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The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a library classification system developed at the Library of Congress in 1897. It organizes all knowledge into 21 main classes from A (General Works) to Z (Bibliography, Library Science), with each class identified by a single letter of the alphabet. Widely adopted by academic libraries and research institutions worldwide, particularly in the United States, it stands alongside the Dewey Decimal Classification as one of the major library classification systems and is continuously updated and maintained.
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<thead><tr><th>code</th><th>slug</th><th>name</th><th>description</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>A</td><td>general-works</td><td>General Works</td><td>A class covering encyclopedias, dictionaries, general reference materials, and comprehensive works not limited to a specific subject.</td></tr>
<tr><td>B</td><td>philosophy-psychology-religion</td><td>Philosophy, Psychology, Religion</td><td>A class comprehensively covering philosophical thought, psychological research, and works on world religions.</td></tr>
<tr><td>C</td><td>auxiliary-sciences-of-history</td><td>Auxiliary Sciences of History</td><td>A class dealing with auxiliary disciplines supporting historical research, such as archaeology, heraldry, and genealogy.</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>world-history-europe-asia-africa</td><td>World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.</td><td>A class covering the history of world regions excluding the Americas, as well as general world history.</td></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>history-of-americas-united-states</td><td>History of the Americas (United States)</td><td>A class covering the general history of the United States.</td></tr>
<tr><td>F</td><td>history-of-americas-other</td><td>History of the Americas (Other than United States)</td><td>A class covering the history of the Americas outside the United States, including Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America.</td></tr>
<tr><td>G</td><td>geography-anthropology-recreation</td><td>Geography, Anthropology, Recreation</td><td>A class covering geography, maps, anthropology, folklore, sports, and recreational activities.</td></tr>
<tr><td>H</td><td>social-sciences</td><td>Social Sciences</td><td>A class broadly covering academic disciplines related to society, including statistics, economics, sociology, commerce, and finance.</td></tr>
<tr><td>J</td><td>political-science</td><td>Political Science</td><td>A class covering works on political theory, government systems, international relations, and public administration.</td></tr>
<tr><td>K</td><td>law</td><td>Law</td><td>A class covering all aspects of law, including legal theory, national legal systems, and international law.</td></tr>
<tr><td>L</td><td>education</td><td>Education</td><td>A class covering works on educational theory, educational systems, and educational institutions.</td></tr>
<tr><td>M</td><td>music</td><td>Music and Books on Music</td><td>A class covering all materials related to music, including musical scores, music theory, and music history.</td></tr>
<tr><td>N</td><td>fine-arts</td><td>Fine Arts</td><td>A class covering visual arts in general, including architecture, sculpture, painting, printmaking, and decorative arts.</td></tr>
<tr><td>P</td><td>language-and-literature</td><td>Language and Literature</td><td>A class covering linguistics, languages and literatures of the world, journalism, and drama.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Q</td><td>science</td><td>Science</td><td>A class covering natural sciences in general, including mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology, and biology.</td></tr>
<tr><td>R</td><td>medicine</td><td>Medicine</td><td>A class covering works related to healthcare, including medicine, public health, nursing, dentistry, and pharmacy.</td></tr>
<tr><td>S</td><td>agriculture</td><td>Agriculture</td><td>A class covering works related to primary industries, including agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, and aquaculture.</td></tr>
<tr><td>T</td><td>technology</td><td>Technology</td><td>A class covering applied sciences and technology in general, including engineering, manufacturing, construction, and transportation.</td></tr>
<tr><td>U</td><td>military-science</td><td>Military Science</td><td>A class covering works on military theory, military history, military organization, and tactics.</td></tr>
<tr><td>V</td><td>naval-science</td><td>Naval Science</td><td>A class covering works on naval strategy, navigation, marine engineering, and naval history.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Z</td><td>bibliography-library-science</td><td>Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General)</td><td>A class covering works on bibliography, library science, publishing history, and information science.</td></tr></tbody>
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