Washington and Lee University

Library of Congress Classification

The books in our library collections are shelved in "call number" order using the Library of Congress (LC) classification system. Materials in the U.S. Government Documents Depository collection on Level 2 are shelved by the Superintendent of Documents system, outlined here.

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A ... General Works

B ... Philosophy, Psychology, Religion (Note: Most BF items are in Telford Science Library)

C ... Auxiliary Sciences of History

D ... History: General and Old World

E-F ... History: America

G ... Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

H ... Social Sciences

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H ... Social Sciences (cont'd)

J ... Political Science

K ... Law

L ... Education

M ... Music

N ... Fine Arts

P ... Language and Literature

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P ... Language and Literature (cont'd)

Q ... Science (Note: Most Q-T items are in Science Library)

R ... Medicine

S ... Agriculture

T... Technology

U ... Military Science

V ... Naval Science

Z ... Bibliography

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Bound volumes of journals and magazines, arranged alphabetically by title

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Reference collection, arranged by LC call number

Finding a call number in the stacks

Learn how to disect a Library of Congress call number, so you can find the books you are looking for. (This tutorial created by the University of Richmond Libraries.)