| Library
of Congress Subject Headings Use
LC Subject Headings (red volumes on table behind Reference
Counter) to identify the right words to search in the library
catalog and other databases. For example if you want
to find books on "Teenagers" looking up that word in LCSH
gives you the following information:
Teenagers
(May subdivide Geographically)
Here are entered works on people in the general age range
of 13-18 years.
UF
Adolescents (Use for)
Teen-agers
Teens
BT
Youth
(Broader term that might be useful)
NT
Abused teenagers (Narrower terms that might be useful)
Arts and teenagers
..........................
..........................
Teenage boys
Teenage girls
..........................
--Conduct
of life
(more specific aspect of Teenagers)
--Counseling
of (more
specific aspect of Teenagers)
.........................
.........................
The
broader and narrower terms would be helpful in adjusting the
scope of your search. You may also discover that your
word isn't used for subject searching in the catalog. In that
case you will be referred to another term. Many databases
include these kind of listings (often called thesauri) that
you may search online as you work through a search.
Library
of Congress Call Numbers
Here's
a key to the subject areas covered by the Library of Congress(LC)
Classification System. The Coe Library uses this system to
gather books on the same or similar topics together on the
shelves. A more detailed outline of the system is available
at the Reference Counter.
A
General
Works
B-BJ
Philosophy,
Psychology
BL,
BM, BP, BQ
Religion:
Hinduism, Judaism,
Islam,
Buddhism
BR-BV
Religion:
Christianity, Bible
BX
Religion:
Christian Denominations
C
Auxiliary
Sciences of History
D-DJ
History
(General), History of Europe
DJK-DK
History
of Eastern Europe,
Soviet
Union, Poland
DL-DR
History
of Europe
DS
History
of Asia
DT-DX
History
of Africa, Australia,
New
Zealand, etc.
E-F
History:
America
(Western
Hemisphere)
G
Geography,
Maps, Anthropology,
Recreation,
Sports
H-HJ
Social
Sciences: Economics, Business
HM-HX
Social
Sciences: Sociology
J
Political
Science
K
Law
L
Education
M
Music
N
Art,
Fine Arts
P-PA
General
Philology and Linguistics
Classical
Languages and Literature
PB-PH
Modern
European Languages:
French,
Spanich, etc.
PG
Russian
Literature
PJ-PK
Oriental
Philology and Literature,
Indo-Iranian
Philology and Literature
PL-PM
Languages
of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceanic,
Hyperborean,
Indian, and Artifical languages
PN
General
Literature: English and American
PQ
French,
Italian and Portuguese Literature
PR
English
Literature
PS
American
Literature
PT
German,
Dutch and Scandinavian Literature
Q
Science
R
Medicine
S
Agriculture
T
Technology
U
Military
Science
V
Naval
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