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Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification)

How to find books and other materials using their Library of Congress call numbers.

Class G -- Geography. Anthropology. Recreation

  • G--Geography (General). Atlases. Maps
  • GA--Mathematical geography. Cartography
  • GB--Physical geography
  • GC--Oceanography
  • GE--Environmental Sciences
  • GF--Human ecology. Anthropogeography
  • GN--Anthropology
  • GR--Folklore
  • GT--Manners and customs (General)
  • GV--Recreation. Leisure

Subclasses

G1‑922--Geography (General)

G65‑69--Geographers

G70‑70.6--Philosophy.  Relation to other topics.  Methodology

G80‑99--History of geography

G100.5‑108.5--Toponymy

Including gazetteers, geographic names and terms

G140--Great cities of the world

G141--Historical geography

G142--Aerial geography

G149‑180--Travel.  Voyages and travels (General)

G154.9‑155.8--Travel and state.  Tourism

G200‑336--History of discoveries, explorations, and travel

G369‑503--Special voyages and travels

G521‑539--Adventures, shipwrecks, buried treasure, etc.

G540‑550--Seafaring life, ocean travel, etc.

G575‑890--Arctic and Antarctic regions

G905‑910--Tropics (General)

G912‑922--Northern and Southern Hemispheres

G1000‑3122--Atlases

G1000‑1000.5--Atlases of the moon, planets, etc.

G1001‑1046--World atlases.  Atlases of the Earth

G1050‑1052--Northern and Southern Hemispheres

G1053--Tropics.  Torrid Zone

G1054‑1055--Polar regions.  Frigid Zone

G1059‑1061--Maritime atlases (General)

G1100‑3102--By region or country

G1100‑1779--America.  Western Hemisphere

G1105‑1692--North America

G1110‑1114--Greenland

G1115‑(1193)--Canada

G1200‑1534.24--United States

G1535‑1537--Caribbean area

G1540‑1542--Latin America (General)

G1545‑1549--Mexico

G1550‑(1594)--Central America

G1600‑1692--West Indies

G1700‑1779--South America

G1780‑2799--Eastern Hemisphere.  Eurasia, Africa, etc.

G1791‑2196--Europe

G2110‑2196--Former Soviet republics.  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.).  Russia (Empire)

G2200‑2444.84--Asia

G2445‑2739--Africa

G2740‑2799--Australasia

G2800‑3064--Oceans (General)

G3100‑3102--Antarctica

G3122--Atlases of imaginary, literary, and mythological regions, etc., A‑Z

G3160‑3171--Globes

G3180‑9980--Maps

G3180‑3182--Universe.  Solar system

G3190‑3191--Celestial maps

G3195‑3197--Moon

G3200‑3202--World.  Earth

G3210‑3221--Northern and Southern Hemispheres

G3240‑3241--Tropics.  Torrid Zone

G3250‑3251--Temperate Zone

G3260‑3272--Polar regions.  Frigid Zone

G3290‑9880--By region or country

G3290‑5667--America.  Western Hemisphere

G3300‑5184--North America

G3380‑3384--Greenland

G3400‑(3612)--Canada

G3700‑4384--United States

G4390‑4392--Caribbean area

G4410‑4763--Mexico

G4800‑4874--Central America

G4900‑5184--West Indies

G5200‑5667--South America

G5670‑8904--Eastern Hemisphere.  Eurasia, Africa, etc.

G5700‑7342--Europe

G7000‑7342--Former Soviet republics.  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.).  Russia (Empire)

G7400‑8198.54--Asia

G8200‑8904--Africa

G8950‑9084--Australasia

G9095‑9794--Oceans (General)

G9800‑9804--Antarctica

G9900‑9980--Unlocalized maps

GA1‑1776--Mathematical geography.  Cartography

GA51‑87--Surveys (General)

GA101‑1776--Cartography

GA109--Aerial cartography

GA109.5--Cadastral mapping

GA109.8--Statistical mapping

GA110‑115--Projection

GA125‑155--Map drawing, modeling, printing, reading, etc.

GA192‑197.3--Collections of maps, globes, etc.  Map libraries

GA197.5‑198--Cartographers

GA260‑288--Globe making.  Globes

GA300‑325--World maps, general atlases, etc.

GA341‑1776--Maps.  By region or country

GB3‑5030--Physical geography

GB400‑649--Geomorphology.  Landforms.  Terrain

GB447--Climatic geomorphology

GB448--Slopes

GB450‑460--Coasts

GB461‑468.995--Reefs

GB471‑478.995--Islands

GB500‑555--Mountains.  Orography

GB561‑649--Other natural landforms: Floodplains, caves, deserts, dunes, etc.

GB651‑2998--Hydrology.  Water

GB980‑2998--Ground and surface waters

GB980‑992--Watersheds.  Runoff.  Drainage

GB1001‑1199.8--Groundwater.  Hydrogeology

GB1201‑1598--Rivers.  Stream measurements

GB1601‑2398--Lakes.  Limnology.  Ponds.  Lagoons

GB2401‑2598--Ice.  Glaciers.  Ice sheets.  Sea ice

GB2601‑2798--Snow.  Snow surveys

GB2801‑2998--Hydrometeorology

GB5000‑5030--Natural disasters

GC1‑1581--Oceanography

GC63--Oceanographic expeditions

GC65‑78--Underwater exploration

GC83‑87.6--Submarine topography

GC96‑97.8--Estuarine oceanography

GC100‑103--Seawater

GC109‑149--Chemical oceanography

GC150‑182--Physical oceanography

GC151‑155--Density

GC160‑177--Temperature

GC177.6‑182--Optical oceanography

GC190‑190.5--Ocean‑atmosphere interaction

GC200‑376--Dynamics of the ocean

GC205‑227--Waves

GC228.5‑228.6--Ocean circulation

GC229‑296.8--Currents

GC297‑299--Water masses and oceanic mixing

GC300‑376--Tides

GC377‑399--Marine sediments

GC401‑881--Oceanography.  By region

GC1000‑1023--Marine resources.  Applied oceanography

GC1080‑1581--Marine pollution.  Sea water pollution

GE1‑350--Environmental sciences

GE70‑90--Environmental education

GE170‑190--Environmental policy

GE195‑199--Environmentalism.  Green movement

GE300‑350--Environmental management

GF1‑900--Human ecology.  Anthropogeography

GF51--Environmental influences on humans

GF75--Human influences on the environment

GF101‑127--Settlements

GF125--Cities.  Urban geography

GF127--Rural settlements.  Rural geography

GF500‑900--By region or country

GN1‑890--Anthropology

GN49‑298--Physical anthropology.  Somatology

GN51‑59--Anthropometry

GN62.8‑265--Human variation

Including growth, physical form, skeleton, nervous system, skin, etc.

GN269‑279--Race (General)

GN280.7--Man as an animal.  Simian traits versus human traits

GN281‑289--Human evolution

GN282‑286.7--Fossil man.  Human paleontology

GN296‑296.5--Medical anthropology

GN301‑674--Ethnology.  Social and cultural anthropology

GN357‑367--Culture and cultural processes

Including social change, structuralism, diffusion, etc.

GN378‑396--Collected ethnographies

GN397‑397.7--Applied anthropology

GN406‑517--Cultural traits, customs, and institutions

GN406‑442--Technology.  Material culture

Including food, shelter, fire, tools, etc.

GN448‑450.8--Economic organization.  Economic anthropology

GN451‑477.7--Intellectual life

Including communication, recreation, philosophy, religion, knowledge, etc.

GN478‑491.7--Social organization

GN492‑495.2--Political organization.  Political anthropology

GN495.4‑498--Societal groups, ethnocentrism, diplomacy, warfare, etc.

GN502‑517--Psychological anthropology

GN537‑674--Ethnic groups and races

GN550‑674--By region or country

GN700‑890--Prehistoric archaeology

GR1‑950--Folklore

GR72‑79--Folk literature (General)

Including folktales, legends

GR81--Folk beliefs, superstitions, etc. (General)

GR99.6‑390--By region or country

GR420‑950--By subject

GR420‑426--Costume, jewelry

GR430‑488--Folklore relating to private life

Including dreams, love, children, nursery rhymes, etc.

GR500‑615--Supernatural beings, demonology, fairies, ghosts, charms, etc.

GR620‑640--Cosmic phenomena, weather lore

GR650‑690--Geographical topics

GR700‑860--Animals, plants, and minerals

GR865‑874--Transportation, travel, commerce, etc.

GR880--Medicine.  Folk medicine

GR890‑915--Occupations

GR931‑935--Signs and symbols

GR940‑941--Mythical places

GT1‑7070--Manners and customs (General)

GT165‑476--Houses.  Dwellings

GT485--Churches and church going

GT495‑499--Human body and its parts.  Personal beauty

GT500‑2370--Costume.  Dress.  Fashion

GT2400‑3390.5--Customs relative to private life

Including children, marriage, eating and drinking, funeral customs, etc.

GT3400‑5090--Customs relative to public and social life

Including town life, court life, festivals, holidays, ceremonies of royalty, etc.

GT5220‑5286--Customs relative to transportation and travel

GT5320‑6737--Customs relative to special classes

GT5320‑5690--By birth, rank, etc.

GT5750‑6390--By occupation

GV1‑1860--Recreation.  Leisure

GV181.35‑181.6--Recreation leadership.  Administration of recreation services

GV182‑182.5--Recreational areas and facilities.  Recreation centers

GV191.2‑200.66--Outdoor life.  Outdoor recreation

GV191.68‑198.975--Camping

GV198.945‑198.975--Farm vacations, dude ranches, etc.

GV199‑199.62--Hiking.  Pedestrian tours

GV199.8‑200.35--Mountaineering

GV200.4‑200.56--Orienteering.  Wilderness survival

GV200.6‑200.66--Caving.  Spelunking

GV201‑555--Physical education and training

GV346‑351.5--School and college athletics.  Intramural and interscholastic athletics

GV401‑433--Physical education facilities.  Sports facilities

Including gymnasiums, athletic fields, playgrounds, etc.

GV435‑436.7--Physical measurements.  Physical tests, etc.

GV450‑451.4--Nudism.  Sunbathing

GV460‑555--Gymnastics.  Gymnastic exercises

Including calisthenics, heavy exercises, acrobatics, etc.

GV557‑1198.995--Sports

GV711--Coaching

GV712‑725--Athletic contests.  Sports events

GV733‑734.5--Professionalism in sports.  Professional sports (General)

GV735--Umpires.  Sports officiating

GV743‑749--Athletic and sporting goods, supplies, etc.

GV750‑770.27--Air sports: Airplane flying, kiteflying, bungee jumping, etc.

GV770.3‑840--Water sports: Canoeing, sailing, yachting, scuba diving, etc.

GV840.7‑857--Winter sports: Ice hockey, skiing, bobsledding, snowmobiling, etc.

GV861‑1017--Ball games: Baseball, football, golf, etc.

GV1020‑1034--Automobile travel.  Motoring.  Automobile racing

GV1040‑1060.4--Cycling.  Bicycling.  Motorcycling

GV1060.5‑1098--Track and field athletics

GV1100‑1150.9--Fighting sports: Bullfighting, boxing, fencing, etc.

GV1151‑1190--Shooting.  Archery

GV1195‑1198.995--Wrestling

GV1199‑1570--Games and amusements

GV1201.5--Hobbies (General)

GV1203‑1220.8--Children's games and amusements

GV1218.5‑1220.8--Toys

GV1221‑1469.63--Indoor games and amusements

GV1232‑1299--Card games: Poker, patience, whist, etc.

GV1301‑1311--Gambling.  Chance and banking games

GV1312‑1469--Board games.  Move games

Including chess, go, checkers, etc.

GV1469.15‑1469.62--Computer games.  Video games.  Fantasy games

GV1470‑1511--Parties.  Party games and stunts

GV1491‑1507--Puzzles

GV1541‑1561--Parlor magic and tricks

GV1564‑1565--Darts

GV1580‑1799.4--Dancing

GV1800‑1860--Circuses, spectacles, etc.

Including rodeos, waxworks, amusement parks, etc.