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Library of Congress Call Numbers

The books in the Kansas State University Libraries are arranged by Library of Congress Call Numbers. This system separates all knowledge into 21 classes, as outlined below. It can be helpful to learn the call numbers used for your area of study and then physically or virtually browse the library shelves. For further information, see " Understanding Library of Congress Call Numbers". For a more detailed outline than what is presented below, see the LC Classification Outline located in Hale Social Sciences/Humanities Reference, 2nd Floor Hale Library, Z 696 .U42 1990.

A: General Reference Works

Encyclopedias, almanacs and other general reference works.

B: Philosophy and Religion

B : Philosophy (General)
BC: Logic
BF: Psychology
BL: Religion/Mythology
BM: Judaism
BP: Islam
BQ: Buddhism
BR: Christianity

C: Auxiliary Science of History

CB: History of Civilization
CC: Archaeology
CD: Archives
CR: Heraldry
CS: Genealogy
CT: Biography (General)

D: History

D: World History, including the World Wars
DA: Great Britain
DB: Austria
DC: France
DD: Germany
DE: Mediterranean region
DS: Asia
DT: Africa
DU: Oceania, Australia & New Zealand

E to F: History

E: America (General)
F: Local and Regional History: United States, Canada & Latin America

G: Geography, Anthropology, Folklore

G: Geography (General)
GB: Physical Geography
GC: Oceanography
GN: Anthropology
GR: Folklore
GV: Recreation

H: Social Sciences

HA: Statistics
HB: Economics
HF: Commerce
HG: Finance
HM: Sociology
HQ: Family. Marriage. Women
HV: Social pathology. Social service. Criminology

J: Political Science

JA to JC: Political Science
JF to JQ: Constitutional History and Public Administration
JS: Local Government
JX: International Law

K: Law

L: Education

L: Education (General)
LA: History of Education
LB: Theory and Practice of Education
LC: Special Aspects of Education
LD to LG: Individual Institutions: Universities, Colleges and Schools
LH: College and School Magazines and Papers
LJ: U.S. Fraternities and Sororities

M: Music

M: General Music/Scores
ML: Literature of Music
MT: Music Instruction

N: Fine Arts

NA: Architecture
NB: Sculpture
NC: Graphic Arts
ND: Painting
NK: Decorative Arts

P: Languages and Literature

P: Philology and Linguistics
PA: Classical Languages and Literature
PC: Romance Languages
PD to PF: Germanic Languages
PE: English
PG: Slavic Languages and Literatures
PJ to PL: Oriental Languages and Literatures
PN: General and Comparative
PQ: Romance Literature
PR: English Literature
PS: American Literature and Juvenile Literature
PT: Germainc Literature
PZ: Fiction in English and Juvenile Literature

Q: Sciences

QA: Mathematics
QB: Astronomy
QC: Physics
QD: Chemistry
QE: Geology
QH: Natural History
QK: Botany
QL: Zoology
QM: Human Anatomy
QP: Physiology
QR: Bacteriology

R: Medicine

S: Agriculture

SB: Plant Culture and Horticulture
SD: Forestry
SF: Animal Culture
SH: Aquaculture and Fisheries
SK: Hunting Sports

T: Technology

TA: General Engineering, including General Civil Engineering
TC: Hydraulic Engineering
TD: Sanitary and Municipal Engineering
TE: Highway Engineering
TF: Railroad Engineering
TG: Bridge Engineering
TH: Building Construction
TJ: Mechanical Engineering
TK: Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering
TL: Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
TN: Mining, Engineering, Mineral Industries & Metallurgy
TP: Chemical Technology
TR: Photography
TS: Manufactures
TT: Handicrafts, Arts and Crafts
TX: Home Economics