Library of Congress Classification System
Normandale Community College Library organizes its books and other materials collections according to the Library of Congress Classification System. The goal of the classification system is to locate items of a similar subject matter near each other.
The following outline highlights those subject areas of most interest to Normandale users. A more detailed listing of all the Library of Congress classification schemes is also available.
A |
General Works |
N |
Fine Arts |
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AE – Encyclopedias |
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NA – Architecture |
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AY – Almanacs |
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ND – Painting |
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B |
Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
P |
Language & Literature |
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BF – Psychology |
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PE 1591 – Thesauri |
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BL-BX – Religions, Mythology |
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PE 1625 – English dictionaries |
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PN 6112 – American drama anthologies |
C |
Auxiliary Sciences of History |
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PN 6080s – Quotation books |
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CT – Biography & Newsmakers |
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PR – English literature & poetry |
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PS – American literature & poetry |
D |
History (except America) |
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Q |
Science |
E |
History: United States |
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QA – Mathematics |
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QA 76 – Computer Science |
F |
History: Americas |
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QB – Astronomy |
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F 1-957 – U.S. States |
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QC – Physics |
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F 601-615 – Minnesota |
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QD – Chemistry |
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F 1400- – Latin America |
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QE – Geology |
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QH – Biology |
G |
Geography, Anthropology |
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QK – Botany |
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GN – Anthropology |
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QL – Zoology |
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GV – Sports |
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QM – Human Anatomy |
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H |
Social Sciences |
R |
Medicine |
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HA – Population & Census Statistics |
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RC – Internal Medicine |
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HB-HC – Economics |
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RJ – Pediatrics |
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HD – Business & Industry |
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RK – Dentistry |
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HF 5380s – Jobs & Resumes |
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RT – Nursing |
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HM-HN – Sociology |
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HQ – Family, Marriage, Women |
S |
Agriculture |
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HV – Crime & Criminology |
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T |
Technology |
J |
Political Science |
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TR – Photography |
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TX – Cookery & Recipes |
K |
Law |
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KFM – Minnesota laws & statutes |
U |
Military Science |
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L |
Education |
V |
Naval Science |
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L 900 – College directories |
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Z |
Bibliography & Library Science |
M |
Music |
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