FAQs - Book Arrangement

How are the books arranged?

Books are arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System.   Each call number starts with one or two letters. These letters represent the subject areas. Here is a list of what the letters mean:

A General Works
B-BJ Philosophy
BL-BX Religion
C Auxilary Sciences
D World History
E-F American History
G Geography, Anthropology, and Folklore.
H Social Sciences
HA Statistics
HB-HJ Economics
HM-HX Sociology
J Political Sciences
K Law
L Education
M Music
N Art
P Language and Literature
Q General Science
QA Mathematics
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
QD Chemistry
QE Geology
QH General Biology. Natural History.
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QM Human Anatomy
QP Physiology
QR Bacteriology. Microbiology
R Medicine
S Agriculture
T Technology
U Military Science
V Naval Science
Z Bibliography and Library Science


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