Library of Congress Browsing Guide

Call Number Prefix	Subject
A	General works, general encyclopedias, museums, societies
B-BJ	Philosophy, psychology
BL-BX	Religion
C	Auxiliary sciences of history, including archaeology, archives, numismatics, genealogy, and general biography
D	History (general and Old World)
E-F	History of America, including geography of individual countries
G	Geography, anthropology, folklore, dance, sports, recreation and games
H-HA	General social sciences, statistics
HB-HJ	Economics
HM-HX	Sociology
K	Law
L-LT	Education
M-MT	Music
N-NX	Fine Arts
P-PT	Language and literature
Q-QC	General science, mathematics, astronomy, physics
QD-QK	Chemistry, geology, natural history, botany
QL-QR	Zoology, human anatomy, physiology, bacteriology
R-RZ	Medicine
S-SK	Agriculture, plants, animal history
T-TX	Technology, engineering, photography, home economics
U-UH	Military science
V-VM	Naval science
Z	Bibliography, library science

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