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Library of Congress Classification Summary

By noting the classification (alphabet letter or letters) of the subject from the tables below, one can peruse the listings of new books or video recordings arranged in classified order to see what books or recordings may cover the subject.

  • A    General Works
  • B    Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
  • C    Auxiliary Sciences of History
  • D    History - General & Europe, Asia, Africa
  • E/F    History - United States, Canada, and Latin America
  • G    Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
  • H    Social Sciences
  • J    Political Science
  • K    Law
  • L    Education
  • M    Music
  • N    Fine Arts
  • P    Language and Literature
  • Q    Science
  • R    Medicine
  • S    Agriculture
  • T    Technology
  • U    Military Science
  • V    Naval Science
  • Z    History of Books; Library Science; Bibliography
  • A: General Works

    AE        Encyclopedias

    B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

    B        History & systems of philosophy

    BC        Logic

    BD        Speculative philosophy

    BF        Psychology

    BH        Aesthetics

    BJ        Ethics

    BL        Religions, mythology, rationalism

    BM        Judaism

    BP        Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy

    BQ        Buddhism

    BR        Christianity (general)

    BS        The Bible

    BT        Doctrinal theology

    BV        Practical theology

    BX        Denominations and sects

    C: Auxiliary Sciences of History

    CB        History of civilization & culture

    CC        Archaeology (general)

    CJ        Numismatics

    CR        Heraldry

    CS        Genealogy

    CT        Biography (general)

    D: History - General & Europe, Asia, and Africa

    D        History (general)

    DA        Great Britain

    DB        Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary

    DC        France

    DD        Germany

    DE        Mediterranean, Greco-Roman world

    DF        Greece

    DG        Italy

    DH-DJ        Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg

    DJK        Eastern Europe

    DK        Soviet Union and Poland

    DL        Northern Europe, Scandanavia

    DP        Spain, Portugal

    DQ        Switzerland

    DR        Eastern Europe; Turkey

    DS        Asia

    DT        Africa

    DU        Oceania, Australia, New Zealand

    E & F: History - United States, Canada, and Latin America

    E        America (general), United States

    F 1-975        United States local history

    F 1001-1140        Canada

    F 1201-1392        Mexico

    F 1401-3799        Central and South America, the Caribbean area

    G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

    G        Geography (general)

    GA        Mathematical geography, cartography

    GB        Physical geography

    GC        Oceanography

    GE        Environmental sciences

    GF        Human ecology

    GN        Anthropology

    GR        Folklore

    GT        Manners and customs

    GV        Sports and recreation

    H: Social Sciences

    H        Social sciences (general)

    HA        Statistics

    HB        Economic theory

    HC        Economic history and conditions

    HD        Land, agriculture, industry

    HE        Transportation and communication

    HF        Commerce

    HG        Finance

    HJ        Public finance

    HM       Sociology

    HN        Social history

    HQ        Social groups; the family, marriage, women

    HS        Societies and clubs

    HT        Communities, classes, races

    HV        Social pathology, criminology, welfare

    HX        Socialism, communism, anarchism

    J: Political Science

    J        Official documents

    JA        Collections and general works

    JC        Political theory

    JF        Constitutional history and administration

    JK        U. S. constitutional history

    JS        Local government

    JV        Colonization, emigration and immigration

    JX        International law, international relations

    K: Law

    K        Law (general)

    KF        United States law

    KFV        Virginia Law

    L: Education

    L        Education (general)

    LA        History of education

    LB        Theory and practice

    LC        Special aspects

    LD        Individual U.S. institutions

    LH        College and school publications

    LT        Textbooks (general)

    M: Music

    M        Music (scores)

    ML        Literature of music

    MT        Music instruction and study

    N: Fine Arts

    N        Visual arts (general)

    NA        Architecture

    NB        Sculpture

    NC        Drawing, design, illustration

    ND        Painting

    NE        Print media

    NK        Decorative arts, applied art

    NX        Arts in general

    P: Language and Literature

    P        Linguistics

    PA        Greek and Latin

    PB        Modern European languages, Celtic languages

    PC        Romance languages

    PD        Old Germanic and Scandinavian languages

    PE        English language

    PF        Dutch, Flemish, German languages

    PG        Slavic languages and literature

    PH        Finno-Ugrian and Basque languages and literature

    PJ        Middle Eastern languages and literature

    PK        Indo-Iranian languages and literature

    PL        East Asian, African, and Oceanic languages and literature

    PM       American Indian; artificial languages

    PN        Literature; literary history and collections.

    PQ        Romance literature

    PR        English literature

    PS        American literature

    PT        Germanic literature

    Q: Science

    Q        Science (general)

    QA        Mathematics

    QB        Astronomy

    QC        Physics

    QD        Chemistry

    QE        Geology

    QH        Natural history (general), Biology

    QK        Botany

    QL        Zoology

    QM       Human anatomy

    QP        Physiology

    QR        Microbiology

    R: Medicine

    R        Medicine (general)

    S: Agriculture

    S        Agriculture (general)

    SB        Plant culture

    SD        Forestry

    SF        Animal culture

    SH        Aquaculture, fisheries, fishing

    SK        Hunting

    T: Technology

    T Technology (general)

    TA-TP        Engineering

    TR        Photography

    TS        Manufactures

    TT        Handicrafts; arts and crafts

    TX        Home economics; cooking

    U: Military Science

    V: Naval Science

    Z: History of Books; Library Science; Bibliography

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