Science Library Classification System

• The majority of the print materials found in the Science Library arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification System.
• Circulating books are found on the Upper Level.
• Bound journals are also shelved according to the Library of Congress system. Journals are located in the lower level in the compact storage area.
• Reference materials, Indexes and Abstracts, Current (unbound) journals, and leisure reading are found on the Main Level.
• Topographic and geological maps are found on the Main Level.

Selected Library of Congress Classification Schedule Classes for science-related materials:

G Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

• G General Geography, Atlases & Maps
• GA Surveys & Cartography
• GB Physical Geography
• GC Oceanography
• GE Environmental Sciences
• GF Human Ecology

H Social Sciences

• H General Social Sciences
• HA Statistics
• HD Agricultural Economics, Industrial Economics, & Labor

Q Science

• Q General Science
• QA Mathematics
• QB Astronomy
• QC Physics
• QD Chemistry
• QE Geology
• QH Natural History, Ecology, Marine Biology, Cell Biology,Genetics, Biochemistry, Experimental Biology, Molecular Biology
• QK Botany
• QL Zoology
• QP Physiology, Endocrinology, Neuroscience, Biochemistry
• QR Microbiology

• R Medicine

S Agriculture

• S Farm Management, Soil & Land Conservation
• SB Plant Culture & Horticulture
• SD Forestry & Forest Conservation

T Technology

• T General & Industrial Engineering
• TD Environmental Technology, Pollution Control
• TP Chemical Technology

Other Library of Congress Classification System Classes

A  -  General Works
B  -  Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
C  -  Auxiliary Sciences of History
D  -  History: General and Eastern Hemisphere
E-F  -  History: America
J  -  Political Science
K  -  Law
M  -  Music
L  -  Education
N  -  Fine Arts
P  -  Language & Literature
U-V  -  Military & Naval Science
Z  -  Bibliography & Library Science