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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Generate an image of Library of Congress Classification (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.)

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Library of Congress Classification canonical 27
class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources 2
Library of Congress Classification (in major libraries) 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 ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
developedBy Library of Congress ⓘ
developedFor Library of Congress collections ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress
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 ⓘ
class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
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 (35)

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 → class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
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 → class Z – Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
LCC → hasOnlineVersion → Library of Congress Classification Outline ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
Class E – History of the Americas → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject linked to: 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 schedules ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
class G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
Class N – Fine Arts → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject linked to: class N – Fine Arts
Class S – Agriculture → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject linked to: class S – Agriculture
Class V – Naval Science → partOf → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
subject linked to: 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 (in many areas) ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
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 ⓘ
BIBCO → usesStandard → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
SACO → usesSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
ACM CCS → relatedTo → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ
University of Nottingham Libraries → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification (in major libraries) ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
Oxford University college libraries → usesCataloguingStandard → Library of Congress Classification (in some colleges) ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
Architecture Library → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification (likely) ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress Classification
Law School Library → usesClassificationSystem → Library of Congress Classification ⓘ