This is a list of general LC (Library of Congress) classification subject headings.
A...GENERAL WORKS
AC: Collections
AE: Encyclopedias
AG: Dictionaries
AI: Indexes
AM: Museums
AN: Newspapers
AP: Periodicals
AS: Academies and societies
AY: Yearbooks, almanacs, directories
AZ: History of scholarship
B...PHILOSOPHY
B: General philosophy
BC: Logic
BD: Speculative philosophy
BF: Psychology
BH: Aesthetics
BJ: Ethics, social usages, etiquette
BL: Religions, mythology
BM: Judaism
BP: Islam, Bahaism, theosophy
BQ: Buddhism
BR: Christianity
BS: Bible
BT: Christianity: doctrinal theology
BV: Christianity: practical theology
BX: Christian denominations
C...AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY, SUCH AS BIOGRAPHY
C: 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
D...HISTORY: GENERAL AND OLD WORLD
D: General
DA: British History
DB: Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia
DC: France
DD: Germany
DE: Mediterranean region--classical
DF: Greece
DG: Italy
DH: Low Countries: Belgium, Luxembourg
DJ: Netherlands
DJK: Eastern Europe
DK: Soviet Union, Poland
DL: Northern Europe, Scandinavia
DP: Spain, Portugal
DQ: Switzerland
DR: Balkans, Turkey
DS: Middle East and Asia
DT: Africa
DU: Oceania, Australia, New Zealand
DX: Gypsies
E...HISTORY: UNITED STATES
F...HISTORY: STATE AND LOCAL, UNITED STATES; CANADA; LATIN AMERICA
G...GEOGRAPHY
G: General, atlases, maps
GA: Mathematical geography, cartography
GB: Physical geography
GC: Oceanography
GF: Human Ecology, anthropogeography
GN: Anthropology
GR: Folklore
GT: Manners, customs
GV: Sports and Recreation
H...SOCIAL SCIENCES
H: General
HA: Statistics
HB: Economics
HC: Economic history
HD: Land, agriculture, industry, labor
HE: Transportation and communications
HF: Commerce
HG: Finance
HJ: Public finance
HM: Sociology
HN: Social History
HQ: Family, Marriage, Women, Sexuality
HS: Societies, clubs
HT: Communities, classes, races
HV: Social Pathology
HX: Communism, Socialism
J...POLITICAL SCIENCE
J: General legislative and executive papers
JA: Political science--general
JC: Political theory: the state
JF: Constitutional history--general
JL: Constitutional history--United States
JK: Constitutional history--Canada, Latin America
JN: Constitutional history--Europe
JQ: Constitutional history--Asia, Africa. Australia, Oceania
JS: Local government
JV: Colonies and colonization
JX: International Relations
K...LAW
K: General
KD: United Kingdom, Ireland
KDZ: America, North America
KE: Canada
KF: United States
KG-KH: Latin America
KI-KK: Europe
L...EDUCATION
L: General
LA: History of education
LB: Theory and practice of education
LC: Special aspects of education
LD: Individual institutions--U.S.
LE: Individual institutions--Other Americas
LF: Individual institutions--Europe
LG: Individual institutions--Asia, Africa, Australia, Oceania
LH: College publications
LJ: Student fraternities and sororities
LT: Textbooks
M...MUSIC
M: General
ML: Literature of music
MT: Music instruction
N...FINE ARTS
N: Visual Arts, general
NA: Architecture
NB: Sculpture
NC: Drawing, design
ND: Painting
NE: Paint media
NK: Decorative arts, applied arts
NX: Arts in general
P...LANGUAGE-LITERATURE
P: Philology, linguistics
PA: Classical languages and literature
PB: Celtic languages
PC: Romance languages
PD: Germanic languages, Scandinavian languages
PE: English language
PF: West Germanic languages, Dutch, German
PG: Slavic, Baltic, Albanian languages and literature
PH: Finno-Ugrian languages and literature
PJ: Oriental languages and literature
PK: Indo-Iranian languages and literature
PL: East Asian, Oceanic, African languages and literature
PM: American Indian languages, artificial languages
PN: Comparative literature, general literary history, drama
PQ: Romances literature
PR: English literature
PS: American literature
PT: Germanic literature
PZ: Juvenile belle lettres
Q...SCIENCE
Q: General
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
R...MEDICINE
R: General
RA: Public Health
RB: Pathology
RC: Internal and Sports Medicine
RD: Surgery
RE: Ophthalmology
RF: Otorhinolaryngology
RG: Gynecology, obstetrics
RJ: Pediatrics
RK: Dentistry
RL: Dermatology
RM: Therapeutics, pharmacology
RS: Pharmacy
RT: Nursing
RV: Botanic, eclectic medicine
RX: Homeopathy
RZ: Other systems of medicine
S...AGRICULTURE
S: General
SB: Plant culture
SD: Forestry
SF: Animal culture
SH: Fishing, camping
SK: Hunting
T...TECHNOLOGY
T: General
TA: Engineering--general and civil
TC: Hydraulic engineering
TD: Environmental technology, sanitary engineering
TE: Highway engineering
TF: Railroad engineering
TG: Bridge construction
TH: Building construction
TJ: Mechanical engineering, 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
U...MILITARY ARTS & SCIENCES
U: General
UA: Armies
UB: Military administration
UC: Maintenance and transportation
UD: Infantry
UE: Cavalry, armored cavalry
UF: Artillery
UG: Military engineering, air forces, air warfare
UH: Other services
V...NAVAL SCIENCES
V: General
VA: Navies
VB: Naval administration
VC: Naval maintenance
VD: Naval seamen
VE: Marines
VF: Naval ordinance
VG: Minor services of navies
VK: Navigation, merchant marine
VM: Naval architecture, marine engineering
Z...BIBLIOGRAPHY-LIBRARY SCIENCE
Z: Books, book industries, libraries, library science, bibliography
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