Library of Congress Classification:Class A -- General Works

Class A: General Works is a classification used by the United States Library of Congress Classification system. This article outlines the subclasses of Class A.

AC - Collections. Series. Collected works

1-999......Collections; Series; Collected works

1-195..........Collections of monographs, essays, etc.

1-8...........American and English

9-195.......Other languages

200.............Collections for Jewish readers

801-895......Inaugural and program dissertations

901-995......Pamphlet collections

999.............Scrapbooks

AE - Encyclopedias

1-(90)......Encyclopedias

5-(90)......By language

AG - Dictionaries and other general reference works

2-600......Dictionaries and other general reference works

AI - Indexes

1-21......Indexes

AM - Museums; Collectors and collecting

1-(501)......Museums; Collectors and collecting

10-100........By country

111-160.......Museology. Museum methods, technique, etc.

200-(501)......Collectors and collecting

AN - Newspapers

AN......Newspapers

AP - Periodicals

1-(271)......Periodicals

101-115...........Humorous periodicals

200-230...........Juvenile periodicals

(250)-(265)......Periodicals for women

(270)-(271)......Periodicals for Blacks

AS - Academies and learned societies

1-945......Academics and learned societies

2.5-4.........International associations, congresses, conferences, etc.

11-785......By region or country

AY - Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories

10-2001......Yearbooks; Almanacs; Directories

10-29..........Annuals

30-1730......Almanacs

2001............Directories. General works on the compilation of directories, etc.

AZ - History of scholarship and learning; The humanities

(20)-999......History of scholarship and learning; the humanities

101-(181)......Philosophy; Theory

191-193.........Evaluation

200-361.........History

501-908.........By region or country

Sources

Library of Congress Classification Outline