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
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.