In the table below, the first letter (bold) represents the broad subject of the material, followed by some common sub-classifications. There are other far more specific classifications, but these represent the ones you'll most likely see in our library.

 

A GENERAL WORKS
  AE    Encyclopedias
  AG    Dictionaries and other general reference works
  AY    Yearbooks, Almanacs, Directories
   
B PHILOSOPHY. PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION
  BF    Psychology
  BM    Judaism
  BP    Islam
  BR    Christianity
  BS    The Bible
   
C AUXILIARY SCIENCE OF HISTORY
  CB    History of Civilization
  CS    Genealogy
  CT    Biography
   
D HISTORY: General, Europe, Asia, Africa
  DA    Great Britain
  DC     France
  DD     Germany
  DG     Italy
  DS     Asia
  DT     Africa
   
E-F HISTORY: America and United States
   E    America (general) and United States
  F1-F975    United States (local history)
  F1001-F1140    Canada
  F1201-F1392    Mexico
  F1401-F3799    Central and South America, Caribbean
   
G GEOGRAPHY
  GC     Oceanography
  GN     Anthropology, Ethnology
  GT     Manners and Customs
   
H SOCIAL SCIENCES
  HB   Economics
  HM-HN   Sociology
  HQ   Family, Marriage, Home
  HV   Social Problems
   
J POLITICAL SCIENCE
  JK    Constitutional History and Administration
  JS    Local Government
  JX    International Law, International Relations
   
K LAW
  KF   Law: United States
  KFO    Law: Ohio
   
L EDUCATION
  LA    History of Education
  LB    Teaching
   
M MUSIC
  ML    Literature of Music
  MT    Music Instruction and Study
    
N FINE ARTS
  NA    Architecture
  NC    Graphic Arts (Drawing, Design, Illustration)
  NE    Print Media
   
P LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
  PE    English Language
  PL    Japanese Literature
  PS    American Literature
  PZ    Children's Literature
      
Q SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
  QA    Mathematics, Computer Science
  QB    Astronomy
  QC    Physics
  QD    Chemistry
  QE    Geology
  QH    Biology
   
R MEDICINE
  RC    Internal Medicine
  RD    Surgery
  RG    Gynecology & Obstetrics
  RJ    Pediatrics
  RM    Therapeutics. Pharmacology
  RT    Nursing
   
S AGRICULTURE
  SB    Plant Culture
  SD    Forestry
  SF    Animal Culture
   
T TECHNOLOGY
  TA    Engineering
  TK    Electrical Engineering. Electronics. Nuclear Engineering
  TR    Photography
   
U-V MILITARY SCIENCE. NAVAL SCIENCE
   
Z HISTORY OF BOOKS. LIBRARY SCIENCE, BIBLIOGRAPHY