The Library of Congress (LC) Classification System

The Library of Congress Classification System is what is used in the Charles W. Chesnutt Library to arrange
the books that are located in Reference on the first floor, and in the circulating collection on the second and
third floors. This classification system uses letters and numbers to represent the main subject content of
materials.  Books in the Government Documents Collection located on the fourth floor of Chesnutt Library are
arranged using the Superintendent of Documents System, which groups items by the government agency that
produces the material.

Major LC Subject Classifications:

A   General Works 

      AE       Encyclopedias

      AG       Dictionaries

      AY       Almanacs, Directories

B   Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

      B-BD   Philosophy

      BF      Psychology

      BH-BJ  Ethics

      BL       Religion

      BM      Judaism

      BP       Islam

      BR      Christianity

      BS      Bible

      BX      Christian Denominations

C   History (Auxiliary Sciences)

     CC      Archaeology

     CD     Archives

     CS     Genealogy

     CT     General Biography

D   General World History (All Except North and South America)

     DA      Great Britain (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)

     DAW   Central Europe

     DB      Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia

     DC      France, Andorra, Monaco

     DD     Germany

     DE     Mediterranean Region, Greco-Roman World

     DF      Greece

     DG      Italy

     DH     Belgium, Luxemburg

     DJ     Netherlands (Holland)

     DK     Russia and former Soviet Republics, Poland

     DL     Northern Europe, Scandinavia

     DP      Spain, Portugal

     DQ     Switzerland

     DR     Balkan Peninsula

     DS      Asia

     DT      Africa

     DU     Oceania, Australia, New Zealand

     DX      Roma (Gypsies)

E   History (General America and United States)

     184.5-185.98      African Americans

     186-199             Colonial History

     201-298             Revolution

     300-453             Revolution to Civil War

     456-655             Civil War

     660-738             Late Nineteenth Century

     740-837.7          Twentieth Century

     838-887             Late Twentieth Century, 1961-

F   History (Local U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America)

     1-975                 United States Local History

     206-220              The South

     251-265              North Carolina

     1001-1140          Canada

     1201-3799          Latin America, South America

G   Geography, Anthropology, Folklore, Dance, Sports

       G-GB  Geography

       GC     Oceanography

       GE     Environmental Sciences 

       GF     Human Geography

       GN     Anthropology

       GR     Folklore

       GT     Manners, Customs

       GV     Recreation, Leisure

                201-555             Physical Education and Training

                561-1198.995     Sports 

                1199-1570          Games and Amusements

                1580-1799          Dancing

H   Social Sciences

     H           General Social Sciences

     HA         Statistics

     HB-HD   Economics, Economic Theory, Demography, Business Cycles, Economic History

     HE        Transportation and Communications

     HF        Commerce, Accounting and Advertising

     HG-HJ   Finance, Public Finance

     HM-HX  Sociology

                 HQ     Family, Marriage, Women

                 HV     Social Service, Welfare, Criminology

                 HX     Socialism, Communism and Anarchism

J   Political Science

     JK     United States

     JX     International Law

K   Law

     KF     Law of the United States

     KFN   Law of North Carolina

L   Education

      LA     History of Education

      LB     Theory and Practice

      LC     Social Aspects of Education, Special Education

      LD     Individual Institutions: United States

      LJ     Student Fraternities and Societies

      LT     Textbooks

M   Music

      M       Instrumental and Vocal

      ML     Literature of Music

      MT     Musical Instruction and Study

N   Fine Arts
   
      N      Visual Arts (General)

      NA     Architecture

      NB     Sculpture

      NC     Illustration, Design and Drawing

      ND     Painting

      NE     Printing

      NK     Decorative Arts, Applied Arts

      NX     Arts in General

P   Languages and Literature

      P      Philology and General Linguistics

      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     Oriental, Semitic

      PK     Indo-Iranian

      PL     East Asian, African, Oceanic

      PM     Indigenous American (American Indian), Artificial Languages

      PN     Literary History and Collections

      PQ     Romance Literature (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)

      PR     English Literature

      PS     American Literature

      PT     Germanic Literature

      PZ     Fiction and Juvenile Literature

Q   Science

      Q      General Science

      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

     RA     Public Aspects of Medicine

     RC     Internal Medicine

     RD     Surgery

     RG     Gynecology, Obstetrics

     RJ     Pediatrics

     RK     Dentistry

     RS     Pharmacy

     RT     Nursing

S   Agriculture

     SB     Plant Culture

     SD     Forestry

     SF     Animal Culture

T   Technology

      TA-TK  Construction, Engineering

      TL     Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

      TN     Mining, Metallurgy

      TR     Photography

      TS     Manufacturing

      TT     Arts and Crafts, Handicrafts

      TX     Home Economics

U   Military Science

V   Naval Science

     VE     Marines

Z   Bibliography, Library Science and Information Resources

     662-1000.5     Libraries

     1001-8999     Bibliographies

     ZA               Information Resources 


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