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LC Classification: A

A breakdown of the Library of Congress Classification system

A - Overview

AC - Collections. Series. Collected works

AE - Encyclopedias

AG - Dictionaries and other general reference works

AI - Indexes

AM - Museums. Collectors and collecting

AN - Newspapers

AP - Periodicals

AS - Academies and learned societies

AY - Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories

AZ - History of scholarship and learning. The humanities

For Further Details

For more detailed information, visit the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

A - General Works

AC - Collections. Series. Collected works

  • AC1-999 Collections. Series. Collected works
    • AC1-195 Collections of monographs, essays, etc.
      • AC1-8 American and English
      • AC9-195 Other languages
    • AC200 Collections for Jewish readers
    • AC801-895 Inaugural and program dissertations
    • AC901-995 Pamphlet collections
    • AC999 Scrapbooks

AE - Encyclopedias

  • AE1-90 Encyclopedias
    • AE5-90 By language

AG - Dictionaries and other general reference works

  • AG2-600 Dictionaries and other general reference works

AI - Indexes

  • AI1-21 Indexes

AM - Museums. Collectors and collecting

  • AM1-501 Museums. Collectors and collecting
    • AM10-100 By country
    • AM111-160 Museology. Museum methods, technique, etc.
    • AM200-501 Collectors and collecting

AN - Newspapers

AP - Periodicals

  • AP1-271 Periodicals
    • AP101-115 Humorous periodicals
    • AP200-230 Juvenile periodicals
    • AP250-265 Periodicals for women
    • AP270-271 Periodicals for Blacks

AS - Academies and learned societies

  • AS1-945 Academies and learned societies
    • AS2.5-4 International associations, congresses, conferences, etc.
    • AS11-785 By region or country

AY - Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories

  • AY10-2001 Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories
    • AY10-29 Annuals
    • AY30-1730 Almanacs
    • AY2001 Directories. General works on the compilation of directories, etc.
      • Class directories by subject in B-Z

AZ - History of scholarship and learning. The humanities

  • AZ20-999 History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
    • AZ101-181 Philosophy. Theory
    • AZ191-193 Evaluation
    • AZ200-361 History
    • AZ501-908 By region or country