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Library of Congress Classification Outline



To learn more about the LC system, read A Guide to the Library of Congress System.



A B C D E-F G H J K L M N P Q R S T U V Z

  • A GENERAL WORKS
  • AC - Collections
  • AE - Encyclopedias
  • AG - Dictionaries and Other General Reference Works
  • AI - Indexes
  • AM - Museums
  • AN - Newspapers
  • AP - Periodicals
  • AS - Academics and Learned Societies
  • AY - Yearbooks, Almanacs, Directories
  • AZ - History of Scholarship and Learning

  • B PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION
  • B - History and Systems of Philosophy
  • BC - Logic
  • BD - Metaphysics, 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 and Culture
  • CC - Archaeology (General)
  • CD - Diplomatics, Archives, Seals
  • CE - Chronology
  • CJ - Numismatics
  • CN - Epigraphy
  • CR - Heraldry
  • CS - Genealogy
  • CT - Biography (General)

  • D HISTORY: (EXCEPT AMERICAN)
  • D - History (General)
  • DA - Great Britain
  • DAW - Central Europe
  • DB - Austria, Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary
  • DC - France
  • DD - Germany
  • DE - Mediterranean, Greco-Roman World
  • DG - Italy
  • DH-DJ - Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
  • DJK - Eastern Europe
  • DK - Russia and Poland
  • DL - Northern Europe and Scandinavia
  • DP - Spain and Portugal
  • DR - Eastern Europe and Turkey
  • DS - Asia
  • DT - Africa
  • DU - Oceania, Australia, New Zealand

  • E-F HISTORY: AMERICA AND UNITED STATES
  • E - America (General) and United States
  • F1-F975 - United States (Local History)
  • F1001-F1140 - Canada
  • F1201-F1392 - Mexico
  • F1401-3799 - Central and South American, Caribbean

  • G GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY
  • G - Geography (General)
  • GA - Mathematical Geography, Cartography
  • GB - Physical Geography
  • GC - Oceanography
  • GE - Environmental Sciences
  • GF - Human Ecology
  • GN - Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnography
  • 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
  • HS - Societies and Clubs
  • HT - Communities, Classes, Races
  • HV - Social Pathology, Criminology, Welfare
  • HX - Communism, Socialism, Anarchism

  • J POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • J - Official Documents
  • JA - Collections and General Works
  • JC - Political Theory
  • JK - Constitutuional History and Administration
  • JS - Local Government
  • JV - Colonization, Emigration and Immigration
  • JX - International Law, International Relations

  • K LAW
  • K - Law (General)
  • KF - United States Law

  • L EDUCATION
  • L - Education (General)
  • LA - History of Education
  • LB - Educational Theory and Practice
  • LC - Special Aspects
  • LD - U.S. Educational Institutions
  • LH - College and School Publications
  • LJ - Student Fraternities and Societies
  • 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 - Graphic Arts (Drawing, Design, Illustration)
  • ND - Painting
  • NE - Print Media
  • NK - Decorative and Applied Arts
  • NX - Arts in General

  • P LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
  • P - Linguistics
  • PA - Classical Philology (Greek and Latin)
  • PB - Modern European Languages, Celtic Languages
  • PC - Romance Languages
  • PD - Old Germanic and Scandinavian Languages
  • PE - English Language
  • PF - Dutch, Flemish, and German Languages
  • PJ-PL - Oriental Languages
  • PQ - Romance Literature
  • PR - English Literature
  • PS - American Literature
  • PT - German Literature
  • PZ - Children's Literature

  • Q SCIENCE
  • QA - Mathematics & Computer Science
  • QB - Astronomy
  • QC - Physics
  • QD - Chemistry
  • QE - Geology
  • QH - Natural History, Biology
  • QK - Botany
  • QL - Zoology
  • QP - Physiology
  • QR - Microbiology

  • R MEDICINE
  • R - Medicine (General)
  • RA - Public Aspects of Medicine
  • RB - Pathology
  • RC - Internal Medicine
  • RD - Surgery
  • RE - Opthamology
  • RG - Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • RJ - Pediatrics
  • RK - Dentistry
  • RL - Dermitology
  • RM - Therapeutics, Pharmacology
  • RS - Pharmacy and Materia Medica
  • RT - Nursing
  • RV - Botanic, Thomsonian and Eclectic Medicine
  • RX - Homeopathy
  • RZ - Other Systems of Medicine

  • 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 - Engineering - General, Civil Engineering
  • TC - Hydraulic Engineering
  • TE - Highway EngineeringtRoads
  • TH - Building Construction
  • TJ - Mechanical Engineering
  • TK - Electrical Engineering
  • TL - Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
  • TN - Mining and Metallurgy
  • TP - Chemical Technology
  • TR - Photography
  • TS - Manufactures
  • TT - Handicrafts, Arts and Crafts
  • TX - Home Economics and Cooking

  • U MILITARY SCIENCE

  • V NAVAL SCIENCE

  • Z HISTORY OF BOOKS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND LIBRARY SCIENCE

The letters I,O,W,X and Y are not being used. These are available for future expansion and for classifying knowledge yet to be discovered.

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