Piedmont Technical College | Library of Congress Call Numbers

Library of Congress Call Numbers

Piedmont Tech uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize most of our physical resources. Each item is labeled with a unique call number that indicates the item's proper place on the library shelves. Call numbers are primarily based on subject matter and can be helpful if you are trying to locate information on a certain topic. The information below matches Library of Congress call number groups with the subjects that they represent:

A

General Works

AC	Collections
AE	Encyclopedias
AG	Dictionaries
AI	Indexes
AM	Museums
AN	Newspapers
AP	Periodicals
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 Sciences
BH	Aesthetics
BJ	Ethics, Social Usages, Etiquette
BL	Religion, Mythology
BM	Judaism
">BP	Islam, Bahai Faith, Theosophy, etc.
BQ	Buddhism
BR	Christianity, Church History
BS	Bible
BT	Doctrinal Theology
BV	Practical Theology
BX	Christian Denominations

C

Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)

CB	History of Civilization
CC	Archaeology
CD	Diplomatics, Archives, Seals
CE	Technical Chronology, Calendar
CI	Numismatics
CN	Inscriptions, Epigraphy
CR	Heraldry
CS	Genealogy
CT	Biography (General)

D

History (General) / Europe (General)

DA	Great Britain
DAW	Central Europe
DB	Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia
DC	France
DD	Germany
DE	The Greco-Roman World
DF	Greece
DG	Italy
DH	Low Countries, Benelux Countrie
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, Turkey
DS	Asia
DT	Africa
DU	Oceania (South Seas)
DX	Gypsies

E - F

History: America

E	United States (General)
F	United States Local History, Canada, Latin America

G

Geography, Anthropology & Recreation

G	Geography (General), Atlases, Globe, 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

H

Social Sciences

H	Social Sciences (General)
HA	Statistics
HB	Economic Theory, Demography
HC	Economic History and Conditions
HD	Economic History and Conditions
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, Race
HV	Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare
HX	Socialism, Communism, Anarchism

J

Political Science

J	General Legislative and Executive Papers
JA	Political Science (General)
JC	Political Theory
JF	Political Institutions and Public Administration (General)
JK	Political Institutions and Public Administration (United States)
JL	Political Institutions and Public Administration (Canada, Latin America)
JN	Political Institutions and Public Administration (Europe)
JQ	Political Institutions and Public Administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area)
JS	Local Government, Municipal Government
JV	Colonies and Colonization, Emigration and Immigration
JZ	International Relations

K

Law

K	General, Comparative and Uniform Law, Jurisprudence
KD	United Kingdom and Ireland
KDZ	America, North America
KE	Canada
KF	United States
KG	Latin America, Central America, West Indies
KH	South America
KJ-KK	Europe
KL-KW	Asia, Africa, Pacific Area, Antarctica
KZ	Law of Nations

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, Oceania
LH	College and School Magazines and Papers
LJ	Student Fraternities and Societies, United States
LT	Textbooks

M

Music

M	Musical Works
ML	Literature on Music
MT	Musical Instruction and Study

N

Fine Arts

N	Visual Arts (General)
NA	Architecture
NB	Sculpture
NC	Drawing, Design, Illustration
ND	Painting
NE	Print Media
NK	Decorative Arts, Applied Arts
NX	Arts in General

P

Language & Literature

P	Philology, Linguistics
PA	Greek and Latin Language and Literatures
PB	Modern Languages (General), Celtic Languages
PC	Romance Languages
PD	Germanic Languages (General), Scandinavian Languages
PE	English Language
PF	West Germanic Languages
PG	Slavic, Baltic, Albanian Languages and Literatures
PH	Finno-Ugric, Basque Languages and Literatures
PJ	Oriental Languages and Literatures (General), Semitic 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, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Literatures
PR	English Literature
PS	American Literature
PT	Germanic Literature
PZ	Juvenile Belles Lettres

Q

Science

Q	Science (General)
QA	Mathematics
QB	Astronomy
QC	Physics
QD	Chemistry
QE	Geology
QH	Natural History (General)
QH	Biology (General)
QK	Botany
QL	Zoology
QM	Human Astronomy
QP	Physiology
QR	Microbiology

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

S

Agriculture

S	Agriculture (General)
SB	Plant Culture
SD	Forestry
SF	Animal Culture
SH	Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling
SK	Hunting Sports

T

Technology

T	Technology (General)
TA	Engineering (General), Civil Engineering
TC	Hydraulic Engineering
TD	Environmental Engineering, 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, Hospitality Industry

U

Military Science

U	Military Science (General)
UA	Armies: Organization, Distribution, Military Situation
UB	Military Administration
UC	Maintenance and Transportation
UD	Infantry
UE	Cavalry, Armor
UF	Artillery
UG	Military Engineering, Air Forces
UH	Other Services

V

Naval Science

V	Naval Sciences (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

Z

Bibliography & Library Science

Z	Books Writing, Paleography, Libraries, Bibliography
ZA	Information Resources (General)

Source: Library of Congress. Library of Congress Classification System Pocket Guide. 2000.