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Poverty, Low Income Families & Individuals: Find Books and Videos

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Using Google Books, you can search inside every page of the books in their database. You can then use the Find in a Library link to find out if we have the book you need in the Madigan Library.

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Call Numbers

The Library of Congress classifications for poverty are HT and HV. More specifically, HT and HV are broken down as follows:

  • HT601-1445 Classes
  • HV1-9960 Social pathology.  Social and public welfare.  Criminology
  • HV697-4959 Protection, assistance and relief
  • HV4023-4470.7 Poor in cities.  Slums

Browsing in any of these areas may lead to the discovery of valuable material in addition to the specific items listed in this guide.

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