The LRC Handbook
 

Library Of Congress Classification

The OWC LRC uses the Library of Congress Classification system which is the scheme most widely used for arranging book collections in academic libraries.  This popularity is attributed to the system's unsurpassed potential for handling the escalating rate of growth of new information and knowledge.

  • A............General Works (Encyclopedias, Almanacs)
  • B-BJ.......Philosophy, Psychology
  • BL-BX........Religion
  • BM...........Judaism
  • BP...........Islam, Bahaism
  • BQ...........Buddhism
  • BR-BX........Christianity
  • C............Auxiliary Science of History
  • D............History: General and Old World (Eastern Hemisphere)
  • E-F..........History: America (Western Hemisphere)
  • G............Geography, Maps, anthrolopology, Recreation
  • H............Social Science (Economics, Business, Sociology)
  • J............Political Science
  • K............Law (General)
  • KF...........Law of the United States
                   (KFF Law of Florida)
  • L............Education
  • M............Music
  • N............Fine Arts
  • NA...........Architecture
  • NB...........Sculpture
  • NC...........Drawing
  • ND...........Painting
  • NE...........Print Media
  • NK...........Decorative Arts
  • NX...........Arts in General
  • P............General Philology
  • PA...........Classical Languages
  • PB-PH........Modern European Languages
  • PE...........English Language (Dictionaries, Thesauruses)
  • PG...........Slavic Languages and Literature
  • PJ-PM........Languages and Literature of Asia, Africa, Oceania, American Indian Languages, Artificial languages
  • PN...........Literary History and Collections (General)
  • PQ...........Romance Literatures (French, Italian, etc.)
  • PR...........English Literature
  • PS...........American Literature
  • PT...........German Literature
  • PZ...........Juvenile Belles Lettre
  • Q............Science and Mathematics
  • QA...........Mathematics
  • QB...........Astronomy
  • QC...........Physics
  • QD...........Chemistry
  • QE...........Geology
  • QH...........Natural History
  • R............Medicine
  • S............Agriculture
  • T............Technology
  • TA-TK........Engineering
  • TL...........Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
  • TR...........Photography
  • TS...........Manufactures
  • TT...........Handicrafts, Arts, Crafts
  • TX...........Home Economics
  • U............Military Science and Linguistics
  • V............Naval Science and Literature
  • Z............Bibliography, Library Science