Library of Congress Classification

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knowledge organization system library classification system

Library of Congress Classification is a comprehensive alphanumeric library classification system used primarily by academic and research libraries to organize and arrange their collections by subject.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Library of Congress Classification canonical 23
class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources 2
Library of Congress Classification (in many areas) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf knowledge organization system ⓘ
library classification system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs LCC ⓘ
appliesTo electronic resources ⓘ
multimedia materials ⓘ
print materials ⓘ
basisOf shelf arrangement in many academic libraries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedBy Library of Congress ⓘ
developedFor Library of Congress ⓘ
surface form: Library of Congress collections
hasComponent class A – General Works ⓘ
class B – Philosophy, Psychology, Religion ⓘ
class C – Auxiliary Sciences of History ⓘ
class D – World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc. ⓘ
class E – History of the Americas ⓘ
class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America ⓘ
class G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation ⓘ
class H – Social Sciences ⓘ
class J – Political Science ⓘ
class K – Law ⓘ
class L – Education ⓘ
class M – Music and Books on Music ⓘ
class N – Fine Arts ⓘ
class P – Language and Literature ⓘ
class Q – Science ⓘ
class R – Medicine ⓘ
class S – Agriculture ⓘ
class T – Technology ⓘ
class U – Military Science ⓘ
class V – Naval Science ⓘ
Library of Congress Classification self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources
hasFeature combination of letters and numbers ⓘ
detailed subject breakdown by numbers ⓘ
hierarchical structure ⓘ
subclasses indicated by additional letters ⓘ
hasRelatedSystem Library of Congress Subject Headings ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Colon Classification ⓘ
Dewey Decimal Classification ⓘ
Universal Decimal Classification ⓘ
maintainedBy Library of Congress Policy and Standards Division ⓘ
primaryUse academic libraries ⓘ
large public libraries ⓘ
research libraries ⓘ
purpose to arrange books on shelves ⓘ
to organize library collections by subject ⓘ
to support subject-based retrieval ⓘ
replaced fixed location system at the Library of Congress ⓘ
usedIn online public access catalogs ⓘ
union catalogs and shared cataloging systems ⓘ
usesNotationType alphanumeric notation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Library of Congress → hasIdentifierSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Library of Congress Online Catalog → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Library of Congress Control Number → relatedTo → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Library of Congress Control Number → differentFrom → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Library of Congress Classification → hasComponent → Library of Congress Classification self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources
Library of Congress Subject Headings → hasRelatedSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Library of Congress catalogers → useSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
LCC → fullName → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
LCC → hasComponent → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources
LCC → hasOnlineVersion → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: Library of Congress Classification Outline
class E – History of the Americas → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject surface form: Class E – History of the Americas
class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America → classificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: Library of Congress Classification schedules
class G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
class N – Fine Arts → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject surface form: Class N – Fine Arts
class S – Agriculture → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject surface form: Class S – Agriculture
class V – Naval Science → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject surface form: Class V – Naval Science
Queen's University Library system → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate → usesStandard → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Nahum Gelber Law Library → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
UCI Libraries → uses → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
UCL Main Library → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: Library of Congress Classification (in many areas)
ACM Computing Classification System → relatedTo → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Regensburger Verbundklassifikation → isAlternativeTo → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Bliss Classification, 2nd edition → relatedTo → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
University of York Library → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Mathematics Subject Classification → relatedTo → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
The Most Good You Can Do → callNumberSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ