THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

The books in the NOVA libraries are arranged on the shelves according to the Library of Congress Classification System, which separates knowledge into 21 main classes, as outlined below.  Each class is identified by a letter of the alphabet, subclasses by combinations of letters, and subtopics within classes and subclasses by a numerical notation.


A  GENERAL WORKS

(General encyclopedias, reference books, etc.)

B  PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION

B    Philosophy (General)
BF  Psychology
BJ  Ethics
BL  Religions, Mythology
BM  Judaism
BP  Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy
BQ  Buddhism
BR-BX  Christianity

C  AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY

CB  History of Civilization
CC  Archaeology
CS  Genealogy
CT  Biography  (Collective biography)

D  HISTORY: GENERAL (EXCEPT AMERICA)

DA  Great Britain
DC  France
DD  Germany
DE-DF  Greco-Roman World
DK  Russia, Former Soviet Union/Republics
DP  Spain, Portugal
DS  Asia
DT  Africa
DU  Oceania (South Seas)

E  HISTORY: AMERICA (U.S, GENERAL)

F  HISTORY: AMERICA (INDIVIDUAL STATES, LATIN AMERICA, CANADA)

G  GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION

GB  Physical Geography
GC  Oceanography
GE  Environmental Sciences
GN  Anthropology
GR  Folklore
GT  Manners and Customs
GV  Recreation, Leisure, Sports

H  SOCIAL SCIENCES

HA  Statistics
HB-HC  Economic Theory and History
HD  Industries, Land Use, Labor
HE  Transportation and Communications
HF  Commerce, Business, Accounting
HG  Finance
HM  Sociology (General)
HQ  Family, Marriage
HV  Public Welfare, Criminology, Police Science
HX  Socialism, Communism, Anarchism

J  POLITICAL SCIENCE

JK  U.S. Political Institutions, Constitution
JS  Local Government
JX-JZ  International Organizations & Relations

K  LAW

L  EDUCATION

M  MUSIC

N  FINE ARTS

NA  Architecture
NB  Sculpture
NC  Drawing, Design, Illustration
ND  Painting
NK  Decorative Arts

P  LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

P    Philology, Communication, Linguistics
PA  Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures
PC  French and Spanish Languages
PE  English Language
PG  Slavic Languages and Literatures
PJ  Eastern Languages and Literatures
PL  Asian and African Languages and Literatures
PQ  French and Spanish Literatures
PR  English Literature
PS  U.S. Literature
PT  German and Scandinavian Literatures

Q  SCIENCE

QA  Mathematics and Computer Science
QB  Astronomy
QC  Physics
QD  Chemistry
QE  Geology
QH  Biology
QK  Botany
QL  Zoology
QM-QP  Human Anatomy and Physiology
QR  Microbiology

R  MEDICINE

S  AGRICULTURE

T  TECHNOLOGY

TA  Engineering (General), Civil Engineering
TH  Building Construction
TJ  Mechanical Engineering and Machinery
TK  Electronics, Telecommunication, Electrical Engineering, Networks (Computer)
TL  Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
TR  Photography
TX  Home Economics

U  MILITARY SCIENCE

V  NAVAL SCIENCE

Z  LIBRARY SCIENCE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY