LC Call Numbers

Class A - General Works

AC - Collections. Series. Collected works

AE - Encyclopedias

AG - Dictionaries and other general reference works

AI - Indexes

AM - Museums. Collectors and collecting

AN - Newspapers

AP - Periodicals

AS - Academies and learned societies

AY - Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories

AZ - History of scholarship and learning. The humanities

Class B - 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

Class C - Auxiliary Sciences of History

C - 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

Class D - World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.

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 - Romanies

Class E - History of the Americas

11-143 - America

151-909 - United States

Class F - Local History of the Americas

1-975 - United States local history

1001-1145.2 - British America (including Canada) Dutch America

1170 - French America

1201-3799 - Latin America. Spanish America

Class 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

Class H - Social Sciences

H - Social sciences (General)

HA - Statistics

HB - Economic theory. Demography

HC - Economic history and conditions

HD - Industries. Land use. Labor

HE - Transportation and communications

HF - Commerce

HG - Finance

HJ - Public finance

HM - Sociology (General)

HN - Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform

HQ - The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality

HS - Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

HT - Communities. Classes. Races

HV - Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology

HX - Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

Class J - Political Science

J - General legislative and executive papers

JA - Political science (General)

JC - Political theory

JF - Political institutions and public administration

JJ - Political institutions and public administration (North America)

JK - Political institutions and public administration (United States)

JL - Political institutions and public administration (Canada, Latin America, etc.)

JN - Political institutions and public administration (Europe)

JQ - Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.)

JS - Local government. Municipal government

JV - Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration

JX - International law, see JZ and KZ (obsolete)

JZ - International relations

Class K - Law

K - Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence

KB - Religious law in general. Comparative religious law. Jurisprudence

KBM - Jewish law

KBP - Islamic law

KBR - History of canon law

KBS - Canon law of Eastern churches

KBT - Canon law of Eastern Rite Churches in Communion with the Holy See of Rome

KBU - Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See

Subclasses - KD/KDK - United Kingdom and Ireland

KDZ - America. North America

KE - Canada

KF - United States

KG - Latin America - Mexico and Central America - West Indies. Caribbean area

KH - South America

KJ-KKZ - Europe

KL-KWX - Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica

KU/KUQ - Law of Australia and New Zealand

KZ - Law of nations

Class 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 United States)

LF - Individual institutions - Europe

LG - Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific islands

LH - College and school magazines and papers

LJ - Student fraternities and societies, United States

LT - Textbooks

Class M - Music

M - Music

ML - Literature on music

MT - Instruction and study

Class N - Fine Arts

N - Visual arts

NA - Architecture

NB - Sculpture

NC - Drawing. Design. Illustration

ND - Painting

NE - Print media

NK - Decorative arts

NX - Arts in general

Class P - Language and Literature

P - Philology. Linguistics

PA - Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature

PB - Modern languages. Celtic languages and literature

PC - Romanic languages

PD - Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages

PE - English language

PF - West Germanic languages

PG - Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language

PH - Uralic languages. Basque language

PJ - Oriental languages and literatures

PK - Indo-Iranian languages and literatures

PL - Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

PM - Hyperborean, Native American, and artificial languages

PN - Literature (General)

PQ - French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature

PR - English literature

PS - American literature

PT - German literature - Dutch literature - Flemish literature since 1830 - Afrikaans literature -Scandinavian literature - Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian - Modern Icelandic literature - Faroese literature - Danish literature - Norwegian literature - Swedish literature

PZ - Fiction and juvenile belles lettres

Class Q - Science

Q - Science (General)

QA - Mathematics

QB - Astronomy

QC - Physics

QD - Chemistry

QE - Geology

QH - Natural history - Biology

QK - Botany

QL - Zoology

QM - Human anatomy

QP - Physiology

QR - Microbiology

Class R - Medicine

R - Medicine (General)

RA - Public aspects of medicine

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

RV - Botanic, Thomsonian, and Eclectic medicine

RX - Homeopathy

RZ - Other systems of medicine

Class S - Agriculture

S - Agriculture (General)

SB - Horticulture. Plant propagation. Plant breeding

SD - Forestry. Arboriculture. Silviculture

SF - Animal husbandry. Animal science

SH - Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling

SK - Hunting

Class T - Technology

T - Technology (General)

TA - Engineering Civil engineering (General).

TC - Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering

TD - Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering

TE - Highway engineering. Roads and pavements

TF - Railroad engineering and operation

TG - Bridges

TH - Building construction

TJ - Mechanical engineering and machinery

TK - Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering

TL - Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics

TN - Mining engineering. Metallurgy

TP - Chemical technology

TR - Photography

TS - Manufacturing engineering. Mass production

TT - Handicrafts. Arts and crafts

TX - Home economics

Class U - Military Science

U - Military science (General)

UA - Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation

UB - Military administration

UC - Military maintenance and transportation

UD - Infantry

UE - Cavalry. Armor

UF - Artillery

UG - Military engineering. Air forces

UH - Other military services

Class V - Naval Science

V - Naval science (General)

VA - Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation

VB - Naval administration

VC - Naval maintenance

VD - Naval seamen

VE - Marines

VF - Naval ordnance

VG - Minor services of navies

VK - Navigation. Merchant marine

VM - Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering

Class Z - Bibliography, Library Science

Z - Books (General). Writing. Paleography. Book industries and trade. Libraries. Bibliography

ZA - Information resources/materials