17.00 Appendix A: Library Materials

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17.01 Dewey and Library of Congress Classification Outlines

Dewey System		Library of Congress System
Call Number	Subject	Call Number	Subject
000-099	General works, Journalism, library science	A	General works, museums, societies
100-199	Philosophy, psychology	B--BD	Philosophy
200-299	Religion	BF--BJ	Psychology
300-369	Sociology, statistics, political science, economics, law	BL--BX	Religion
370-379	Education	C--CT	Antiquities, genealogy
380-399	Trade, communications, customs	D	History, topography, except American
400-499	Languages	E--F	History and topography, American
500-509	General science	G--GN	Geography, anthropology
510-519	Mathematics	GR--GV	Folklore, manners, customs, sports, games, dance
520-549	Astronomy, physics, chemistry, crystallography, mineralogy	H--HA	Social sciences, statistics
550-599	Earth science, paleontology, anthropology, biology, botany, zoology	HB--HJ	Economics
600-639	Medicine, nursing, pharmacy, engineering, agriculture	HM--HX	Sociology
640-649	Home economics	J--JK	Political science
650-659	Business and related topics	K	Law
660-699	Chemical technology, metallurgy, manufacturing, building	L--LT	Education
700-769	Art, architecture, sculpture	M--MT	Music
770-779	Photography and photographs	N--NK	Art, architecture, painting, sculpture, interior decoration
780-789	Music	P--PT	Language and literature
800-899	Literature	Q--QC	General science, mathematics, astronomy, physics
900-999	History, geography, travel	QD--QK	Chemistry, geology, natural history, botany
		QL--QR	Zoology, anatomy, physiology, bacteriology
		R--RZ	Medicine
		S--SK	Agriculture, plants, animal industry
		T--TX	Technology, engineering, photography, domestic science
		U--UH	Military science
		V--VM	Naval science
		Z	Bibliography, library science

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17.02 Library of Congress Subject Headings

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17.03 Examples of Periodical Index Entries

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17.04 The New York Timex Index Sample Entry

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17.05Sociological Abstracts Example