385	195	402	165
55	NF-NK Decorative Arts	286	172	203	250	102	197	147
56	P,PB Language & Linguistics	303	112	95	81	68	492	231
57	PA Classics	737	508	620	677	428	2,263	270
58	PC1-999 Romance Lang & Lit	36	11	20	19	7	37	36
59	PC,PQ4000+ Italian Lang & Lit	5,916	1,606	688	649	312	633	164
60	PC,PQ2000+ French Lang & Lit	2,667	1,853	1,876	2,330	881	2,869	494
61	PC,PQ6000+ Spanish Lang & Lit	1,410	1,434	934	971	520	917	286
62	PC,PQ5000+ Portuguese Lang & Lit	316	212	108	105	34	162	176
63	PD,PF,PT Germanic Lang & Lit	2,383	1,848	1,534	2,296	1,168	2,571	519
64	PE English Language	176	108	159	157	105	268	45
65	PG Slavic Lang & Lit	2,429	825	634	728	387	655	314
66	PH Finno-Ugrian Lang & Lit	25	10	7	10	2	7	1
67	PJ1-2299 Egyptian Lang & Lit	157	59	91	87	72	329	48
68	PJ2300+ Semitic Lang & Lit	65	20	52	42	50	118	26
69	PJ4500+ Hebrew Lang & Lit	169	94	90	62	32	122	408
70	PJ5200+ Aramaic & Syraic L & L	16	6	11	18	12	64	8
71	PJ6000+ Arabic & Ethiopian L & L	131	53	58	53	39	284	61
72	PK Indo-Iranian Lang & Lit	201	106	100	113	56	242	95
73	PL1+,3300+ Asian & Oceanic L & L	74	39	19	9	7	44	17
74	PL500+ Japanese Lang & Lit	67	28	14	26	8	21	1,135
75	PL900+ Korean Lang & Lit	3	2	-	1	1	1	9
76	PL1000+ Chinese Lang & Lit	203	57	42	30	10	31	853
77	PL8000+ African Lang & Lit	27	8	14	8	4	4	12
78	PM Other Languages	34	19	25	13	16	60	11
79	PN1+,3300+ Literature	911	590	561	526	161	666	405
80	PN1501+ Perf.Arts, Dance, Film	470	208	250	207	121	259	233
81	PR1+ English Lit (general)	462	280	521	445	420	1,655	719
82	PR1400+ Old English Lit	23	14	17	11	8	31	-
83	PR1800+ Medieval English Lit	59	24	43	38	18	73	5
84	PR2200+ Renaissance Engl. Lit	399	297	394	330	191	658	58
85	PR3200+ Modern English Lit	2,312	1,411	1,970	2,158	1,067	3,808	527
86	PS1+ American Lit (general)	214	189	199	139	44	125	60
87	PS1000+ American Lit, 19th cent.	293	214	245	348	334	2,929	116
88	PS3500+ American Lit, 20th cent.	1,431	1,467	1,503	1,190	563	358	72
89	PS3550+ American Lit, contemp.	110	3	1	-	-	1	14
90	PZ Other Literature	1	1	2	10	18	235	16
91	Q1-9999 General Science	170	97	102	70	40	89	66
92	QA1-69,80+ Mathematics	52	29	46	26	30	165	10
93	QA70-79 Computers	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
94	QB Astronomy	33	19	38	23	16	79	17
95	QC Physics	42	20	38	54	18	55	10
96	QD Chemistry	11	10	18	26	11	36	1
97	QE Geology	20	8	13	12	14	51	7
98	QF-QH Natural History	87	49	49	66	73	235	16
99	QK Botany	23	8	24	20	28	71	8
100	QL Zoology	52	49	63	37	26	61	8
101	QM Human Anatomy	7	3	3	3	2	7	1
102	QN-QZ Physiology, Microbiology
103	QQ-QR Microbiology	25	21	35	78	78	199	11
104	R1-9999 Medicine	104	87	86	45	16	58	16
105	(undefined)
106	RA-RB Public Health, Pathology	54	35	37	16	11	53	14
107	RC Internal Medicine	71	37	27	21	10	44	21
108	RD Surgery	2	2	6	3	4	17	3
109	RE-RL Medical Specialities	6	10	6	7	35	246	22
110	RM-RS Therapeutics,Pharmacol.	11	12	5	6	7	33	27
111	RT Nursing	2	4	-	1	-	-	-
112	RU-RZ Other Medicine	7	7	6	1	11	59	5
113	S-SZ Agriculture	200	170	176	181	206	813	168
114	T-TJ,TL Technology & Engineering	235	226	220	158	88	397	107
115	TK Electrical Engineering	37	52	44	30	6	15	14
116	TM-TN Mining, Metallurgy	30	27	36	33	26	31	7
117	TP Chemical Engineering	24	22	19	20	7	34	11
118	TQ-TR Photography	30	21	42	27	3	15	38
119	TS Manufacturing	104	41	38	50	24	69	18
120	TT Arts & Crafts	12	10	8	8	4	31	5
121	TU-TZ Home Economics	30	27	36	24	16	61	20
122	U-V Military & Naval Sci.	302	393	178	225	420	803	193
123	Z1-659 Writing & Books	391	228	219	220	77	238	136
124	Z660-1000 Libraries	385	357	307	199	106	322	385
125	Z1001+ Bibliography	1,603	1,075	1,075	814	562	1,745	974
126	X1 Reserves Folder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
127	X9 Reserves Prof Copy
	TOTAL	67,976	41,474	41,045	40,600	28,681	182,026	32,904