Exercise 10 (cont.)

2. The Library of Congress System

The Library of Congress System uses an alphanumeric(15) system to organize books. Here are some of the categories in this system.

A General Works

B-BJ Philosophy, Psychology

BL-BX Religion

C Auxiliary Sciences of History

D History: General and Old World (Eastern Hemisphere)

E-F History: America (Western Hemisphere)

G Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

H Social Sciences

J Political Science

KD Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland

KF Law of the United States

L Education

M Music, Books on Music

N Fine Arts

P-PA General Philology and Linguistics

Classical Languages and Literatures

PB-PH Modern European Languages

PG Russian Literature

PJ-PM Languages and Literatures of Asia, Africa

PN, PR, PS, PZGeneral Literature, English/American

PQ, Part 1 French Literature

PQ, Part 2 Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Literatures

PT, Part 1 German Literature

PT, Part 2 Dutch and Scandinavian Literature

Q Science

R Medicine

S Agriculture

T Technology

U Military Science

V Naval Science

Z Bibliography, Library Science

15 using letters of the alphabet and numbers