Library of Congress Classification System A
B
C
D
GENERAL WORKS______________________
AC
Collections. Series. Collected works
AE
Encyclopedias
AG
Dictionaries & general reference works
AI
Indexes
AM
Museums. Collectors & collecting
AN
Newspapers
AP
Periodicals
AS
Academies & learned societies
AY
Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories
AZ
History of scholarship & learning. The
humanities
PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION____
B
Philosophy (General)
BC
Logic
BD
Speculative philosophy
BF
Psychology
BH
Aesthetics
BJ
Ethics
BL
Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BM
Judaism
BP
Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.
BQ
Buddhism
BR
Christianity
BS
The Bible
BT
Doctrinal theology
BV
Practical theology
BX
Christian denominations
AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY_______
CB
History of civilization
CC
Archaeology
CD
Diplomatics. Archives. Seals
CE
Technical chronology. Calendar
CJ
Numismatics
CN
Inscriptions. Epigraphy
CR
Heraldry
CS
Genealogy
CT
Biography
WORLD HISTORY______________________
D
History (General)
DA
Great Britain
DAW Central Europe
DB
Austria. Liechtenstein. Hungary.
Czechoslovakia
DC
France. Andorra. Monaco
DD
Germany
DE
Greco-Roman World
DF
Greece
DG
Italy. Malta
DH
Low Countries. Benelux Countries
DJ
Netherlands (Holland)
DJK Eastern Europe (General)
DK
Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet
Republics. Poland
DL
Northern Europe. Scandinavia
DP
Spain. Portugal
DQ
Switzerland
DR
Balkan Peninsula
DS
Asia
DT
Africa
DU
Oceania (South Seas)
DX
Gypsies
E-F
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS____________
E
America. United States
F
United States local history. British America
(& Canada). Dutch America.
French America. Latin America
G
GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION
G
Geography (General). Atlases. Maps
GA
Mathematical geography. Cartography
GB
Physical geography
GC
Oceanography
GE
Environmental sciences
GF
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GN
Anthropology
GR
Folklore
GT
Manners and customs (General)
GV
Recreation. Leisure
H
SOCIAL SCIENCES_____________________
H
Social sciences (General)
HA
Statistics
HB
Economic theory. Demography
HC
Economic history & conditions
HD
Industries. Land use. Labor
HE
Transportation & communications
HF
Commerce
HG
Finance
HJ
Public finance
HM
Sociology (General)
HN
Social history & conditions. Social problems.
Social reform
HQ
The family. Marriage. Women
HS
Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
HT
Communities. Classes. Races
HV
Social Pathology. Social & public welfare.
Criminology
HX
Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
J
POLITICAL SCIENCE___________________
J
General legislative and executive
papers
JA
Political science (General)
JC
Political theory
JF
Political institutions & public administration
JJ
Political institutions & public administration
(North America)
JK
Political institutions & public administration
(United States)
JL
Political institutions & public administration
(Canada, Latin America, etc.)
JN
Political institutions & public administration
(Europe)
JQ
Political institutions & public administration
(Asia, Africa, Australia, etc.)
JS
Local government. Municipal government
JV
Colonies & colonization. Emigration &
immigration. International
migration
JX-JZ International law. International Relations
K
LAW________________________________
K
Law in general. Comparative & uniform law.
Jurisprudence
KB
Religious law
KD
United Kingdom & Ireland
KE
KF
KG
Canada
United States
Latin America. Mexico & Central America.
West Indies. Caribbean area
KH
South America
KJ-KK Europe
KL-KW Asia & Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, &
Antarctica
KZ
Law of nations
L
EDUCATION__________________________
L
Education (General)
LA
History of education
LB
Theory and practice of education
LC
Special aspects of education
LD
Individual institutions—United States
LE
Individual institutions—America (except USA)
LF
Individual institutions—Europe
LG
Individual institutions—Asia, Africa, Indian
Ocean Islands, Australia, New
Zealand, Pacific Islands
LH
College and school magazines and papers
LT
Textbooks
M
MUSIC_______________________________
M
Music
ML
Literature on music
MT
Music instruction and study
N
FINE
N
NA
NB
NC
ND
NE
NK
NX
P
ARTS___________________________
Visual arts
Architecture
Sculpture
Drawing. Design. Illustration
Painting
Print media
Decorative arts. Applied arts
Arts in general
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE_______________
P
Philology. Linguistics
PA
Greek & Latin languages & literature
PB
Modern languages. Celtic languages
PC
Romance languages
PD
Germanic languages
PE
English language
PF
West Germanic languages
PG
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian languages & lit
PH
Uralic & Basque languages
PJ
Oriental languages & literatures
PK
Indo-Iranian languages & literatures
PL
Languages & literatures of East Asia, Africa,
Oceania
PM
American Indian Languages & Artificial
PN
Literature (General)
PQ
Romance literature
PR
English literature
PS
American literature
PS
Canadian Literature
PT
Germanic, Dutch, Flemish, Scandinavian,
Icelandic, etc. literature
PZ
Fiction and juvenile
Q
SCIENCE_____________________________
Q
Science (General)
QA
Mathematics. Computer Science
QB
Astronomy
QC
Physics
QD
Chemistry
QE
Geology
QH
Natural history. Biology
QK
Botany
QL
Zoology
QM
Human anatomy
QP
Physiology
QR
Microbiology
R
MEDICINE____________________________
R
Medicine (General)
RA
Public & environmental health
RB
Pathology
RC
Internal medicine
RD
Surgery
RE
Ophthalmology
RF
Otorhinolaryngology
RG
Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ
Pediatrics
RK
Dentistry
RL
Dermatology
RM
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RS
Pharmacy and materia medica
RT
Nursing
RX
Homeopathy
RZ
Other systems of medicine
S
AGRICULTURE_________________________
S
Agriculture (General)
SB
Plant culture
SD
Forestry
SF
Animal culture. Veterinary Medicine
SH
Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling.
SK
Hunting
T
TECHNOLOGY_________________________
T
Technology (General)
TA
Engineering (General)
TC
Hydraulic and ocean engineering
TD
Environmental technology. Sanitary
engineering
TE
Highway engineering. Roads & pavements
TF
Railroads
TG
Bridge engineering
TH
Building construction,
TJ
Mechanical engineering & machinery
TK
Electrical & Nuclear engineering. Electronics.
TL
Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
TN
Mining engineering. Metallurgy
TP
Chemical technology
TR
Photography
TS
Manufacturers
TT
Handicrafts. Arts & crafts
TX
Home Economics
U
MILITARY SCIENCE
V
NAVAL SCIENCE
Z
BIBLIOGRAPHY & LIBRARY SCIENCE
From Library of Congress Website http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/ Rev 12/08