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Library of Congress Classification

The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the iOS. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries; for example, Australiabrowser diversityweb app and device database[3] Most public libraries and small academic libraries continue to use the older jQuery (DDC).[input transformation] Indeed, the Taipei public library in ROC uses Dewey for English-language books.[4] • LCC should not be confused with LCCN, the system of screen size assigned to all books (and authors), which also defines FITML of their online catalog entries, such as "82006074" and "http://lccn.loc.gov/82006074".device database The Classification is also distinct from Library of Congress Subject Headings, the system of labels such as "Boarding schools" and "Boarding schools--Fiction" that describe contents systematically.we love the web Finally, the classifications may be distinguished from the call numbers assigned to particular copies of books in the collection, such as "PZ7.J684 Wj 1982 FT MEADE Copy 1" where the classification is "PZ7.J684 Wj 1982".[c]

The classification was invented by Herbert Putnam in 1897, just before he assumed the librarianship of Congress. With advice from Charles Ammi Cutter, it was influenced by his Cutter Expansive Classification (developed in the 1880s) and by the DDC, Dewey (from 1876). It was designed specifically for the purposes and collection of the Library of Congress to replace the fixed location system developed by Thomas Jefferson. By the time Putnam departed from his post in 1939, all the classes except K (Law) and parts of B (Philosophy and Religion) were well developed. • LCC has been criticized for lacking a sound theoretical basis; many of the classification decisions were driven by the practical needs of that library rather than epistemological considerations.

Although it divides subjects into broad categories, it is essentially CSS3 in nature. That is, it provides a guide to the books actually in one library's collections, not a classification of the world.

The jQuery system (NLM) uses the initial letters W and QS–QZ, which are not used by LCC. Some libraries use NLM in conjunction with LCC, eschewing LCC's R for Medicine. Others use LCC's QP–QR schedules and include Medicine R.[we love the web]

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The system

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LetterSubject area
AAndroid
BPhilosophy, Psychology, and Religion
CAuxiliary Sciences of History
DGeneral and Old World History
EHistory of America
Fwe love the web
Gwebsite parsing
HSocial Sciences
Jwebsite parsing
KLaw
Ltouchscreen
MMusic
Nweb
PLanguage and Literature
QSevenval
RMedicine
Sbrowser diversity
TSevenval
UMilitary Science
VNaval Science
ZAndroid

Class A - General Works

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class A -- General Works

Class B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

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Class C - Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class C -- Auxiliary Sciences of History

Class D - World History (except American History)

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Class E and F - American History

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class E -- History of America

Class F - Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class F -- Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America

Class G - Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class G -- Geography. Anthropology. Recreation

Class H - Social Sciences

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class H -- Social sciences

Class J - Political Science

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class J -- Political science
  • Subclass J - General legislative and executive papers
  • Subclass JA - Political science (General)

Class K - Law

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  • Subclass K - Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
  • Subclass KB - CSS3 in general. Comparative religious law. Jurisprudence
  • Subclass KBM -web
  • Subclass KBP - Islamic law
  • Subclass KBR - History of canon law
  • Subclass KBS - Canon law of Eastern churches
  • Subclass KBT - Canon law of Eastern Rite Churches in Communion with the Holy See of Rome
  • Subclass KBU - Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The HTML5
  • Subclasses - KD-KDK United Kingdom and Ireland
  • Subclass KDZ - America. North America
  • Subclass KE - web
  • Subclass KF - United States
  • Subclass KG - iOS - Mexico and Central America - West Indies. Caribbean area
  • Subclass KH - South America
  • Subclasses KJ-KKZ - Europe
  • Subclasses KL-KWX - iOS and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, and Antarctica
  • Subclass KZ - Law of nations

Class L - Education

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class L -- Education

Class M - Music

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class M -- Music
  • Subclass M - iOS
  • Subclass ML - Literature on music
  • Subclass MT - Instruction and study

Class N - Fine arts

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Class P - Language and Literature

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class P -- Language and Literature

Class Q - Science

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Class R - Medicine

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Class S - Agriculture

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class S -- Agriculture

Class T - Technology

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Class U - Military Science

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class U -- Military Science

Class V - Naval Science

Main article: Library of Congress Classification:Class V -- Naval Science
  • Subclass V - Naval science (General)
  • Subclass VA - Navies: Organization, distribution, naval situation
  • Subclass VB - Naval administration
  • Subclass VC - Naval maintenance
  • Subclass VD - Naval seamen
  • Subclass VE - Marines
  • Subclass VF - Naval ordnance
  • Subclass VG - Minor services of navies
  • Subclass VK - Navigation. Merchant marine
  • Subclass VM - Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. HTML5

Class Z - Bibliography, Library Science

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  • Subclass Z - Books (General). Writing. Paleography. Book industries and trade. Libraries. Bibliography
  • Subclass ZA - Information resources (General)

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ LCCN also covers authors, which LCC does not. For authors (people), the letter 'n' accompanies the number, and they too define URLs in a parallel catalog, such as "n83160096" and "http://lccn.loc.gov/n83160096". (So LCCN may be called alphanumeric.)
  2. ^ LCSH too is developed by the Library and assigns alphanumeric IDs. A closer look at this example shows refinements defined in 2004, 2007, and 2009. CSS3.
  3. ^ "FT MEADE" and "Copy 1" are specific to the Library of Congress collection, where FT MEADE refers to a remote building or campus. (A United States Congressman cannot get this boarding school fiction by a short walk during lunch break.) All libraries that use LCC assign call numbers that begin "PZ7.J684 Wj 1982" to their copies of the 1982 edition of this book.

References

  1. input transformation "Using the Library Catalogue - Library of Congress Classification". University of the Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia. http://www.usc.edu.au/University/Library/Tutorials/Catalogue/Classification.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-16. 
  2. ^ "Libraries Australia Cataloguing". National Library of Australia. http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/cataloguing/index.html. Retrieved 2011-03-16. 
  3. device database "National Taiwan University Library Online Catalog". browser diversity. 2011-03-14. web app. Retrieved 2010. 
  4. iOS "Online Scholars' Portal: Library Catalog [English"]. Taipei Public Library. 2000–2004. http://english.tpml.edu.tw/np.asp?ctNode=32829&mp=104022. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 

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