A system of organizing material owned by a library, created by the Library of Congress. See also -- Call Number See also -- Subject Heading

a classification system used by most college and university libraries in the United States. It organizes materials into 21 branches of knowledge. Library of Congress (LC) call numbers always start with letters of the alphabet followed by a combination of numbers and letters.

Subject-based classification system developed in 1897 by the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and commonly used by large university libraries to organize their collections.

The classification system developed to organize the holdings of the Library of Congress. It is an alpha-numeric system that permits expansion.

a scheme developed by the Library of Congress that is used to organize the collections of many academic and research libraries, including Swansea University. This alphanumeric system arranges materials by subject. Each class or subject is represented by a series of letters and numbers which are used to create a call number. There is a Where is it? guide to help you work out where certain call numbers are shelved.

a classification scheme devised for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., now used by most research-level libraries in the United States. It is based on letters of the alphabet with subdivisions using letters, numerals and decimal points.

LC is the system of organization used by the Library of Classification Congress in Washington, DC. to classify materials by subject area. These call numbers start with letters. For example

The call number system that uses a combination of letters and numbers to identify the broad subject and shelf location of items in the library collections.

A system for classifying human knowledge into subject areas. Developed at the Library of Congress.

The classification scheme developed by the Library of Congress for designating the subject content of library materials through a combination of letters and numbers. The SCCC Library, and most academic libraries, arrange materials on the shelf in order of the assigned LC call number.

The classification system used in the Library of Congress, and used for arranging most of the University of Waikato Library collections

a system of arranging books so that they are shelved together by topic. Each book has a call number (a combination of letters and numbers). For example, most books about Africa will have call numbers which begin with the letters DT. (see CALL NUMBER) Outline of the Library of Congress Classification system

(LCC) - A system of classifying books and other works devised by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. It divides human knowledge into broad categories indicated by letters of the roman alphabet, with further subdivisions indicated by decimal notation. See www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html

Subject classification system for books devised by the Library of Congress that divides knowledge into 21 subject areas and has a notation of letters and figures that allows for expansion. It is used mostly in academic and special libraries.

One way to organize library materials is according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Many college and university libraries use this system. Letters represent the subject areas. For instance, law books begin with K; agriculture books begin with S. These beginning letters are then followed by a series of numbers. http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml How to read LC call numbers http://www.transitioning2college.org/additional_resources.html #libraryOfCongressClassification Additional Library of Congress resources

The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries — most public libraries and small academic libraries continue to use the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC). It is not to be confused with the Library of Congress Subject Headings.