Library of Congress Classification System

H - Social Sciences

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Detailed Call Number Ranges for Section: H - Social Sciences

H	1-99	General Social Sciences
HA	1-4737	Statistics
	29-32	Theory and Method of Social Science Statistics
	36-37	Organizations, Bureaus, Service
	38-39	Registration of Vital Events, Registration
	154-4737	Statistical Data
	154-155	Universal Statistics
	175-4737	By Region or Country
HB	1-3840	Economic Theory, Demography
	1-846.8	Economic Theory
	71-74	Economics as a Science, Relation to Other Subjects
	75-130	History of Economics
	131-145	Metheodology
	201-206	Value, Utility
	221-236	Price
	238-251	Competition, Production, Wealth
	501	Capital, Capitalism
	522-715	Income, Factor Shares
	531-551	Interest
	601	Profit
	615-715	Entrepreneurship, Risk and Uncertainty, Property
	801-843	Consumption, Demand
	846-846.8	Welfare Theory
	848-3697	Demography, Vital Events
	3711-3840	Business Cycles, Economic Fluctuations
HC	10-1085	Economic History and Conditions
	79	Special Topics, A-Z
	92	Economic Geography of the Oceans (General)
	94-1085	By Region or Country
HD	28-9999	Economic History and Conditions
	28-88	Production
	39-40.7	Capital, Capital Investments
	41	Competition and Cooperation, Regulation and Restrict of Output
	45-45.2	Control of Industry, Technological Innovations, Automations
	47-47.4	Costs
	49-49.5	Crisis Management and Overproduction, Inflation
	50-50.5	Delegation of Authority, Decentralization
	56-57.5	Industrial Productivity
	58	Location of Industry
	58.7-58.95	Organizational Behavior, Change and Effectiveness, Corporate Culture
	59-59.6	Public Relations, Industrial Publicity
	60-60.5	Social Responsibilities
	61	Risk in Industry
	62	Simplification, Standardization, Waste
	62.2-62.8	Management of Special Enterprises
	66	Work Groups
	69	Other, A-Z
	72-88	Economic Growth, Development, Planning
	101-1395.5	Land Use
	1241-1339	Land Tenure Policy
	1259-1265	Eminent Domain, Expropriation, State Domain
	1286-1289	Communal Ownership
	1290-1291	Municipal Ownership
	1301-1313	Nationalization (Agrarian Socialism)
	1326-1329	Large Holdings
	1330-1331	Landlord and Peasant
	1332-1333.5	Land Reform, Agrarian Reform
	1334-1335	Consolidation of Land Holdings
	1336-1339	Small Holdings, Peasant Proprietors, Parcellation
	1401-2210	Agriculture
	1428-1431	International Cooperation
	1470-1476	Size of Farms
	1478	Sharecropping
	1483-1486	Agricultural Associations, Societies, etc.
	1491-1491.5	Cooperative Agriculture
	1492-1492.5	Collective Farms
	1493	Government Owned and Operated Farms, State Farms, Sovkhozes
	1501-1542	Agricultural Classes
	1549	Gleaning
	1580	Melioration and Reclamation of Agricultural Land
	1635-1702	Utilization and Culture of Special Classes of Lands
	1711-1741	Irrigation
	2321-4730.9	Industry
	2329-	Industrialization
	2330	Rural Industry
	2331-2336	House Industry
	2337-2339	Sweating System
	2340.8-2346.5	Small and Medium Industry, Artisans, Handicrafts, Trades
	2350.8-2356	Large Industry
	2365-2385	Contracting, Letting of Contracts
	2421-2429	Trade and Industrial Associations
	2709-2930.7	Corporations, Cartels, Trusts
	2951-3575	Industrial Cooperation, Mutuality
	3611-4730.9	The State and Industrial Organization
	4801-8943	Labor
	4861-4895	Labor Systems
	4906-5100.7	Wages
	5106-5267	Hours
	5306-5474	Labor Disputes, Strikes, Lockouts
	5481-5630.7	Arbitration and Conciliation
	5650-5660	Employees' Representation in Management, Shop Councils, Employee Ownership
	5701-6000.7	Labor Market, Labor Supply and Demand
	6050-6305	Classes of Labor
	6350-6940.7	Trade Unions, Labor Unions, Workingmen's Associations
	6941-6948	Employers' Associations
	6951-6957	Industrial Sociology, Social Conditions of Labor
	6958.5-6976	Industrial Relations
	6977-7080	Wages and Cost of Living, Standard of Living
	7088-7250.7	Social Insurance, Social Security, Pension
	7255-7256	Rehabilitation of the Disabled
	7260-7780.8	Industrial Hygiene, Welfare Work, Housing
	7795-8027	Labor and the State, State Labor
	8031	Labor in Politics
	8038	Professions (General)
	8039	Labor: by Industry or Trade, A-Z
	8045-8942.5	By Region or Country
	9000-9999	Special Industries and Trades
	9000-9495	Agricultural and Other Plant and Animal Products, Food Products
	9502-9502.5	Energy Industries (General), Energy Policy
	9506-9624	Mineral and Metal Industries
	9650-9663	Chemistry Industries
	9665-9675	Drugs
	9680-9714	Mechanical Industries
	9715-9717.5	Construction Industry and Materials
	9720-9975	Manufacturing Industries
	9999	Miscellaneous Industries and Trades, A-Z
HE	1-9900	Transportation and Communication
	199-199.5	Freight (General)
	199.9	Passenger Traffic (General)
	305-311	Urban Transportation
	323-328	Geography, Trade Routes
	331-380	Traffic Engineering, Roads and Highways, Streets
	369-373	Traffic Surveys (General)
	374-377	Bridges
	379-380	Vehicular Tunnels
	380.8-971	Water Transportation
	380.8-560	Waterways
	561-971	Shipping
	730-943	Merchant Marine, Ocean Shipping, Coastal Shipping
	1001-5600	Railways, Rapid Transit Systems
	5601-5720	Automotive Transportation
	5746-5749	Stage Lines
	5751-5870	Ferries
	5880-5990	Express Service
	6000-7496	Postal Service, Stamps, Philately (Stamp Collecting)
	7511-7549	Pneumatic Service
	7601-8700.9	Telecommunication Industry, Telegraph
	8660-8688	Radio, Wireless Telegraph
	8689-8700.9	Radio and Television Broadcasting
	8701-9680.7	Telephone Industry
	9713-9715	Cellular Communications
	9719-9721	Artificial Satellite Telecommunications
	9751-9756	Messenger Service
	9761-9900	Air Transportation
HF	1-6182	Commerce
	294-343	Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Merchants' Associations, etc.
	1014	Balance of Trade
	1021-1027	Commercial Geography, Economic Geography
	1040-1054	Commodities, Commercial Products
	1701-2701	Tariff Policy
	3000-4055	By Region or Country
	5001-6182	Business
	5381-5386	Vocational Guidance, Career Development
	5387	Business Ethics
	5410-5417.5	Marketing, Disribution of Products
	5419-5422	Wholsale Trade, Commission Business, Agencies, Brokers, Factors, Jobbers
	5428-5429.6	Retail Trade
	5429.7-5430.6	Shopping Centers
	5437-5444	Buying, Selling, Sales Personnel, Sales Executive
	5446-5459	Canvassing, Peddling
	5460-5469.5	Department Stores, Mail Order Business
	5469.7-5481	Markets, Fairs
	5482-5482.4	Secondhand Trade
	5482.6-5482.65	Black Market
	5484-5495	Warehousing and Storage
	5520-5541	Equipment
	5546-5548.6	Office Organization and Management
	5548.7-5548.85	Industrial Psychology
	5549-5549.5	Personnel Management, Employment Management
	5601-5689	Accounting
	5691-5716	Business Mathematics, Commercial Mathematics
	5717-5746	Business Communication (including report writing, correspondence, filing, indexing, etc.)
	5761-5780	Shipping of Merchandise, etc, Delivery of Goods
	5801-6182	Advertising
HG	1-9999	Finance
	178	Liquidity
	179	Personal Finance
	201-1496	Money
	261-312	Precious Metals, Bullion
	315	Small Coins
	321-329	Mints, Assaying
	335-341	Counterfeiting
	348-353.5	Paper Money
	361-363	The Legal-Tender Power
	381-395	International Currency
	401-421	International Bimetallism, etc
	451-1496	By Region or Country
	1501-3550	Banking
	1621-1638	Rate of Interest, Interest Tables
	1641-1643	Loans, Bank Credit
	1651-1654	Discount
	1655	Acceptances
	1656	Reserves, Liquidity
	1660	Accounts and Deposits
	1662	Insurance of Deposits
	1685-1703	Checks, Drafts
	1706-1708	Accounting, Bookkeeping
	1709	Electronic Data Processing
	1710	Electronic Fund Transfers
	1722	Mergers
	1723	Bank Stocks, Banking as an Investment
	1725-1778	Banks and the State, State Supervision of Banks
	1811-2351	Special Classes of Banks and Financial Institutions
	2401-3550	By Region or Country
	3691-3769	Credit, Debt, Loans
	3810-4000	Foreign Exchange
	4001-4280.7	Financial Management, Corporation Finance
	4301-4480.9	Trust Services
	4501-6051	Stocks, Investment, Speculation
	4530	Investment Companies, Mutual Funds
	4538	Foreign Investments
	4551-4598	Stock Exchanges
	4621	Stock Brokerage, Investment Advisors
	4701-4751	Securities
	4950-5993	By Region or Country
	6001-6051	Speculation
	6105-6270.9	Lotteries
	7920-7933	Thrift and Saving
	8011-9999	Insurance
	8053.5-8045.45	Insurance for Professions, Malpractice Insurance
	8059	Business Insurance
	8075-8107	Insurance Business, Insurance Management
	8111-8123	Insurance and the State, State Supervision
	8205-8220	Government Insurance
	8501-8745	By Region or Country
	8751-9271	Life Insurance
	8779-8793	Acturarial Science, Statistical Theory and Methodology Applied to Insurance
	8799-8830	By Class Insured, By Risk, By Plan
	8835-8899	Life Insurance Business, Management
	8901-9245	Mutual Life Insurance, Assessment Life Insurance, Fraternal Life Insurance
	9251-9262	Industrial Life Insurance
	9271	Life Insurance for Children, Child Insurance
	9291-9295	Maternity Insurance
	9301-9343	Accident Insurance
	9371-9399	Health Insurance
	9651-9899	Fire Insurance
	9956-9969	Casualty Insurance
	9969.5-9999	Other Insurance (including automobile, burglary, disaster, title, etc.)
HJ	9-9995	Public Finance
	9-99.6	Documents, by Country
	210-1620	History and Conditions
	2005-2216	Income and Expenditure, The Budget
	2240-3192.7	Taxation, Revenue
	2321-2323	Incidence, Shifting, Distribution, Equality
	2326-2327	Progressive, Proportional Taxation
	2336-2337	Exemption
	2338	Taxation of Government Property
	2341-2343	Double Taxation
	2347-2348	Taxation of Aliens, Nonresident, etc.
	2348.5-2348.7	Tax Evasion
	2351	Inflation and Taxation
	2351.4	Tax Revenue Estimating
	2360-3192.7	By Region or Country
	3231-5957	Taxation, Administration and Procedure
	3801-3844	Income from Sources other than Taxation
	3851-4056.7	Direct Taxes (General)
	4101-4939	Direct Taxes (Special)
	5001-5225	Indirect Taxes (General)
	5301-5508	Fees, Licenses, Stamp Tax
	5521-5957	Other Special Forms
	6603-7390	Customs Administration
	7451-7980	Expenditure
	8003-8899	Public Credit, Debts, Loans
	8030-8033	Public Debts in Relation to State Policy, Welfare, etc.
	8034	Public Debts and the Rights of Creditors
	8036-8039	Public Debts in Relation to Specific Interests
	8041	Increase
	8043-8045	Colonial Debts
	8046-8049	Creation of Debt, Borrowing, Forms of Loans
	8052	Funding System, Sinking Funds, Amortization
	8055	Reduction, Conversion, Liquidation
	8061-8079	Insolvency, Repudiation, Partition, Allotment, Floating Debts
	8083-8086	Foreign Loans
	8101-8899	By Region or Country
	8903-8963	Claims
	9011-9695	Local Finance
	9701-9995	Public Accounting
HM	1-299	General Sociology
	10-121	Culture, Progress
	126	Unity, Solidarity
	131-134	Association, Mutuality, Social Groups
	136-146	Individualism, Differentation, Struggle
	201-221	Social Elements, Forces, Laws
	251-291	Social Psychology
HN	1-981	Social History, Problems, and Reform
	30-40	The Church and Social Problems
	41-46	Community Centers, Social Centers
	251-291	By Region or Country
HQ	1-2039	The Family, Marriage, Woman
	12-449	Sexual Life
	19-30.7	Sexual Behavior and Attitudes, Sexuality
	31-64	Sex Instruction and Sexual Ethics
	71-72	Sexual Deviations
	74	Bisexuality
	75-76.8	Homosexuality, Lesbianism
	77	Transvestism
	77.7-77.9	Transsexualism
	79	Sadism
	101-440.7	Prostitution
	447	Masturbation
	449	Emasculation, Eunuchs, etc.
	450-472	Erotica, Pornography
	503-1064	The Family, Marriage, Home
	750-755.5	Eugenics
	755.7-759.92	Parents, Parenthood (including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers)
	760-767.7	Family Size, Birth Control, Abortion
	767.8-792.2	Children, Child Development (including child rearing, child life, play, socialization, children's rights)
	799.5-799.9	Young Men and Women
	799.95-799.97	Adulthood
	800-800.4	Single People
	801-801.83	Man-Woman Relationships, Courtship, Dating
	802	Matrimonial Bureaus, Marriage Brokers
	802.5	Matrimonial Advertisements
	803	Temporary Marriage, Trial Marraige, Companionate Marraige
	804	Breach of Promise
	805	Desertion
	806	Adultry
	809-809.3	Family Violence
	811-960.7	Divorce
	961-967	Free Love
	981-996	Polygamy
	997	Polyandry
	998-999	Illegitimacy, Unmarried Mothers
	1001-1043	The State and Marriage
	1051-1057	The Church and Marriage
	1058-1058.5	Widows and Widowers, Widowhood
	1060-1064	Aged, Gerontology (Social Aspects), Retirement
	1073-1073.5	Thanatology, Death, Dying
	1075-1075.5	Sex Role
	1088-1090.7	Men
	1101-2030.7	Women, Feminism
	1871-2030.7	Women's Clubs
	2035-2039	Life Skills, Coping Skills, Everyday Living Skills
	2042-2044	Life Style
HS	1-3369	Societies: Secret, Benevolent, etc.
	101-330.7	Secret Societies
	351-929	Freemasons
	951-1179	Odd Fellows
	1201-1350	Knights of Pythias
	1355	Other Societies, A-Z
	1501-2460.7	Other Societies, By Classes
	1501-1510	Benevolent and "Friendly" Societies and Mutual Assessment Fraternities
	1525-1560	Religious Socieities
	1601-2265	Race Socieities
	2275	Occupation Societies
	2301-2460.7	Political and "Patriotic" Socities
	2501-3369	Clubs and Societies for Special Classes (including boys' societies, Boy Scouts, girls' societies)
HT	51-1595	Cities, Communities, Races
	51-65	Communities
	101-395	Urban Groups, Urban Sociology, The City
	161-165	Garden Cities, "The City Beautiful"
	165.5-169.9	City Planning, Zoning
	170-178	Urban Renewal, Urban Development
	201-221	City Population (including children in cities, immigration)
	231	Effect of City Life
	251-265	Mental and Moral Life
	281	Recreation, Amusements
	321-325	The City as Economic Factor, City Promotion
	330-334	Metropolitan Areas
	351-352	Suburban Cities and Towns
	361-384	Urbanization, City and Country
	388	Regional Economics
	390-395	Regional Planning
	401-485	Rural Sociology
	601-1445	Classes
	621-635	Orgin of Social Classes
	641-657	Classes Arising from Birth
	675-690	Classes Arising from Occupation
	713-725	Caste System
	731	Freedmen
	751-815	Serfdom
	851-1445	Slavery
	1501-1595	Race (including race as a social group and race relations in general)
HV	1-9960	Social Service, Welfare, Criminology
	40-69	Social Service, Social Work, Charities
	70-72	State Regulation of Charities, Public Welfare Laws
	85-525	By Region or Country
	530	The Church and Charity
	541	Women and Charity
	544	Charity Fairs
	544.5	International Social Work
	547	Self-Help Groups
	551.2-639	Emergency Management
	553-639	Relief in Case of Disasters
	560-583	Red Cross
	599-639	Special Types of Disasters
	640-645	Refugee Problems
	650-670	Life Saving
	675-677	Prevention of Accidents
	680-696	Free Professional Services
	697-4959	Protection, Assistance, Relief
	697-1493	Special Clases, By Age
	697-700.7	Families, Mothers, Widow's Pensions
	701-1420.5	Children
	835-847	Foundlings
	873-887	Destitute, Neglected, and Abandoned Children
	888-907	Handicapped Children
	931-941	Fresh-Air Funds
	959-1420.5	Orphanages, Orphans
	1421-1441	Young Adults, Youth, Teenagers
	1442-1448	Women
	1449	Homosexuals
	1450-1493	Aged
	1551-3024	Handicapped (including blind, deaf, mentally handicapped, physically handicapped)
	3025-3174	Special Classes, By Occupation
	3025-3163	Seamen
	3165-3173	Shop Women, Clerks, etc.
	3174	Other, By Occupation A-Z
	3176-3199	Special Classes, By Race or Ethnic Group
	4005-4013	Immigrants
	4023-4470.7	Poor In Cities, Slums
	4480-4630	Mendicancy, Vagabondism, Tramps, Homelessness
	4701-4959	Protection of Animals, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare
	4961-4995	Degeneration
	4997-5000	Substance Abuse
	5001-5720.5	Alcoholism, Intemperance, Temperance Reform
	5725-5770	Tobacco Habit
	5800-5840	Drug Habits and Abuse
	6001-7220.5	Criminology
	7231-9960	Criminal Justice Administration
HX	1-970.7	Socialism, Communism, Utopias, Anarchism
	806-811	Utopias
	821-970.7	Anarchism