How to Browse the Library's Print Materials by Subject ...
This guide will help you to browse the print Library collection by subject by utilizing the Library of Congress Classification scheme presented here in broad format. You can browse either online or the actual physical shelves.
This is how online browsing works:
Want to see what the Library has on the subject of the Law of Ireland?
- First find the notation for your subject in the LC Classification outline by scrolling down through the guide
- Within the class K (LAW) click on the subclass "United Kingdom and Ireland". The notation for the "Law of Ireland" is KDK
- Now go to LEAGLE (Library Online Catalog), and search the "Call number" index. Type the alphabetical part of your notation (KDK) in the search box, and then click on the "search" button
- A list of the print materials the library has on the subject of the "Law of Ireland" will be displayed
How about browsing through the Library’s collection of Space Law materials?
- Scroll through the guide. The notation for the subject of “space law” is KZD
- Type it in the “Call number” search box and browse
What does the Library have on Chilean law?
- Find the notation for Chile in the guide: it is KHF
- Fill it in the “Call number” search box in LEAGLE to retrieve the entries
Adding digits to the alphabetical part of the notation would make your search more precise as any number signifies a certain subject within the broad division of topics represented by the alphabetical part of the call numbers. If you know the numerical part of your call number, include it in your search. Do not include ranges of numbers as the system will not understand your request. Keep in mind that this type of search will retrieve materials only in print format. To find materials on the subject of your interest in electronic or microform, or any other questions, ask for help at the Reference Desk.
Click below on each class, subclass, or provided links to see more information. To see the entire LC outline click here.
CLASS B - PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION |
CLASS D - HISTORY (GENERAL) AND HISTORY OF EUROPE |
CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES |
CLASS J - POLITICAL SCIENCE |
CLASS K - LAW |
Subclass K |
Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence |
Subclass KB |
Religious law in general. Comparative religious law. Jurisprudence |
Subclass KBM |
Jewish law |
Subclass KBP |
Islamic law |
Subclass KBR |
History of canon law |
Subclass KBU |
Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See |
Subclasses KD-KDK |
United Kingdom and Ireland |
Subclass KDZ |
Law of the Americas |
Subclass KE |
Canada |
Subclass KF |
United States |
Subclass KG |
Latin America - Mexico and Central America - West Indies. Caribbean area |
| KG1-999 | Latin America (General) |
| KG3001-3999 | Mexico and Central America (General) |
| KGA | Belize |
| KGB | Costa Rica |
| KGC | El Salvador |
| KGD | Guatemala |
| KGE | Honduras |
| KGF | Mexico |
| KGG | Nicaragua |
| KGH1-8000 | Panama |
| KGH9001-9499 | Panama Canal Zone West Indies. Caribbean area |
| KGJ1-999 | General |
| KGJ7001-7499 | Anguilla |
| KGK1-499 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| KGK1001-1499 | Aruba |
| KGL1-499 | Bahamas |
| KGL1001-1499 | Barbados |
| KGL2001-2499 | Bonaire |
| KGL3001-3499 | British Leeward Islands |
| KGL4001-4499 | British Virgin Islands |
| KGL5001-5999 | British West Indies |
| KGL6001-6499 | British Windward Islands |
| KGM | Cayman Islands |
| KGN | Cuba |
| KGP1-499 | Curaao |
| KGP2001-2499 | Dominica |
| KGQ | Dominican Republic |
| KGR1-499 | Dutch Leeward Islands (General) |
| KGR1001-1499 | Dutch West Indies (Netherlands Antilles) |
| KGR2001-2499 | Dutch Windward Islands (General) |
| KGR3001-3499 | French West Indies (General) |
| KGR4001-4499 | Grenada |
| KGR5001-5499 | Guadeloupe |
| KGS | Haiti |
| KGT1-499 | Jamaica |
| KGT1001-1499 | Martinique |
| KGT2001-2499 | Montserrat |
| KGU | Navassa Islands |
| KGV | Puerto Rico |
| KGW1-499 | Saba |
| KGW2001-2499 | Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts), Nevis, and Anguilla |
| KGW3001-3499 | Saint Lucia |
| KGW5001-5499 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| KGW7001-7499 | Sint Eustatius |
| KGW8001-8499 | Sint Maarten |
| KGX | Trinidad and Tobago |
| KGY | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| KGZ | Virgin Islands of the United States |
Subclass KH |
South America |
| KH | South America (General) |
| KHA | Argentina |
| KHC | Bolivia |
| KHD | Brazil |
| KHF | Chile |
| KHH | Colombia |
| KHK | Ecuador |
| KHL | Falkland Islands |
| KHM | French Guiana |
| KHN | Guyana |
| KHP | Paraguay |
| KHQ | Peru |
| KHS | Surinam |
| KHU | Uruguay |
| KHW | Venezuela |
Subclasses KJ-KKZ |
Europe |
| KJ2-1040 | History of Law |
| KJ160-1040 | Germanic law |
| KJA | Roman law |
| KJC | Regional comparative and uniform law |
| KJE | Regional organization and integration. Comparative law |
| KJG | Albania |
| KJH | Andorra |
| KJJ | Austria |
| KJK | Belgium |
| KJM | Bulgaria |
| KJN | Cyprus |
| KJP | Czechoslovakia |
| KJR | Denmark |
| KJS | Estonia |
| KJT | Finland |
| KJV | France Germany |
| KK | Germany and West Germany |
| KKA | East Germany |
| KKE | Greece |
| KKF | Hungary |
| KKG | Iceland |
| KKH | Italy |
| KKI | Latvia |
| KKJ1-499 | Liechtenstein |
| KKJ501-9890 | Lithuania |
| KKK1-499 | Luxembourg |
| KKK1001-1499 | Malta |
| KKL | Monaco |
| KKM | Netherlands |
| KKN | Norway |
| KKP | Poland |
| KKQ | Portugal |
| KKR | Romania |
| KKS | San Marino |
| KKT | Spain |
| KKV | Sweden |
| KKW | Switzerland |
| KKX | Turkey |
| KKY | Ukraine (1991 - ) |
| KKZ | Yugoslavia |
Subclass KL |
History of law. The ancient orient. Eurasia: Russia, Soviet Union |
| KL2-5915 | History of law. The ancient orient Eurasia |
| Turkey, see KKX | |
| KLA | Russia. Soviet Union |
| KLB | Russia (Federation, 1992 ) |
| KLD | Armenia (Republic) |
| KLE | Azerbaijan |
| KLF | Belarus (Republic) Estonia, see KJS |
| KLH | Georgia (Republic) Latvia, see KKI Lithuania, see KKJ |
| KLM | Moldova |
| KLN | Russian S.F.S.R. (to 1991) |
| KLP | Ukraine (1919 1991) |
| KLS | Kyrgyzstan |
| KLT | Tadjikistan |
| KLV | Turkmenistan |
| KLW | Uzbekistan |
Subclass KM |
Asia (General). Middle East. Southwest Asia |
| KM | General Middle East. Southwest Asia |
| KMC | Regional comparative and uniform law |
| KME | Regional organization and integration |
| KMF1 293.5 | Armenia (to 1921) |
| KMF1001 1490 | Bahrain |
| KMG | Gaza |
| KMH | Iran |
| KMJ | Iraq |
| KMK | Israel |
| KML | Jerusalem |
| KMM1 490 | Jordan |
| KMM501 994 | West Bank (Territory under Israeli occupation, 1967 ) |
| KMN | Kuwait |
| KMP | Lebanon |
| KMQ1 490 | Oman |
| KMQ1001 1499 | Palestine (to 1948) |
| KMS | Qatar |
| KMT | Saudi Arabia Southern Yemen, see KMY |
| KMU | Syria |
| KMV | United Arab Emirates |
| KMX | Yemen |
| KMY | Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) (to 1990) |
Subclass KN |
South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia |
| KNC | Regional comparative and uniform law |
| KNE | Regional organization and integration |
| KNF | Afghanistan |
| KNG | Bangladesh |
| KNH | Bhutan |
| KNK | Brunei |
| KNL | Burma |
| KNM | Cambodia |
| KNN | China |
| KNP | China (Republic, 1949 ). Taiwan |
| KNQ | China (People's Republic, 1949 ) |
| KNR | Hong Kong |
| KNS | India |
| KNV | French Indochina |
| KNW | Indonesia |
| KNX | Japan |
Subclass KP |
South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia |
| KPA | Korea. South Korea |
| KPC | Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korea |
| KPE | Laos |
| KPF | Macao |
| KPG | Malaysia |
| KPH | Maldives |
| KPJ | Mongolia |
| KPK | Nepal |
| KPL | Pakistan |
| KPM | Philippines |
| KPP | Singapore |
| KPS | Sri Lanka |
| KPT | Thailand |
| KPV | Vietnam |
| KPW | Vietnam. South Vietnam |
Subclass KQ |
Africa |
| KQ2 197 | History of law |
| KQ2010 9000 | Law of indigenous peoples |
| KQE | Regional organization and integration |
| KQG | Algeria |
| KQH | Angola |
| KQJ | Benin |
| KQK | Botswana |
| KQM | British Central Africa Protectorate |
| KQP | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| KQP | British Somaliland |
| KQT | Burkina Faso |
| KQV | Burundi |
| KQW | Cameroon |
| KQX | Cape Verde |
Subclass KR |
Africa |
| KRB | Central African Republic |
| KRC | Chad |
| KRE | Comoros |
| KRG | Congo |
| KRK | Djibouti |
| KRL | East Africa Protectorate |
| KRM | Egypt |
| KRN | Eritrea |
| KRP | Ethiopia |
| KRR | French Equatorial Africa |
| KRS | French West Africa |
| KRU | Gabon |
| KRV | Gambia |
| KRW | German East Africa |
| KRX | Ghana |
| KRY | Gibraltar |
Subclass KS |
Africa |
| KSA | Guinea |
| KSC | Guinea Bissau |
| KSE | Equatorial Guinea |
| KSE | Ifni |
| KSG1 499 | Italian East Africa |
| KSG1001 1499 | Italian Somaliland |
| KSH | Ivory Coast |
| KSK | Kenya |
| KSL | Lesotho |
| KSN | Liberia |
| KSP | Libya |
| KSR | Madagascar |
| KSS | Malawi |
| KST | Mali |
| KSU | Mauritania |
| KSV1 490 | Mauritius |
| KSV5001 5490 | Mayotte |
| KSW | Morocco |
| KSX | Mozambique |
| KSY | Namibia |
| KSZ | Niger |
Subclass KT |
Africa |
| KTA | Nigeria |
| KTC | Runion |
| KTD | Rwanda |
| KTE | Saint Helena |
| KTF | So Tom and Principe |
| KTG | Senegal |
| KTH | Seychelles |
| KTJ | Sierra Leone |
| KTK | Somalia |
| KTL | South Africa, Republic of |
| KTN | Spanish West Africa (to 1958) |
| KTN | Spanish Sahara (to 1975) |
| KTQ | Sudan |
| KTR | Swaziland |
| KTT | Tanzania |
| KTU | Togo |
| KTV | Tunisia |
| KTW | Uganda |
| KTX | Zaire |
| KTY1 490 | Zambia |
| KTY1501 1599 | Zanzibar (to 1964) |
| KTZ | Zimbabwe |
Subclass KU |
Pacific Area |
| KU | Australia |
| KUQ | New Zealand |
Subclass KV |
Pacific Area Jurisdictions |
| KVC | Regional comparative and uniform law |
| KVE | Regional organization and integration |
| KVH1 490 | American Samoa |
| KVH1001 1499 | British New Guinea (Territory of Papua) |
| KVL | Cook Islands |
| KVM | Easter Island |
| KVN | Fiji |
| KVP1 100 | French Polynesia |
| KVP1001 1099 | German New Guinea (to 1914) |
| KVQ | Guam |
| KVR | Kiribati |
| KVS1 490 | Marshall Islands |
| KVS501 990 | Micronesia (Federated States) |
| KVS2501 2999 | Midway Islands |
| KVU1 499 | Nauru |
| KVU1001 1099 | Netherlands New Guinea (to 1963) |
| KVW | New Caledonia |
Subclass KW |
Pacific Area Jurisdictions |
| KWA | Niue |
| KWC | Northern Mariana Islands |
| KWE | Pacific Islands (Trust Territory) |
| KWG | Palau |
| KWH | Papua New Guinea |
| KWL1 499 | Pitcairn Island |
| KWL2001 2490 | Solomon Islands |
| KWP | Tonga |
| KWQ | Tuvalu |
| KWR | Vanuatu |
| KWT1 489 | Wake Island |
| KWT2001 2490 | Wallis and Futuna Islands |
| KWW | Western Samoa |
| KWX | Antarctica |
Subclass KZ |
Law of nations |
Subclass KZA |
Law of the sea |
Subclass KZD |
Space law. Law of outerspace |