Library of Congress Classification

A            GENERAL WORKS
AE                   Encyclopedias
AY                   Almanacs

B             PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION
BF                   Psychology
BJ                    Ethics
BK-BL            Religion
BM                  Judaism
BP                   Islam
BQ                   Buddhism
BR                   Christianity
BS                   Bible

C            HISTORY
CB                   History of Civilization & Culture
CC                   Archaeology
CJ                    Numismatics
CR                   Heraldry
CS                   Genealogy
CT                   General Collected Biography

D            WORLD HISTORY
DA                   Great Britain
DC                   France
DD                   Germany         
DF                   Greece
DK                  Russia
DS                   Asia
DT                   Africa

E            AMERICAN HISTORY
E 1 – 143            General America
E 51 – 99            Indians of North America
E 151 – F 970     United States
E 184.M5            Mexican American
E 185                  Afro-Americans
E 201 – 289        Revolutionary War
E 456 – 655        Civil War

F            AMERICAN HISTORY
F 1 – 975            United States: State & Local History
F 381 – 395        Texas
F 1001 – 1140    Canada           
F 1201 – 1392    Mexico
F 1401 – 1419    Latin America
F 1421 – 1440    Central America
F 2201 – 3799    South American

G            GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, FOLKLORE, RECREATION
GB                   Physical Geography
GC                   Oceanography
GN                  Anthropology
GR                   Folklore
GT                   Manners, Customs and Costumes
GV                   Physical Education, Sports, Games & Dance

H            SOCIAL SCIENCES
H – HA            General Social Sciences & Statistics
HB – HC         Economics
HD                  Land, Agriculture and Industry
HE                   Transportation and Communication
HF                   Commerce, Trade and Business
HG                  Finance
HM – HV        Sociology
HQ                  Family, Marriage, Sexual Life, Feminism
HV                  Social/Public Welfare, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Criminology
HX                  Socialism, Communism and Anarchism

J            POLITICAL SCIENCE                  
JC                    Political Theory
JK                    U.S. Government
JS                    Local Government 

K         LAW
KFT                 Texas

L            EDUCATION

M            MUSIC
M                     Scores
ML                  Literature of Music
MT                  Musical Instruction

N           ART
NA                  Architecture
NB                   Sculpture
NC                  Graphic Arts, Drawing, Design
ND                  Painting
NK                  Decorative Arts and Textile Art 

P            LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
PC                   Romance Languages
PE                    English Language
PF                    German Language
PN                   Literature Collection
            4699                Journalism
            6014                Fiction
            6099                Poetry
            6112                Drama
PQ                   Romance Literature
PR                   British Literature
PS                    American Literature 

Q            SCIENCE
QA                  Mathematics
QB                  Astronomy
QC                  Physics
QD                  Chemistry
QE                  Geology
QH                  Natural History and Biology
QK                  Botany
QL                   Zoology
QM-QR          Anatomy, Physiology and Bacteriology 

R            MEDICINE
RC                   Internal Medicine
RD                   Surgery
RG                   Pregnancy, Childbirth, Gynecology
RJ                    Pediatrics
RK                   Dentistry
RT                   Nursing 

S            AGRICULTURE
SB                   Horticulture
SF                    Veterinary Medicine  

T            TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
TA                   Civil Engineering
TD                   Environmental Technology
TH                   Building Construction
TJ                    Mechanical Engineering
TK                   Electrical Engineering
TR                   Photography
TT                    Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts, Fashion, Sewing
TX                   Home Economics and Cookery

U            MILITARY SCIENCE

V            NAVAL SCIENCE

Z            BIBLIOGRAPHY, PUBLISHING & LIBRARY SCIENCE  

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

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