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:

Jump to a Section: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

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

            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.