Most college libraries, including CCC, use the Library of Congress Classification system (not the Dewey Decimal System).
With this classification system, books are sorted into classes (and then subclasses) that are represented with letters.
The major classes and subclasses are shown below — for a further breakdown, go to the Library of Congress website:
A — GENERAL WORKS [see Reference section in Library for these books]
B — PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION
- B — Philosophy (General)
- BF — Psychology
- BJ — Ethics
- BL to BX — Religion
C — AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
- CB — History of Civilization
- CC — Archeology
- CT — Biography
D — WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC
- D — History (General)
- DA — Great Britain
- DAW — Central Europe
- DB — Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia
- DC — France - Andorra - Monaco
- DD — Germany
- DE — Greco-Roman World
- DF — Greece
- DG — Italy - Malta
- DH — Low Countries - Benelux Countries
- DJ — Netherlands (Holland)
- DJK — Eastern Europe (General)
- DK — Russia - Soviet Union - Former Soviet Republics - Poland
- DL — Northern Europe - Scandinavia
- DP — Spain - Portugal
- DQ — Switzerland
- DR — Balkan Peninsula
- DS — Asia
- DT — Africa
- DU — Oceania (South Seas)
- DX — Romanies
E — HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS
- E — America -United States
F — HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS
- F — United States Local History - British America (including Canada) - Dutch America - French America - Latin America - Spanish America
G — GEOGRAPHY. ANTHROPOLOGY. RECREATION
- G — Geography (General)
- GC — Oceanography
- GE — Environmental Sciences
- GF — Human Ecology
- GN — Anthropology
- GR — Folklore
- GT — Manners and Customs
- GV — Recreation - Leisure
H — SOCIAL SCIENCES
- H — Social Sciences (General)
- HA — Statistics
- HB — Economic Theory
- HC — Economic History and Conditions
- HD — Industries. Land Use. Labor
- HE — Transportation and Communications
- HF — Commerce
- HG — Finance
- HJ — Public Finance
- HM — Sociology (General)
- HN — Social History and Conditions. Social Problems. Social Reform.
- HQ — The Family. Marriage. Women
- HS — Societies
- HT — Communities. Classes. Races
- HV — Social Pathology. Social and Public Welfare. Criminology
- HX — Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
J — POLITICAL SCIENCE
- J — General Legislative and Executive Papers
- JA — Political Science
- JF - JQ — Public Institutions and Public Administration [various countries]
- JS — Local Government. Municipal Government
- JC — Political Theory
- JV — Colonies and Colonization. Emigration and Immigration. International Migration
- JZ — International Relations
K — LAW
- K — Law (General)
- KB — Religious Law
- KF — United States
- KD - KZ — Law [various countries]
L — EDUCATION
- L — Education (General)
- LA — History of Education
- LB — Theory and Practice of Education
- LC — Special Aspects of Education
- LD-LG — Individual Institutions [various]
M — MUSIC AND BOOKS ON MUSIC
- M — Music
- ML — Literature on Music
- MT — Instruction and Study
N — FINE ARTS
- N — Visual Arts
- NA — Architecture
- NB — Sculpture
- NC — Drawing. Design. Illustration
- ND — Painting
- NE — Print Media
- NK — Decorative Arts
- NX — Arts in General
P — LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- P — Philology. Linguistics
- PA — Greek Language and Literature. Latin Language and Literature
- PB - PM Languages [various]
- PN — Literature (General)
- PQ — French Literature. Italian Literature. Spanish Literature. Portuguese Literature
- PR — English Literature
- PS — American Literature
- PT — German - Dutch - Flemish - Afrikaans - Scandinavian - Old Norse - Modern Icelandic - Faroese - Danish - Norwegian - Swedish Literature
- PZ — Fiction and Juvenile Belle Lettres
Q — SCIENCE
- Q — Science (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 — Medicine (General)
- RA — Public Aspects of Medicine
- RB — Pathology
- RC — Internal Medicine
- RD — Surgery
- RE — Ophthalmology
- RF — Otorhinolaryngology
- RG — Gynecology and Obstetrics
- RJ — Pediatrics
- RK — Dentistry
- RL — Dermatology
- RM — Therapeutics. Pharmacology
- RS — Pharmacy
- RT — Nursing
- RV — Homeopathy
- RZ — Other Systems of Medicine
S — AGRICULTURE
- S — Agriculture (General)
- SB — Plant Culture
- SD — Forestry
- SF — Animal Culture
- SH — Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
- SK — Hunting Sports
T — TECHNOLOGY
- T — Technology (General)
- TA — Engineering (General). Civil Engineering
- TC - TN — Engineering [various]
- TP — Chemical Technology
- TR — Photography
- TS — Manufactures
- TT — Handicrafts. Arts and crafts
U — MILITARY SCIENCE
- U — Military Science (General)
- UA — Armies: Organization, Distribution, Military Situation
- UB — Military Administration
- UC — Maintenance and Transporation
- UD — Infantry
- UE — Calvary. Armor
- UF — Artillery
- UG — Military Engineering. Air Forces
- UH — Other Services
V — NAVAL SCIENCE
- V — Naval Science (General)
- VA — Navies: Organization. Distribution. Naval Situation
- 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. Shipbuilding. Marine Engineering
Z — BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE. INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)
- Z — Books (General). Writing. Paleography. Book Industries and Trade. Libraries. Bibliography
- ZA — Information Resources (General)
