VC Library Handbook

L IBRARY OF C ONGRESS C LASSIFICATION OUTLINE

Books are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System (LCC). This system organizes materials into 21 main classes labeled A-Z (except I, O, W, X, and Y). Additional letters represent subdivisions of the main classes.

Example: P – Language and Literature PE –English Language

A General Works AC Collections AE Encyclopedias AG Dictionaries AI Indexes AM Museums AN Newspapers AP Periodicals

DC France DD Germany DE Greco-Roman World DF Greece DG Italy

DH Belgium, Luxemburg DJ Netherlands (Holland) DJK Eastern Europe (General) DK Russia & Former Soviet Republics, Poland DL Northern Europe, Scandinavia DP Spain, Portugal DQ Switzerland DR Balkan Peninsula, Turkey DS Asia DT Africa DU Oceania, Australia, New Zealand DX Gypsies E History: America & US F United States Local History, Canada, Latin America G Geography, Anthropology, Recreation G Geography (General), Atlases, Maps GA Cartography, Mathematical Geography GB Physical Geography GC Oceanography GE Environmental Sciences GF Human Anthropogeography GN Anthropology GR Folklore GT Manners & Customs (General) GV Recreation, Leisure H Social Sciences (General) HA Statistics

AS Academies & Learned Societies AY Yearbooks, Almanacs, Directories AZ History of Scholarship, The Humanities B Philosophy, Psychology, Religion B Philosophy (General) BC Logic BD Speculative Philosophy BF Psychology, Parapsychology, Occult BH Aesthetics BJ Ethics, Social Usages, Etiquette BL Religion, Mythology BM Judaism BP Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy BQ Buddhism BR Christianity, Church History BS The Bible BT Doctrinal Theology BV Practical Theology BX Christian Denominations C Auxiliary Sciences of History (Gen.) CB History of Civilization CC Archaeology CD Diplomatics, Archives, Seals CE Calendar, Technical Chronology CJ Numismatics, Coins, Medals CN Inscriptions, Epigraphy CR Heraldry CS Genealogy CT Biography (General) D History: Gen. & Outside the Americas D General World History DA Great Britain DAWCentral Europe DB Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia

HB Economic Theory, Demography HC Economic History & Conditions HD Economic History & Conditions HE Transportation & Communications HF Commerce HG Finance HJ Public Finance HM Sociology (General)

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