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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 NCC users.  A more detailed listing of all the Library of Congress classification schemes is also available.

A

General Works

N

Fine Arts

 

AE – Encyclopedias

 

NA – Architecture

 

AY – Almanacs

 

ND – Painting

 

 

 

 

B

Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

P

Language & Literature

 

BF – Psychology

 

PE 1591 – Thesauri

 

BL-BX – Religions, Mythology

 

PE 1625 – English dictionaries

 

 

 

PN 6112 – American drama anthologies

C

Auxiliary Sciences of History

 

PN 6080s – Quotation books

 

CT – Biography & Newsmakers

 

PR – English literature & poetry

 

 

 

PS – American literature & poetry

D

History (except America)

 

 

 

 

Q

Science

E

History: United States

 

QA – Mathematics

 

 

 

QA 76 – Computer Science

F

History: Americas

 

QB – Astronomy

 

F 1-957 – U.S. States

 

QC – Physics

 

F 601-615 – Minnesota

 

QD – Chemistry

 

F 1400-  – Latin America

 

QE – Geology

 

 

 

QH – Biology

G

Geography, Anthropology

 

QK – Botany

 

GN – Anthropology

 

QL – Zoology

 

GV – Sports

 

QM – Human Anatomy

 

 

 

 

H

Social Sciences

R

Medicine

 

HA – Population & Census Statistics

 

RC – Internal Medicine

 

HB-HC – Economics

 

RJ – Pediatrics

 

HD – Business & Industry

 

RK – Dentistry

 

HF 5380s – Jobs & Resumes

 

RT – Nursing

 

HM-HN – Sociology

 

 

 

HQ – Family, Marriage, Women

S

Agriculture

 

HV – Crime & Criminology

 

 

 

 

T

Technology

J

Political Science

 

TR – Photography

 

 

 

TX – Cookery & Recipes

K

Law

 

 

 

KFM – Minnesota laws & statutes

U

Military Science

 

 

 

 

L

Education

V

Naval Science

 

L 900 – College directories

 

 

 

 

Z

Bibliography & Library Science

M

Music

 

 

 
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