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Understanding LC Call Numbers - from Honolulu Community College Library 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, Maps, Anthropology, Recreation H................Social Sciences J.................Political Science K................Law KD.............Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland KE..............Law of Canada KF..............Law of the United States L.................Education M...............Music N................Fine Arts P-PA..........General Philosophy and Linguistics, Classical Languages and Literatures PB-PH........Modern European Languages PG..............Russian Literature PJ-PM........Languages and Literatures of Asia, Africa, Oceana, American Indian Languages, Artificial Languages PN, PR, PS.General Literature, English and American Literature. Fiction in English. Juvenile Belles Lettres. PQ..............French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Literature PT..............German, Dutch and Scandinavian Literature Q................Science and Mathematics R................Medicine RE..............Optometry S................Agriculture T.................Technology U.................Military Science V.................Naval Science Z.................Library Science A more detailed listing from Wikipedia or About.com