| Shelf mark | Subject | Location |
| A | General, Book Studies and Library Science, Research and Science | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Ba | Philosophy | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Be | Psychology | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Bg | Education | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Bk | Rehabilitation Sciences, Special Needs Education | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Bt | Religious Studies and Theology | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| C | Linguistics and Literature studies | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Cp | Journalism | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| D | History and Politics | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Diss | Theses | Storage magazine |
| E | Geography | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| EGM | Collection of the German Association for Railway History (DGEG) / Books | Storage magazine |
| EGZ | Collection of the German Association for Railway History (DGEG) / Journals | Storage magazine |
| F | Economics | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Fn | Social Sciences | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Fome A - Kb | Collection of the FOME Research Centre for East-Central Europe | Storage magazine |
| G | Law | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Jb A - Jb V | Historical Children's and Youth Books Collection | Storage magazine |
| Jf A, Jf B | Collection of the Women's Archive | Storage magazine |
| Js GEX - Js SGX | Collection of the former Library of the Research Centre for the Political and Social History of Education | Storage magazine |
| JY | "Julia Breithaupt-Archiv" | Storage magazine |
| K | Sciences (general) | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| L | Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Medicine | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| L Aa - L Vn, L Ya - Yn | Textbook collection | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek |
| L Xa - L Xn | Textbook collection | Departmental Library of Spatial Planning |
| M | Mathematics | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| N | Physics | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| P | Chemistry | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Q | Chemical Engineering | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| S | Technology (general), Control engineering, Measurement engineering | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Sn | Computer sciences, Data processing | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| T | Mechanical engineering | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| V | Electrical engineering | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| W | Primary industries | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Wn | Geoscience | Sebrath-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| X | Spatial planning | Departmental Library of Spatial Planning |
| Xn | Civil engineering | Departmental Library of Spatial Planning |
| Y | Art | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Ya | Architecture | Departmental Library of Architecture and Civil Engineering |
| Yb | Cultural Anthropology of Textiles | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Yf - Yh | Music | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| Yn | Sport | Emil-Figge-Bibliothek - older in the storage magazine |
| YQ | Bequests of former professors of Dortmund University | Please ask our staff at the service centrum. |
| YX C | CD-ROMs | Please ask our staff at the service centrum. |
| YX DVD | DVDs | Please ask our staff at the service centrum. |
| YX M | Didactic Materials | Please ask our staff at the service centrum. |
| YY, YZ | Microfilms, Microfiches (not borrowable) | Please ask our staff at the service centrum. |
| ZA - ZYZ | Journals | |
| Rara: A - Yn | "Rara": Rare and valuable books | Please ask our staff at the service centrum. |
