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LCC Basic Call Number Chart

Selected sub-topics are represented for each classification letter.  
For more information, see the full description of how to use call numbers.

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  1. A -- GENERAL WORKS
    1. AE -- Encyclopedias
    2. AG -- Dictionaries
    3. AI -- Indexes
    4. AY -- Yearbooks, Almanacs, and Directories
  2. B -- PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION
    1. BF -- Psychology
    2. BJ  -- Ethics
    3. BL -- Religions, Mythology, Rationalism
    4. BM -- Judaism
    5. BP -- Islam
    6. BR -- Christianity
  3. C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
    1. CB -- History of Civilization
    2. CC -- Archaeology
    3. CS -- Genealogy
  4. D -- HISTORY (GENERAL) AND HISTORY OF EUROPE
    1. DA -- Great Britain
    2. DAW -- Central Europe
    3. DE -- Greco-Roman World
    4. DJK -- Eastern Europe 
    5. DK -- Russia
    6. DS -- Asia
    7. DT -- Africa
  5. E  and F -- HISTORY: AMERICA
    1. E -- HISTORY: AMERICA
      1. E11-E143   -- America (the continent)
      2. E151-E189  -- United States (the country)
    2. F -- HISTORY: AMERICA
      1. F1-F975 -- United States local history 
      2. F1201-F3799 -- Latin America
  6. G -- GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION
    1. GB -- Physical Geography
    2. GC -- Oceanography
    3. GE -- Environmental Sciences
    4. GF -- Human Ecology
    5. GN -- Anthropology
    6. GV -- Recreation, Leisure
  7. H -- SOCIAL SCIENCES
    1. HA -- Statistics
    2. HB -- Economic Theory, Competition, Capitalism, Consumption and Demand, Welfare Theory
    3. HC -- Economic History and Conditions
    4. HD -- Industries, Land Use, Labor, Industrial Management, Industrial Productivity, Crisis Management, Risk Management
    5. HE -- Transportation and Communications, Telecommunication Industry
    6. HF -- Commerce, Business Ethics, Marketing, Office and Personnel Management, Industrial Psychology, Accounting
    7. HG -- Finance, Money, Banking, Investment, Capital Formation
    8. HM -- Sociology
    9. HN -- Social History and Conditions
    10. HT -- Communities, Classes, and Races
    11. HV -- Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare, Criminology, Social Service and Social Work
  8. J -- POLITICAL SCIENCE
    1. JA -- Political science (General)
    2. JF -- Political Institutions and Public Administration
    3. JZ -- International Relations
  9. K -- LAW
    1. KF -- United States Law
  10. L -- EDUCATION
    1. LA -- History of Education
    2. LB -- Theory and Practice of Education, Teaching, Primary Education, Middle School Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education, School Administration and Organization
    3. LC -- Special Aspects of Education, Social Aspects of Education, Community and School, Special Types of Education, Gifted Children and Youth, Socially Handicapped Children and Youth, Learning Disabled Children and Youth
  11. M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC
    1. ML -- Literature on Music, History and Criticism, Philosophy of Music
    2. MT -- Musical Instruction and Study
  12. N -- FINE ARTS
    1. NA -- Architecture
    2. NB -- Sculpture
    3. ND -- Painting
  13. P -- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
    1. P -- Linguistics
    2. PE -- English Language
    3. PN -- Literature (General), Theory and Philosophy, Criticism, Literary History
    4. PR -- English Literature
    5. PS -- American Literature
  14. Q -- SCIENCE
    1. QA -- Mathematics, Computer Science
    2. QC -- Physics
    3. QD -- Chemistry
    4. QE -- Geology
    5. QH -- Natural Science, Biology
    6. QM -- Human Anatomy
    7. QR -- Microbiology
  15. R -- MEDICINE
    1. RB -- Pathology
    2. RC -- Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Sports Medicine (Athletic Training)
    3. RD -- Surgery
    4. RG -- Gynecology and Obstetrics
    5. RJ -- Pediatrics
    6. RM -- Therapeutics and Pharmacology
    7. RT -- Nursing (General), Philosophy,  Teaching and Instruction, History of Nursing
  16. S -- AGRICULTURE
    1. SB -- Plant culture
    2. SD -- Forestry
    3. SF -- Animal culture (Veterinary Technology)
  17. T -- TECHNOLOGY (for computer science, use Q)
    1. TA -- Engineering
    2. TK -- Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
    3. TR -- Photography
    4. TX -- Home Economics
  18. U -- MILITARY SCIENCE
    1. UB -- Military Administration
    2. UG -- Military Engineering
  19. V -- NAVAL SCIENCE
    1. VB -- Naval Administration
    2. VC -- Naval Maintenance
  20. Z -- BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)
    1. Z -- Book Industries and Trade, Bibliographies, Libraries
    2. ZA -- Information Resources