Skip to Main Content

General Studies

Resources for General Studies

Library of Congress Classification


A        GENERAL WORKS
AE     Encyclopedias (General)
AI      Indexes (General)
AP    Periodicals (General)
AY     Yearbooks, Almanacs, Directories


B      PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION
B      Philosophy
BC   Logic
BF    Psychology
BH   Aesthetics
BJ    Ethics
BL    Religion
BP    Islam


C       AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
CB    History of Civilization
CC     Archaeology
CT     Biography


D     HISTORY: GENERAL AND OUTSIDE THE AMERICAS
DA    Great Britain
DC    France
DD    Germany
DP    Spain. Portugal
DR    Eastern Europe, Balkan Peninsula
DS    Asia
DS79.76   Iraq
DT   Africa


E   HISTORY: UNITED STATES
E186    United States Colonial History
E201    United States Revolution
E456    United States Civil War
E660    United States Late Nineteenth Century
E740    United States Twentieth Century


F    HISTORY: UNITED STATES LOCAL AND AMERICAS
F1    United States Local History
F521 Indiana History
F1001   Canada
F1201   Mexico
F1401   Latin America
F2201   South America


G   GEOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY, RECREATION
G   Geography, Atlases
GN    Anthropology
GR    Folklore
GV   Recreation, Leisure

H     SOCIAL SCIENCES
HA   Statistics
HB   Economic Theory, Demography
HE   Transportation and Communication
HF   Commerce
HF5001   Business, Business Administration
HF5381   Vocational Guidance
HF5549   Personnel management
HF5601   Accounting
HF5801   Advertising
HG    Finance
HJ      Public Finance
HM    Sociology
HN   Social History, Social Problems, Social Reform
HQ    The Family, Marriage, Woman
HQ809     Family Violence
HQ1060     Aged, Gerontology (Social Aspects)
HV    Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare
HV4997     Substance Abuse
HV6432.7    September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
HV6684      Identity Theft
HV8073     Forensic Science
HV8699    Capital Punishment

J      POLITICAL SCIENCE
JC    Political Theory, Theory of the State
JK    United States Constitutional History and Administration
JX    International Law


K    LAW
KF    Law of the United States
KFI    Law of Indiana.


L     EDUCATION
LA    History of Education
LB    Theory and Practice of Education
LB1025      Teaching (Principles and Practice)
LB1051      Educational Psychology
LB1101      Child Study. Psychical Development
LB1140      Preschool Education
LB1141      Kindergarten
LB1555      Elementary or Public School Education
LB1603     Secondary Education. High Schools
LB1705    Education and Training of Teachers
LC         Special Aspects of Education
LC65      Social Aspects of Education
LC1390      Educating Special Classes of Persons
LC5800      Distance Education


M    MUSIC
ML  Literature of Music


N     FINE ARTS
NA   Architecture
NC    Drawing, Design, Illustration
ND    Painting
NK     Decorative Arts, Applied Arts

 


P     LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
P     General Linguistics
PA    Classical Languages and Literature
PC    Romance Languages
PC2001     French
PC4001     Spanish
PD     Germanic Languages
PE      English Language
PN     Literary History and Collections (General)
PN1600        Drama   Romance Literature
PR     English Literature
PS     American Literature
PT     Germanic Literature
PZ     Juvenile


Q     SCIENCE
QA    Mathematics
QA76      Computer Science
QA101      Elementary Mathematics, Arithmetic
QA150       Algebra
QA276       Mathematical Statistics
QA303      Calculus
QB        Astronomy
QC        Physics
QD        Chemistry
QD71       Analytical Chemistry
QD146      Inorganic Chemistry
QD241     Organic Chemistry
QD450     Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
QE     Geology
QH     Natural History
QH301       General Biology
QH442.2      Human Cloning
QK    Botany
QL    Zoology
QM    Human Anatomy
QP     Physiology
QR     Microbiology

 

R      MEDICINE
RA421      Public Health, Hygiene, Preventive Medicine
RB     Pathology
RC      Internal Medicine, Practice of Medicine
RC321       Neurology and Psychiatry
RC952      Geriatrics
RD     Surgery
RG     Surgery
RJ    Pediatrics
RL    Dermatology
RM    Therapeutics, Pharmacology
RS     Pharmacy and Materia Medica
RT     Nursing

 


S      AGRICULTURE
SB    Plant Culture
SD    Forestry
SF    Animal Culture


T     TECHNOLOGY
TA    General Engineering, General Civil Engineering
TC     Hydraulic Engineering
TD    Environmental Technology, Sanitary Engineering
TD172      Environmental Pollution
TE    Highway Engineering
TH    Building Construction
TJ    Mechanical Engineering
TK    Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Nuclear Engineering
TK5101      Telecommunications
TK7800      Electronics
TK7885       Computer Engineering
TL     Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
TN    Mining Engineering, Metallurgy
TP     Chemical Technology
TP155        Chemical Engineering
TR     Photography
TS      Manufactures
TS155      Production Management
TX    Home Economics
TX645       Cookery
TX901       Hotels, Restaurants, Food Service


U     MILITARY SCIENCE


V    NAVAL SCIENCE


Z      BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE
Z1001     Bibliography
Z5051     Subject Bibliography