Library of Congress Classification
Headings
AC Collections,
Series, Collected Works
AE Encyclopedias
AG Dictionaries
and Other General Reference Works
AI Indexes
AM Museums,
Collectors and Collecting
AN Newspapers
AP Periodicals
AS Academies
and Learned Societies
AY Yearbooks,
Almanacs, Directories
B-Philosophy, Psychology,
Religion
B Philosophy
(General)
B1-5802 Philosophy
(General)
B69-99 General
Works
B108-5802 By
Period
B108-708 Ancient
B720-765 Medieval
B770-785 Renaissance
B790-5802 Modern
B808-849 Special Topics
and Schools of Philosophy
B850-5739 By Region or
Country
B5800-5802 By Religion
BC Logic
BD Speculative
Philosophy
BD10-701 Speculative
Philosophy
BD10-41 General
Philosophical Works
BD95-131 Metaphysics
BD143-237 Epistemology,
Theory of Knowledge
BD240-260 Methodology
BD300-450 Ontology
(Including being, the soul, life, death)
BD493-701 Cosmology
(Including teleology, space and time, structure of matter, plurality of worlds)
BF Psychology
BF1-990 Psychology
BF38-64 Philosophy,
Relation to Other Topics
BF173-175.5 Psychoanalysis
BF176-176.5 Psychological
Tests and Testing
BF180-198.7 Experimental
Psychology
BF203 Gestalt
Psychology
BF207-209 Psychotropic
Drugs and Other Substances
BF231-299 Sensation,
Aesthesiology
BF309-499 Consciousness,
Cognition (Including Learning, Attention, Comprehension, Memory, Imagination,
Genius, Intelligence, Thought and Thinking, Psycholinguistics, Mental Fatigue)
BF501-505 Motivation
BF511-593 Affection,
Feeling, Emotion
BF608-635 Will,
Volition, Choice, Control
BF636-637 Applied
Psychology
BF638-648 New
Thought, Menticulture, etc.
BF660-685 Comparative
Psychology, Animal and Human Psychology
BF692-692.5 Psychology
of Sex, Sexual Behavior
BF697-697.5 Differential
Psychology, Individuality, Self
BF698-698.9 Personality
BF699-711 Genetic
Psychology
BF712-724.85 Developmental
Psychology (Including Infant Psychology, Child Psychology, Adolescence,
Adulthood)
BF725-727 Class
Psychology
BF795-839 Temperament,
Character
BF839.8-885 Physiognomy,
Phrenology
BF889-905 Graphology,
Study of Handwriting
BF908-940 The
Hand, Palmistry
BF1001-1389 Parapsychology
BF1001-1045 Psychic
Research, Psychology of the Conscious
BF1048-1108 Hallucinations,
Sleep, Dreaming, Visions
BF1111-1156 Hypnotism,
Suggestion, Mesmerism, Subliminal Projection
BF1161-1171 Telepathy,
Mind Reading, Thought Transference
BF1228-1389 Spiritualism
(Including Mediumship, Spirit Messages, Clairvoyance)
BF1404-2055 Occult Sciences
BH Aesthetics
BJ Ethics
BJ1-1725 Ethics
BJ71-1185 History and
General Works
BJ1188-1295 Religious Ethics
BJ1298-1335 Evolutionary and
Genetic Ethics
BJ1365-1385 Positivist Ethics
BJ1388 Socialist
Ethics
BJ1390-1390.5 Communist
Ethics
BJ1392 Totalitarian
Ethics
BJ1395 Feminist
Ethics
BJ1518-1697 Individual
Ethics, Character, Virtue (Including Practical and Applied Ethics, Conduct of
Life, Vices, Success, Ethics for Children)
BJ1725 Ethics
of Social Groups, Classes, ect., Professional Ethics
BJ1801-2195 Social Usages, Etiquette
BL Religions,
Mythology, Rationalism
BL1-2790 Religions,
Mythology, Rationalism
BL1-50 Religion
(General)
BL51-65 Philosophy
of Religion, Psychology of Religion, Religion in Relation to Other Subjects
BL70-71 Sacred
Books (General)
BL71.5-73 Biography
BL74-99 Religions
of the World
BL175-265 Natural
Theology
BL175-190 General
BL200 Theism
BL205-216 Nature and Attributes of Deity
BL217 Polytheism
BL218 Dualism
BL220 Pantheism
BL221 Monotheism
BL224-227 Creation, Theory of the Earth
BL239-265 Religion and Science
BL270 Unity
and Plurality
BL290 The Soul
BL300-325 The
Myth, Comparative Mythology
BL350-385 Classification
of Religions
BL410 Religions
in Relation to One Another
BL425-490 Religious
Doctrines (General)
BL430 Origins of Religion
BL435-457 Nature Worship
BL458 Women in Comparative Religion
BL460 Sex Worship, Phallicism
BL465-470 Worship of Human Beings
BL473-490 Other
BL500-547 Eschatology
BL550-619 Worship,
Cultus
BL624-629.5 Religious
Life
BL630-632.5 Religious
Organization
BL660-2680 History
and Principles of Religion
BL2700-2790 Rationalism
BM Judaism
BP Islam, Bahism, Theosophism, etc.
BQ Buddhism
BR Christianity
BS The
Bible
BT Doctrinal
Theology
BV Practical
Theology
BX Christian
Denominations
C-Auxiliary Sciences of
History
C Auxiliary
Sciences of History (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
History of Europe
D History
(General)
DA
DAW
DB
DC
DD
DE Greco-Roman
World
DF
DG
DH Low Countries,
DJ
DJK
DK
DL Northern
Europe,
DP
DQ
DR
DS
DT
DU Oceania
(
DX Gypsies
G-Geography,
Anthropology, Recreation
G Geography
(General), Atlases, Maps
GA Mathematical
Geography, Cartography
GB Physical
Geography
GC Oceanography
GE Environmental
Sciences
GF Human
Ecology, Antropogeography
GF1-900 Human Ecology, Antropogeography
GF51 Environmental
Influences on Humans
GF75 Human
Influences on the Environment
GF101-127 Settlements
GF125 Cities, Urban Geography
GF127 Rural Settlements, Rural
Geography
GN Anthropology
GR Folklore
GT Manners
and Customs (General)
GV Recreation,
Leisure
H Social
Sciences (General)
H1-99 Social
Sciences (General)
HA Statistics
HA1-4737 Statistics
HB Economic
Theory, Demography
HB1-3840 Economic Theory,
Demography
HB846-846.8 Welfare
Theory
HB848-3697 Demography,
Population, Vital Events
HC Economic
History and Conditions
HC10-1085 Economic History and
Conditions
HD Industries,
Land Use, Labor
HD28-9999 Industries, Land Use,
Labor
HD50-50.5 Delegation
of authority, Decentralization, Span of control
HD58.7-58.95 Organizational
Behavior, Change and Effectiveness, Corporate Culture
HD59-59.6 Public
Relations, Industrial Publicity
HD60-60.5 Social
Responsibility of business
HD66-66.2 Work
Groups, Team Work in industry, Quality Circles
HD69 Other
(including business consultants, etc.)
HD5650-5660 Employee
participation in management, Employee ownership, Industrial Democracy, Work
Councils
HD5701-6000.9 Labor
Market, Labor Supply, Labor Demand (including unemployment, manpower policy,
occupational training, employment agencies)
HD6050-6305 Classes
of Labor (including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons,
minorities)
HD6951-6957 Industrial
Sociology, Social Conditions of labor
HD6958.5-6976 Industrial
Relations
HD7088-7252 Social
Insurance, Social Security, Pension
HD7255-7256 Vocational
Rehabilitation, Employment of people with disabilities
HD7260-7780.8 Industrial
Hygiene, Industrial Welfare
HE Transportation
and Communications
HF Commerce
HF1-6182 Commerce
HF5381-5386 Vocational
Guidance, Career Development
HF5387-5387.5 Business
Ethics
HF5546-5548.6 Office
Management
HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial
Psychology
HF5549-5549.5 Personnel
Management, Employment Management
HF5601-5689 Accounting,
Bookkeeping
HF5717-5734.7 Business
Communication (including business report writing, business correspondence)
HF5735-5746 Business
Records Management
HF5801-6182 Advertising
HG Finance
HJ Public
Finance
HM Sociology
(General)
HM401-1281 Sociology (General)
HM435-477 History
of Sociology, History of Sociological Theory
HM461.473 Schools
of Sociology, Schools of Social Thought
HM481-554 Theory,
Method, Relations with Other Subjects
HM621-656 Culture
HM661-696 Social
Control
HM701 Social
Systems
HM706 Social
Structure
HM711-806 Groups
and Organizations
HM786-806 Organizational
Sociology, Organization Theory
HM811-821 Deviant
Behavior, Social Deviance
HM826 Social
Institutions
HM831-901 Social
Change
HM1001-1281 Social
Psychology
HM1041-1101 Social
Perception, Social Cognition (including perception of the self and others,
prejudices, stereotypes)
HM1106-1171 Interpersonal Relations, Social
Behavior
HM1176-1281 Social Influence, Social
Pressure
HN Social
History and Conditions, Social Problems, Social Reform
HN1-995 Social History
and Conditions, Social Problems, Social Reform
HN30-39 The
Church and Social Problems
HN41-46 Community
Centers,
HQ The
Family, Marriage, Women
HQ1-2044 The
Family, Marriage, Women
HQ12-449 Sexual
Life
HQ19-30.7 Sexual Behavior and Attitudes,
Sexuality
HQ31-64 Sex Instruction and Sexual
Ethics
HQ71-72 Sexual Deviations
HQ74-74.2 Bisexuality
HQ75-76.8 Homosexuality, Lesbianism
HQ77-77.2 Transvestism
HQ77.7-77.95 Transexualism
HQ79 Sadism, Masochism, Fetishism,
etc.
HQ101-440.7 Prostitution
HQ447 Masturbation
HQ449 Emasculation,
Eunuchs, etc.
HQ450-472 Erotica
HQ503-1064 The
Family, Marriage, Home
HQ750-755.5 Eugenics
HQ755.7-759.92 Parents,
Parenthood (includes parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers)
HQ760-767.7 Family Size
HQ767.8-792.2 Children,
Child Development (including child rearing, child life, play, socialization,
children’s rights)
HQ793-799.2 Youth, Adolescents, Teenagers
HQ799.5-799.9 Young Men and Women
HQ799.95-799.97 Adulthood
HQ800-800.4 Single People
HQ801-801.83 Man-Woman Relationships,
Courtship, Dating
HQ802 Matrimonial Bureaus, Marriage
Brokerage
HQ802.5 Matrimonial Advertisements
HQ803 Temporary Marriage, Trial
Marriage, Companionate Marriage
HQ804 Breach of Promise
HQ805 Desertion
HQ806 Adultery
HQ811-960.7 Divorce
HQ961-967 Free Love
HQ981-996 Polygamy
HQ997 Polyandry
HQ998-999 Illegitimacy, Unmarried Mothers
HQ1001-1006 The State and Marriage
HQ1051-1057 The Church and Marriage
HQ1058-1058.5 Widows and Widowers, Widowhood
HQ1060-1064 Aged, Gerontology (Social
Aspects), Retirement
HQ1073-1073.5 Thanatology, Death, Dying
HQ1075-1075.5 Sex
Role
HQ1088-1090.7 Men
HQ1101-2030.7 Women,
Feminism
HQ2035-2039 Life
Skills, Coping Skills, Everyday Living Skills
HQ2042-2044 Life
Style
HS Societies: Secret, Benevolent, etc.
HT Communities,
Classes, Races
HT51-1595 Communities, Classes,
Races
HT101-395 Urban
Groups, The City, Urban Sociology
HT170-178 Urban Renewal, Urban
Redevelopment
H201-221 City Population (including
children in cities, immigration)
HT231 Effect of City Life
HT251-265 Mental and Moral Life
HT401-485 Rural
Groups, Rural Sociology
HT1501-1595 Races
(including race as a social group and race relations in general)
HV Social
Pathology, Social and Public Welfare, Criminology
HV1-9960 Social Pathology,
Social and Public Welfare, Criminology
HV40-69 Social
Service, Social Work, Charity Organization and Practice (including social case
work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work
relief)
HV530 The Church and Charity
HV544.5 International
Social Work
HV697-4959 Protection,
Assistance and Relief
HV697-3024 Special Classes
HV697-700.7 Families,
Mothers, Widow’s Pensions
HV701-1420.5 Children
HV835-847 Foundlings
HV873-887 Destitute,
Neglected, and Abandoned Children, Street Children
HV888-907 Children with
Disabilities
HV959-1420.5 Orphanages,
Orphans
HV1421-1441 Young Adults,
Youth, Teenagers
HV1442-1448 Women
HV1449 Gay Men,
Lesbians
HV1450-1494 Aged
HV1551-3024 People
with Disabilities (including blind, deaf, people with physical and mental
disabilities)
HV4023-4470.7 Poor in Cities, Slums
HV4480-4630 Mendicancy, Vagabondism, Tramps,
Homelessness
HV5001-5720.5 Alcoholism,
Intemperance, Temperance Reform
HV5725-5770 Tobacco
Habit
HV5800-5840 Drug
Habits, Drug Abuse
HV6035-6197 Criminal
Anthropology (including
criminal types, criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime)
HV6250-6250.4 Victims
of Crimes, Victimology
HV7428 Social
Work with Delinquents and Criminals
HV8301-9920.7 Penology,
Prisons, Corrections
HV9051-9230.7 The
Juvenile Offender, Juvenile Delinquency, Reform Schools, etc.
HV9261-9430.7 Reformation and Reclaimation of Adult Prisoners
HX Socialism,
Communism, Anarchism
J General
Legislative and Executive Papers
JA Political
Science (General)
JC Political
Theory
JF Political
Institutions and Public Administration (General)
JJ-JQ Political
Institutions and Public Administration (By Region)
JS Local
Government, Municipal Government
JV Colonies
and Colonization, Emigration and Immigration, International Migration
JZ International
Relations
K Law
in General, Comparative and Uniform Law, Jurisprudence
KB Religious
Law in General, Comparative Religious Law, Jurisprudence
KBM Jewish Law
KBP Islamic
Law
KBR History
of Canon Law
KBU Law of
the Roman Catholic Church, The Holy See
KDZ
KE
KF
KG Latin
America,
KH
KJ-KKZ
KL-KWX Asia and Eurasia,
Africa, Pacific Area, and
KZ Law of
Nations
L Education
(General)
L7-991 Education
(General)
L7-97 Periodicals,
Societies
L101 Yearbooks
L107 Congresses
L111-791 Official Documents, Reports, etc.
L797-898 Educational
Exhibitions and Museums
L899 School
Fairs
L900-991 Directories
of Educational Institutions
LA History
of Education
LA5-2396 History of
Education
LA5-25 General
LA31-135 By
Period
LA173-186 Higher
Education
LA201-398
LA410-2284 Other
Regions or Countries
LA2301-2396 Biography
LB Theory
and Practice of Education
LB5-3640 Theory and Practice
of Education
LB5-45 General
LB51-885 Systems
of Individual Educators and Writers
LB1025-1050.75 Teaching
(Principles and Practice)
LB1049-1050.75 Reading
(General)
LB1050.9-1091 Educational
Psychology
LB1101-1139 Child
Study
LB1139.2-1139.5 Early
Childhood Education
LB1140-1140.5 Preschool
Education, Nursery Schools
LB1141-1489 Kindergarten
LB1501-1547 Primary
Education
LB1555-1602 Elementary
or Public School Education
LB1603-1696.6 Secondary
Education, High Schools
LB1705-2286 Education
and Training of Teachers and Administrators
LB1771-1773 Certification of Teachers
LB1775-1785 Professional
Aspects of Teaching and School Administrators, Vocational Guidance
LB2165-2278 Teacher Training in Universities
and Colleges
LB2300-2430 Higher
Education
LB2335.95-2337 Endowments, Trusts, etc.
LB2337.2-2340.8 Student Financial Aid
LB2351-2359 Admissions and Entrance
Requirements
LB2361.2365 Curriculum
LB2371-2372 Graduate Education
LB2381-2391 Academic Degrees
LB2799-2799.3 Educational
Consultants and Consulting
LB2801-3095 School
Administration and Organization
LB2011-2095 School Management and Discipline
LB3050-3060.87 Educational Tests, Measurements,
Evaluations and Examinations
LB3401-3495 School
Hygiene, School Health Services
LC Special
Aspects of Education
LC8-6691 Special Aspects of
Education
LC8-59 Forms
of Education
LC25-33 Self-Education, Self-Culture
LC37-44.3 Home Education
LC45-45.8 Nonformal
Education
LC47-58.7 Private School Education
LC58-58.7 Preparatory
Schools, Preparatory School Education
LC59 Public Schools
LC71-120.4 Education
and the State
LC72-72.5 Academic Freedom
LC107-120.4 Public
School Question, Secularization, Religious Instruction in Public Schools
LC142.148.5 Attendance,
Dropouts
LC149-161 Literacy,
Illiteracy
LC189-214.53 Educational
Sociology
LC212-212.863 Discrimination in Education
LC212.9-212.93 Sex Differences in Education
LC213-214.53 Educational Equalization, Right
to Education
LC321-951 Religion
and Education, Education Under Church Control
LC361-629 Christian Education, Church
Education
LC701-775 Jewish Education
LC901-915 Islamic Education
LC921-929.7 Buddhist Education
LC980-1099.5 Types of Education
LC1001-1024 Humanistic
Education, Liberal Education
LC1022-1022.25 Computer-Assisted Education
LC1031-1034.5 Competency
Based Education
LC1037-1037.8 Career
Education
LC1041-1048 Vocational
Education (General)
LC1390-5160.3 Education
of Special Classes of Persons
LC1390 Boys
LC1401-2572 Women
LC2574-2576 Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals
LC2580-2582 Student-Athletes
LC2630-2638 Asian Americans
LC2667-2698 Latin Americans, Hispanic
Americans
LC2699-2913 Blacks, African Americans
LC3701-3740 Immigrants
or Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities,
LC3745-3747 Children of Immigrants (First
Generation)
LC3950-4806.5 Exceptional Children and Youth,
Special Education
LC3991-4000 Gifted Children and Youth
LC4001-4806.5 Children
and Youth with Disabilities, Learning Disabled Children and Youth
LD Individual
Institutions—
LE Individual
Institutions—
LF Individual
Institutions—
LG Individual
Institutions—Asia, Africa,
LH College
and School Magazines and Papers
LJ Student
Fraternities and Societies,
LT Textbooks
M Music
ML Literature
on Music
MT Musical
Instruction and Study
N Visual
Arts
NA Architecture
NB Sculpture
NC Drawing,
Design, Illustration
ND Painting
NE Print
Media
NK Decorative
Arts
NX Arts
in General