Library of Congress Classification

The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the US.

This system uses alphabetic values to indicate the topic of the book.

The topics are divided into:

A - General Works
B - Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
C - Auxiliary Sciences of History
D - General and Old World History
E - History of America
F - History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America
G - Geography, Anthropology, and Recreation
H - Social Sciences
J - Political Science
K - Law
L - Education
M - Music
N - Fine Arts
P - Language and Literature
Q - Science
R - Medicine
S - Agriculture
T - Technology
U - Military Science
V - Naval Science
Z - Bibliography, Library Science, and General Information Resources

Class A - General Works

AC - Collections. Series. Collected works
AE - Encyclopaedias
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

BC - Logic
BD - Speculative philosophy
BF - Psychology
BH - Aesthetics
BJ - Ethics
BL - Religions. Mythology. Rationalism
BM - Judaism
BP - Islam. Baha'ism. Theosophy, etc.
BQ - Buddhism
BR - Christianity
BS - The Bible
BT - Doctrinal Theology
BV - Practical Theology
BX - Christian Denominations

Class C - Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)

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 (except American History)

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 - Gypsies

Class E - American History

11-143 - America
151-904 - United States
151-169.12 - General
171-183.9 - History
184-185.98 - Elements in the population
186-199 - Colonial history (1607-1775)
201-298 - The Revolution, 1775-1783
300-453 - Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861
456-655 - Civil War period, 1861-1865
660-738 - Late nineteenth century, 1865-1900
740-837.7 - Twentieth century to 1960
838-889 - Later twentieth century, 1961-
895-904 - Twenty-first century

Class F - Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America

1-975 - United States local history
1001-1145.2 - British America (Canada)
1170 - French America
1201-3799 - Latin America. Spanish America
2155-2191 - Caribbean area. Caribbean Sea
2201-3799 - South 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

HA - Statistics
HB - Economic theory. Demography
HC - Economic history and conditions
HD - Industries. Land use. Labour
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
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
KBU - Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See
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
KZ - Law of nations

Class L - Education

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

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
PC - Romanic languages
PD - Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages
PE - English language
PF - West Germanic languages
PG - Slavic languages. 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, Indian, 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

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

RA - Public aspects of medicine
RB - Pathology
RC - Internal medicine
RD - Surgery
RE - Ophthalmology
RF - Otorhinolaryngology
RG - Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ - Paediatrics
RK - Dentistry
RL - Dermatology
RM - Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RS - Pharmacy and medical material
RT - Nursing
RV - Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
RX - Homeopathy
RZ - Other systems of medicine

Class S - Agriculture

SB - Plant culture
SD - Forestry
SF - Animal culture
SH - Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SK - Hunting sports

Class T - Technology

TA - Engineering (General). Civil engineering
TC - Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
TD - Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TE - Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TF - Railroad engineering and operation
TG - Bridge engineering
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 - Manufactures
TT - Handicrafts. Arts and crafts
TX - Home economics

Class U - Military Science

UA - Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation
UB - Military administration
UC - Maintenance and transportation
UD - Infantry
UE - Cavalry. Armour
UF - Artillery
UG - Military engineering. Air forces
UH - Other services

Class V - Naval Science

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. Palaeography. Book industries and trade. Libraries. Bibliography
ZA - Information resources (General)

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