Library of Congress Classification System

G - Geography and Anthropology

Detailed Call Number Ranges for Section: G - Geography and Anthropology

G	1-9980	General Geography, Atlases, Maps
	100.5-108.5	Toponymy
	140	Great Cities of the World
	141	Historical Geography
	142	Aerial Geography
	149-570	Voyages and Travels
	149-180	Voyages and Travels (General)
	155-180	Travel and State, Tourist Trade
	200-336	History of Discoveries, Explorations, and Travel
	521-539	Adventures, Shipwreks, Buried Treasure, etc.
	540-550	Searfaring Life, Ocean Travel, etc.
	575-890	Polar Regions
	905-910	Tropics
	912-922	Northern and Southern Hemishpheres
	1000.3-3122	Atlases
	1000.3-1000.5	Atlases of the Moon, Planets, etc.
	1001-1046	World Atlases
	1050-1052	Northern and Southern Hemispheres
	1053	The Tropics
	1054-1055	Polar Regions
	1059-1061	Maritime Atlases (General)
	1100-1779	Western Hemishphere, America
	1105-1694	North America
	1110-1114	Greenland
	1115-1193	Canada
	1200-1534.24	United States
	1535-1537	Caribbean Area
	1540-1542	Latin America (General)
	1545-1549	Mexico
	1550-1594	Central America
	1600-1694	West Indies
	1700-1799	South America
	1780-2799	Eastern Hemishphere
	1791-2082	Europe
	2200-2444	Asia
	2445-2739	Africa
	2740-2799	Australasia
	2800-3064	Oceans (General)
	3100-3102	Antarctica
	3122	Atlases of Imaginary, Literary, and Mythological Places
	3160-3182	Globes
	3190-9980	Maps
	3190-3192	Celestial Maps
	3195-3199	Moon
	3200-3202	World Maps
	3210-3222	Northern and Southern Hemishpheres
	3240-3241	Tropics
	3250-3251	Temperate Zones
	3260-3272	Polar Regions
	3290-5668	Western Hemishphere, America
	3300-5184	North America
	3380-3384	Greenland
	3400-3612	Canada
	3690-4383	United States
	4390-4392	Caribbean Area
	4410-4763	Mexico
	4800-4884	Central America
	4900-5184	West Indies
	5200-5668	South America
	5670-9084	Eastern Hemishphere
	5700-6966	Europe
	7400-8198.54	Asia
	8200-8904	Africa
	8950-9084	Australasia
	9095-9794	Oceans (General)
	9800-9804	Antarctica
	9900-9980	Unlocalized Maps
GA	1-1776	Cartography, Mathematical Geography
	1-87	Mathematical Geography
	51-87	Surveys (General)
	101-1776	Cartography
	109	Aerial Cartography
	109.5	Cadastral Mapping
	109.8	Statistical Mapping
	110-115	Projection
	125-155	Map Drawing, Modeling, Printing, Reading, etc.
	192-197.3	Map Libraries, Collections of Maps, Globes, etc.
	260-288	Globe Making, Globes
	300-325	World Maps, General Atlases, etc.
	341-1776	Maps: By Region or Country
GB	3-5030	Physical Geography
	111-398.7	By Region or Country
	400-649	Geomorphology
	447	Climatic Geomorphology
	448	Slopes
	450-460	Coastal Geomorphology
	461-468	Reefs
	471-478	Islands
	500-555	Mountains, Orography
	561-649	Other Landforms (deserts, floodplains, caves, etc.)
	651-2998	Hydrology, Water
	980-992	Watersheds, Runoff, Drainage
	1001-1199.6	Groundwater, Hydrogeology
	1201-1598	Rivers, Streams
	1601-1798.9	Lakes, Liminology
	2401-2598	Ice, Glaciers
	2601-2798	Snow, Snow Surveys
	2801-2998	Hydrometerology
	5000-5030	Natural Disasters
GC	1-1581	Oceanography
	63-78	Underwater Exploration
	83-87.6	Submarine Topography
	96-97.8	Estuarine Oceanography
	100-103	Seawater
	109-149	Chemical Oceanography
	150-181	Physical Oceanography
	150-155	Density
	160-177	Temperature
	177.6-181	Optical Oceanography
	190-190.5	Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
	200-376	Dynamics of the Ocean
	205-226	Waves
	228.5-228.6	Ocean Circulation
	229-296.8	Currents
	297-299	Water Masses and Ocean Mixing
	300-376	Tides
	377-399	Marine Sediments
	401-881	Oceanography.
	1000-1023	Marine Resources, Applied Oceanography
	1080-1581	Marine Pollution
GE	1-140	Environmental Sciences
	1	Periodicals, Societies, Serials
	5	Congresses
	10	Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
	15	Terminology, Abbreviations, Notation
	20	Directories
	25-35	Communication in Environmental Sciences
	25	General Works
	30	Information Services
	35	Environmental Literature
	40-45	Philosophy, Relation to Other Topics, Methodology
	40	General Works
	45	Special Methods
	50	History
	55-56	Biography
	55	Collective
	56	Individual, A-Z
	60	Vocational Guidance
	70-90	Environmental Education, Study and Teaching, Research
	70	General Works
	75	Audio-Visual Aids
	80-90	By Region or Country
	80	United States: General Works
	85	United States: By Region or State, A-Z
	90	Other Regions or Countries
	95-100	Museums, Exhibitions
	95	General Works
	100	By Region or Country
	105	General Works
	110	Popular Works
	115	Juvenile Works
	120	Pictorial Works
	125	Public Opinion
	140	Environmental Degradation, By Region or Country (to be developed)
GF	1-900	Human Geography
	53-71	Environmental Influences on Man
	75	Man's Influence on the Environment
	101-127	Settlements
	125	Urban Geography
	127	Rural Geography
	500-900	By Region or Country
GN	1-890	Anthropology
	49-298	Physical Anthropology
	51-59	Anthropometry
	62.8-263	Human Variation (including growth, physical form, skeleton, nervous system, skin, etc.)
	269-279	Race (General)
	280.7	Man as an Animal, Simian Traits Versus Human Traits
	281-289	Human Evolution
	282-286.7	Fossil Man, Human Paleontology
	296	Medical Anthropology
	301-673	Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology
	357-367	Culture and Cultural Processes (including social change, structuralism, diffusion, etc.)
	378-395	Collected Ethnographies
	397-397.5	Applied Anthropology
	406-517	Cultural Traits, Customs, and Institutions
	406-442	Technology, Material Culture (including food, shelter, fire, tools, etc)
	448-450.7	Economic Organization, Economic Anthropology
	451-477.7	Intellectural Life (including communication, recreation, philosophy, religion, knowledge, etc.)
	478-491.7	Social Organization
	492-495	Political Organization, Political Anthropology
	495.4-498	Societal Groups, Ethnocentrism, Diplomacy, Warfare, etc.
	502-517	Psychological Anthropology
	537-673	Ethnic Groups and Races
	550-673	By Region or Country
	700-890	Prehistoric Archaeology
GR	1-950	Folklore
	72-79	Folk Literature (General, including folktales, legends)
	81	Folk Beliefs, Superstitions
	100-390	By Region or Country
	420-950	By Subject
	430-487	Folklore Relating to Private Life (including dreams, love, children, nursery rhymes, etc.)
	500-615	Supernatural Beings, Demonology, Fairies, Ghosts, Charms, etc.
	620-635	Cosmic Phenomena
	650-690	Geographical Topics
	700-860	Animals, Plants, and Minerals
	865-874	Transportation, Travel, Commerce, etc.
	880	Medicine, Folk Medicine
	890-910	Occupations
	931-940	Signs and Symbols
GT	1-7070	Manners and Customs (General)
	170-476	Houses, Dwellings
	485	Churches and Church Going
	500-2370	Costume, Dress, Fashion
	2400-3390	Customs Relative to Private Life (including children, marriage, eating and drinking, funeral customs, etc.)
	3400-5090	Customs Relative to Public and Social Life (including town life, court life, festivals, holidays, ceremonies of royalty, etc.)
	5220-5285	Customs Relative to Transportation and Travel
	5320-6720	Customs Relative to Special Classes (birth, rank, occupation, etc.)
	5320-5680	By Birth Rank, etc.
	5750-6390	By Occupation
GV	1-1860	Recreation, Leisure
	181.35-181.55	Recreation Leadership, Administration of Recreation Services
	182-182.5	Recreation Areas and Facilities
	191.2-200.66	Outdoor Life
	191.68-198.9	Camping
	199-199.6	Hiking, Pedestrian Tours
	199.8-200.3	Mountaineering
	200.4-200.5	Orientation, Wilderness Survival
	200.6	Water Oriented Recreation
	201-555	Physical Education and Training
	346-350	School and College Athletics, Intramural and Interscholastic Athletics
	401-433	Sports and Physical Education Facilities (including gymnasiums, athletic fields, playgrounds, etc.)
	435-436.5	Physical Measurements and Tests
	450	Nudism, Sunbathing
	460-555	Gymnastics, Gymnastic Exercises (including calisthenics, heavy exercises, acrobatics, etc.)
	561-1198.995	Sports
	711	Coaching
	712-725	Athletic Contests, Sports Events
	733-734	Professionalism in Sports, Professional Sports (General)
	735	Umpires, Sports Officiating
	743-749	Athletic and Sporting Goods, Supplies, etc.
	750-770	Air Sports: Airplane Flying, Kite Flying, etc.
	770.3-840	Water Sports: Canoeing, Sailing, Yachting, etc.
	840.7-857	Winter Sports: Ice Hockey, Skiing, Bobsledding, etc.
	861-1017	Ball Games: Baseball, football, golf, etc.
	1020-1034	Automobile Travel, Motoring
	1040-1060.2	Cycling, Bicycling, Motorcycling
	1060.5-1098	Track and Field Athletics
	1101-1150.6	Fighting Sports: Bullfighting, Boxing, Fencing, etc.
	1151-1190	Shooting, Archery
	1195-1198.995	Wrestling
	1199-1570	Games and Amusements
	1201.5	Hobbies (General)
	1203-1218	Children's Games and Amusements
	1218.5-1220.7	Toys
	1221-1469	Indoor Games and Amusements
	1232-1299	Card Games
	1301-1311	Gambling, Chance and Banking Games
	1312-1469	Board Games, Move Games
	1470-1511	Parties, Party Games and Stunts
	1491-1507	Puzzles
	1541-1561	Parlor Magic and Tricks
	1580-1799	Dancing
	1800-1860	Circuses, Spectacles, etc. (including rodeos, waxworks, amusement parks, etc.)