UFV Information Skills ModuleOutline of the Library of Congress Classification The books and videos in the UFV Library are organized and shelved using the Library of Congress Classification System. This is a system which breaks down all subject areas into 21 main categories, represented by a letter of the alphabet. The following table is a very brief outline of the LC system, and may be useful when browsing the shelves for material on a general subject area.A General Works
AE-AG Encyclopedias
AI Indexes
AY Almanacs
B Philosophy*Psychology*Religion
B-BJ Philosophy, including
BF Psychology
BJ Ethics
BL-BX Religion
C Auxiliary Sciences of History
CB History of Civilization & Culture
CC Archaeology
CD Archives
CJ Numismatics
CR Heraldry
CS Genealogy
CT Biography
D History: General & Old World
(including geography of individual countries)
D World History, including World Wars
DA Great Britain
DB Austria
DC France
DD Germany
DE Greco-Roman World
DF Greece
DG Italy, Rome
DJK Eastern Europe
DK Russia, former Soviet Republics
DP Spain and Portugal
DQ Switzerland
DR Turkey and Balkan States
DS Asia, Middle East
DT Africa
DU Oceania
E History--America
E1-143 America (General)
E 51-99 Indians of North America
E 151-857 United States (General)
E 184.M5 Mexican American
E 185 Afro-Americans
E 201-298 Revolutionary War
E 456-655 Civil War
E 740- Twentieth Century
F History--Americas
F 1-957 United States: States and Local
F 1203-1409 Mexico
FC Canada
G Geography*Anthropology*Folklore*Recreation
G Geography (General)
GB Physical Geography
GC Oceanography
GF Human Ecology
GN Anthropology
GR Folklore
GT Manners and Customs, Holidays
GV Recreation (Sports, Dance)
H Social Sciences
HA Statistics
HB-HC Economics
HD-HF Business
HM Sociology
HQ Family, Marriage, Sexual Life, Feminism
HV Social/Public Welfare, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Criminology
J Political Science
JA-JC Political Science
JF-JQ Constitutional History and Public Administration
JS Local Government
JX International Law
K Law, Civil Rights
KE Law of Canada
KEO Law of Ontario
L Education
M Music
M Scores
ML Literature of Music
MT Musical instruction & study
N Fine Arts
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC Graphic Arts
ND Painting
NE Print Media
NK Decorative Arts
P Language and Literature
P Philosophy and Linguistics
PA Classical Languages and Literatures
PC Romance Languages
PD-PF Germanic Languages, including
PE English Language
PG Slavic Languages and Literatures
PJ-PL Oriental Languages and Literatures
PN General and Comparative Literature
PQ Romance Literatures, Spanish Literature
PR English Literature
PS American Literature
PS 8000+ Canadian, English & French, Literature
PT Germanic Literature
PZ Fiction in English*Juvenile Literature
Q Science
QA Mathematics
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
QD Chemistry
QE Geology
QH Natural History, Ecology
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QM Human Anatomy
QP Physiology
QR Bacteriology
S Agriculture*Conservation
SB Plant Culture & Horticulture
SD Forestry
SF Animal Culture
SH Fish Culture & Fisheries
SK Hunting Sports
T Technology
TA General Engineering, including General Civil Engineering TC Hydraulic Engineering TD Sanitary and Municipal Engineering TE Highway Engineering TF Railroad Engineering TG Bridge Engineering TH Building Construction TJ Mechanical Engineering TK Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering TL Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics TN Mining Engineering, Mineral Industries, Metallurgy TP Chemical Technology TR Photography TS Manufactures TT Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts, Fashion, Sewing TX Home Economics, Cookery
U Military Science
UG Space Warfare
V Naval Science
W Medicine
WA Public Health
WC Infectious Diseases
WM Psychiatry
WT Geriatrics
WU Dentistry
WY Nursing
WZ History of medicine
Z Bibliography*Word Processing*Library Science
Revised: December 5, 2001
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