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Library of Congress Classification System

Z - Library Science and Information Resources

Z 4-115.5Books in General
Z 116-659Book Industries and Trade
Z 662-1000.5Libraries
Z 1001-8999Bibliography
ZAInformation Resources


Z 4-115.5Books in General.
4-8History of Books and Bookmaking
40-104.5Writing
41-42.5Autographs, Signatures
43-45Calligraphy
48Copying Processes
49-51.5Typewriting, Typewriters
52-52.5Word Processing
53-102Shorthand, Stenography, Phonography
102.5-104Cryptography
104.5Invisible Writing
105-115.5Paleography
116-659Book Industries and Trade.
116.A2Treatises on the Modern Printed Book
116.A3Book Design
116.A5-265Printing
124-228Printing: History
231-232Printers and Printing Establishments
234Medallic History of Printing, Tokens
235-236Printer's Marks, Mottoes, etc.
237Paper, Watermarks, etc.
239-239.9Books, Noteworthy as Examples of Fine Printing
240-241.5Incunabula, Block Books (including broadsides, playing cards)
243-264.5Practical Printing (including printing as a business, layout, paper and ink, machinery, type and type founding, electrotyping, typesetting, presswork)
265Reproduction of Books, Documents, etc. by Photography, Microphotography, etc.
266-276Bookbinding, Book Decoration
278-549Bookselling and Publishing
551-656Copyright
657-659Freedom of the Press, Censorship
662-1000.5Libraries
662-664Collected Works
665-718.8Library Science, Information Science
672Library Cooperation and Coordination
674.2-674.5Information Services, Information Centers
674.7-674.83Library Information Networks
675Classes of Libraries
678-678.88Library Administration and Organization, Constitution
678.89-678.892Library Service Agencies
678.9Automation
679-680Architecture and Planning of the Library (including space utilization, security, safety, lighting, etc.)
680.3-680.6Library Communication Systemd
681Photography and Other Methods of Reproduction in Library Science
681.5Trustees, Library Boards, Committees, etc.
682-682.3Personnel
683-683.5Finance, Insurance
684-685Supplies, Shelving, Bookstacks
686Branches, Delivery Stations, Bookmobiles
687-718.8The Collections, The Books
688Special Collections
688.5Processing
689Acquisition (selection, purchase, gifts, duplicates)
690Exchanges
691-692Special Classes of Materials (including manuscripts, maps, microforms, serials)
693-695.83Cataloging
695.85Library Handwriting
695.87Printing of Catalogs
695.9-695.94Indexing, Abstracting
695.95Alphabetizing, Filing
695.98Recataloging, Reclassification
696-697Classification and Notation
698Shelflisting, Author Notation
699-699.5Machine Methods of Information and Retrieval, Mechanized Bibliographic Control
700Bookbinding
701-701.5Injuries to Books, Book Hygiene
702Thefts and Losses of Books
703.5-703.6Moving, Disposition of Books on Shelves, etc. (including discarding, weeding)
711-711.92Reference Work
712-714Circulation, Loans, Charging Systems
716-716.1Library Extension, Library Commissions, Travelling Libraries
716.2-718.8Libraries in Relation to Special Topics
719-725Libraries (General)
719-871Library Reports of Individual Libraries, History, Statistics
881-980Library Catalogs and Bulletins
987-997.2Private Libraries, Book Collecting (including bibliophilism, bookplates)
998-1000.5Booksellers' Catalogs, Book Prices
1001-8999Bibliography.
1001Introductions to Bibliography, Documentation
1003-1003.5Choice of Books, Books and Reading
1011-1017General Bibliographies
1019-1033Special Classes of Books (including prohibited books, rare books, paperbacks, reprints)
1035-1035.9Best Books
1036Booksellers' General Catalogs of Modern Books
1037-1039Books for Special Clases of Persons, Institutions, etc.
1041-1121Anonyms and Pseudonyms
1201-4980National Bibliography
1201-1946America
1215-1363United States
1365-1401Canada, British North America
1411-1939Latin America
2000-2959Europe
3001-3496Asia
3501-3975Africa
4001-4980Australia, Oceania
5051-7999Subject Bibliography
8001-8999Personal Bibliography
ZA 3040-5185Information Resources
3075-3080Research, How to Find Information
3150-3159Information Services, Information Centers
3201-4150Information Superhighway
4201-4251Internet
4375-4390Research, How to Use Networks, Online Services, etc.
4450-4460Databases
4550Motion Pictures, Video Recordings
4650Photographs
4750Sound Recordings
5050-5055Government Information
5070-5185Government Information in Specific Formats or Media


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