LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

The outline below lists some of the major subject areas that are represented in the first line of a call number. It is not a complete list.

A...GENERAL WORKS

AE: Encyclopedias

AP: General periodicals

B...PHILOSOPHY

BF: Psychology

BL-BX: Religion

C...AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY

CC: ARCHAEOLOGY

CT: BIOGRAPHY

D...HISTORY: GENERAL AND OLD WORLD

DA: British History

DC-DQ: European History

DS: History of the Middle East and Asia

DT: African History

DU: History of Down Under

E...HISTORY: UNITED STATES

F...HISTORY: STATE AND LOCAL UNITED STATES; CANADA; LATIN AMERICA

G...GEOGRAPHY

GN: Anthropology

GV: Sports and Recreation

H...SOCIAL SCIENCES

HA: Statistics

HB: Economic Theory

HC: Economic Conditions and National Economies

HD: Agriculture, Labor, and Industry

HE: Transportation and Communication

HF: Business, Accounting, and Advertising

HG: General Finance, Money, Banking, and Insurance

HJ: Public Financ

HM: Sociology

HQ: Family, Marriage, Women, Sexuality

HV: Social Pathology

HX: Communism, Socialism

J...POLITICAL SCIENCE

JK: US Politics

JX: International Relations

K...LAW

KF: Law of United States

L...EDUCATION

M...MUSIC

N...FINE ARTs

NA : Architecture

ND: Painting

P...LANGUAGE-LITERATURE

PE: English language

PN: Comparative literature-Drama

PR: English literature

PS: American literature

Q...SCIENCE

QA: Mathematics

QB: Astronomy

QC: Physics

QD : Chemistry

QH-QL: Biology, Ecology

QM: Human Anatomy

QP: Physiology

R...MEDICINE

RA: Public Health

RC: Internal and Sports Medicine

RM: Therapeutics

S...AGRICULTURE

SH: Outdoor activities, camping

T...TECHNOLOGY

U...MILITARY ARTS & SCIENCES

V...NAVAL SCIENCES

Z...BIBLIOGRAPHY-LIBRARY SCIENCE

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