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A   General Works

        

	      AC      Collections

        AE      Encyclopedias

        AG      Dictionaries    

        AI      Indexes

        AM      Museums

        AN      Newspapers

        AP      Periodicals

        AS      Academies and societies

        AY      Yearbooks.  Almanacs.  Directories

        AZ      History of scholarship



 

B   Philosophy.  Psychology.  Religion



        B       Philosophy (General)

        BC      Logic

        BD      Speculative philosophy

        BF      Psychology. Parapsychology.  Occultism

        BH      Aesthetics

        BJ      Ethics.  Social usages.  Etiquette

        BL      Religions.  Mythology

        BM      Judaism

        BP      Islam.  Bahaism.  Theosophy.  etc.

        BQ      Buddhism

        BR      Christianity

        BS      Bible

        BT      Christianity:  Doctrinal theology

        BV      Christianity:  Practical theology

        BX      Christian denominations

        

 

C   Auxiliary Sciences of History



        C       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 non-U.S.



        D       General

        DA      Great Britain

        DB      Austria.  Hungary.  Czechoslovakia

        DC      France

        DD      Germany

        DE      Mediterranean region - Classical

        DF      Greece

        DG      Italy

        DH      Low Countries:  Belgium.  Luxembourg

        DJ      Netherlands (Holland)

        DJK     Eastern Europe

        DK      Soviet Union.  Poland

        DL      Northern Europe.  Scandinavia

        DP      Spain.  Portugal

        DQ      Switzerland

        DR      Balkan Peninsula.  Turkey

        DS      Asia

        DT      Africa

        DU      Oceania.  Australia.  New Zealand

        DX      Gypsies



 

E   History:  Western Hemisphere



        E       America

		

 

F    U.S. History.  Local and Americas.	

	

        F       U.S. local history.  Canada.  Latin America



 

G   Geography.  Anthropology.  Recreation



        G       General.  Atlases.  Maps

        GA      Mathematical geography.  Cartography

        GB      Physical geography

        GC      Oceanography

        GF      Human ecology.  Anthropogeography

        GN      Anthropology

        GR      Folklore

        GT      Manners and customs

        GV      Recreation.  Sports.  Games



 

H   Social Sciences



        H       General

        HA      Statistics

        HB      Economics

        HC      Economic history

        HD      Land.  Agriculture.  Industry.  Labor

        HE      Transportation and communications

        HF      Commerce

        HG      Finance

        HJ      Public finance

        HM      Sociology

        HN      Social history

        HQ      Family.  Marriage.  Women

        HS      Societies.  Clubs

        HT      Communities.  Classes.  Races

        HV      Social pathology.  Social service. 									     		

        HX      Socialism.  Communism





 

J   Political Science



        J       General legislative and executive papers

        JA      Political science - General

        JC      Political theory. The state

        JF      Constitutional history - General

        JK      Constitutional history - United States

        JL      Constitutional history - Canada.  Latin America

        JN      Constitutional history - Europe

        JQ      Constitutional history - Asia. Africa. Australia. Oceania

        JS      Local government

        JV      Colonies and colonization

        JX      International law.  International relations



 

K   Law



        K        General

        KD       United Kingdom and Ireland

        KDZ      America.  North America.  OAS

        KE       Canada

        KF       United States

        KG-KH    Latin America

        KJ-KK    Europe



 

L   Education



        L       General

        LA      History of education

        LB      Theory and practice of education

        LC      Special aspects of education

        LD      Individual institutions - U.S.

        LE      Individual institutions - Other Americas

        LF      Individual institutions - Europe

        LG      Individual institutions - Asia, Africa, Oceania

        LH      College publications

        LJ      Student fraternities and sororities

        LT      Textbooks



 

M   Music



        M       General

        ML      Literature of music

        MT      Music instruction





 

N   Fine Arts

        

        N       Visual arts (General)

        NA      Architecture

        NB      Sculpture

        NC      Drawing.  Design

        ND      Painting

        NE      Print media

        NK      Decorative arts.  Applied arts

        NX      Arts in general





 

P   Language and Literature



        P       Philology and linguistics

        PA      Classical languages and literature

        PB      Celtic languages

        PC      Romance languages

        PD      Germanic languages.  Scandinavian languages

        PE      English language

        PF      West Germanic languages.  Dutch.  German

        PG      Slavic, Baltic, Armenian language/literature        		

        PH      Finno-Ugrian languages and literature

        PJ      Oriental languages and literature

        PK      Indo-Iranian languages and literature

        PL      East Asian languages and literatures

        PM      American Indian languages.  

        PN      Literature.  General. Performing arts

        PQ      Romance literatures

        PR      English literature

        PS      American literature

        PT      Germanic literatures

        PZ      Juvenile belle lettres



 

Q   Science



        Q       General

        QA      Mathematics

        QB      Astronomy

        QC      Physics

        QD      Chemistry

        QE      Geology

        QH      Natural history.  Biology

        QK      Botany

        QL      Zoology

        QM      Human anatomy

        QP      Physiology

        QR      Microbiology



 

R   Medicine



        R       General

        RA      Public aspects of medicine

        RB      Pathology

        RC      Internal Medicine

        RD      Surgery

        RE      Opthalmology

        RF      Otorhinolaryngology

        RG      Gynecology and obstetrics

        RJ      Pediatrics

        RK      Dentistry

        RL      Dermatology

        RM      Therapeutics.  Pharmacology

        RS      Pharmacy.  Materia medica

        RT      Nursing

        RV      Botanic.  Thomsonian.  eclectic medicine

        RX      Homeopathy

        RZ      Other systems of medicine





 

S   Agriculture

                

        S       General

        SB      Plant culture

        SD      Forestry

        SF      Animal culture

        SH      Aquaculture.  Fisheries.  Angling

        SK      Hunting



        

 

T   Technology



        T       General

        TA      Engineering - General and civil

        TC      Hydraulic engineering

        TD      Environmental technology.  Sanitary engineering

        TE      Highway engineering

        TF      Railroad engineering

        TG      Bridge construction

        TH      Building construction

        TJ      Mechanical engineering and machinery

        TK      Electronics. Electrical and nuclear engineering.  

        TL      Motor vehicles.  Aeronautics.  Astronautics

        TN      Mining engineering.  Metallurgy

        TP      Chemical technology

        TR      Photography

        TS      Manufactures

        TT      Handicrafts.  Arts and crafts

        TX      Home economics



 

U   Military Science



        U       General

        UA      Armies

        UB      Military administration

        UC      Maintenance and transportation

        UD      Infantry

        UE      Cavalry.  Armored cavalry

        UF      Artillery

        UG      Military engineering. Air forces.Air warfare

        UH      Other services



 

V   Naval Science

        

        V       General

        VA      Navies

        VB      Naval administration

        VC      Naval maintenance

        VD      Naval seamen

        VE      Marines

        VF      Naval ordnance

        VG      Minor services of navies

        VK      Navigation.  Merchant marine

        VM      Naval architecture.  Marine engineering



 

Z   Library and Information Science



        Z       Books. Bibliography. Library Science.