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Library of Congress Classification

A guide to understanding Library of Congress call numbers

Class A: General Works

Subclasses

  • 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

More Detailed Outline of Content

Library of Congress Classification Outline - Class A (PDF)

Wikipedia Entry on Library of Congress Class A