A General Works
AM  Museum Studies
B Philosophy
BF Psychology
BL-BX Religion
C Auxiliary Sciences of History
CC Archaeology
CT Biography
D History: General and Old World (Eastern Hemisphere)
DG History - Italy
DJ History - Netherlands
DK History - Soviet Union
DS History - Asian
DT History - African
E History: America (Western Hemisphere)
F History: United States
G Geography, Maps
GN Anthropology
GV Recreation
H Social Sciences
HB-HD Economics
HF Commerce
HG Finance
HM Sociology
HQ Women's Studies
HT Communities
HV Social and Public Welfare
HX Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
J Political Science
JX International Relations
K Law
KD Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland
KE Law of Canada
KF Law of the United States
L Education
M Music
N Fine Arts
P Language and Literature
PA Classical Languages and Literature
PB Modern European Languages, Celtic Languages and Literature
PC Romance Languages
PD Old Germanic, Scandinavian
PE English
PF Dutch, German
PG Slavic
PH Finnish
PJ Asian, Semitic
PK Indo-Iranian
PL East Asian, African, Oceania
PM Indigenous American, Artificial Languages
PN Literary History and Collections
PQ Romance Literature
PR English Literature
PS American Literature
PT Germanic Literature
PZ Children’s Literature. Juvenile Belles Lettres
Q Science
QA Mathematics and Computer Science
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
QE Geology
QG Chemistry
QH Natural History, biology
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QM Human Anatomy
QP Physiology
QR Human Antomy
R Medicine
RT Nursing
S Agriculture
T Technology
U Military Science
V Naval Science
Z Library Science

For more information:
1. How to Understand Call Numbers: The Library of Congress Classification System
2. Library of Congress Classification System by miningco.com
3. Understanding Call Numbers by the Library at Honolulu Community College (HCC)
4. Understanding Call Numbers by York University Libraries
5. Library of Congress Classification Outline by Library of Congress

 


Updated 06/04/07