Library of Congress Classification System

G - Geography and Anthropology

 

G General Geography, Atlases, Maps.
GA Cartography, Mathematical Geography
GB Physical Geography
GC Oceanography
GE Environmental Sciences
GF Human Geography
GN Anthropology
GR Folklore.
GT Manners and Customs.
GV Recreation, Leisure.

 

G 1-9980 General Geography, Atlases, Maps
  100.5-108.5 Toponymy
  140 Great Cities of the World
  141 Historical Geography
  142 Aerial Geography
  149-570 Voyages and Travels
  149-180 Voyages and Travels (General)
  155-180 Travel and State, Tourist Trade
  200-336 History of Discoveries, Explorations, and Travel
  521-539 Adventures, Shipwrecks, Buried Treasure, etc.
  540-550 Seafaring Life, Ocean Travel, etc.
  575-890 Polar Regions
  905-910 Tropics
  912-922 Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  1000.3-3122 Atlases
  1000.3-1000.5 Atlases of the Moon, Planets, etc.
  1001-1046 World Atlases
  1050-1052 Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  1053 The Tropics
  1054-1055 Polar Regions
  1059-1061 Maritime Atlases (General)
  1100-1779 Western Hemisphere, America
  1105-1694 North America
  1110-1114 Greenland
  1115-1193 Canada
  1200-1534.24 United States
  1535-1537 Caribbean Area
  1540-1542 Latin America (General)
  1545-1549 Mexico
  1550-1594 Central America
  1600-1694 West Indies
  1700-1799 South America
  1780-2799 Eastern Hemisphere
  1791-2082 Europe
  2200-2444 Asia
  2445-2739 Africa
  2740-2799 Australasia
  2800-3064 Oceans (General)
  3100-3102 Antarctica
  3122 Atlases of Imaginary, Literary, and Mythological Places
  3160-3182 Globes
  3190-9980 Maps
  3190-3192 Celestial Maps
  3195-3199 Moon
  3200-3202 World Maps
  3210-3222 Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  3240-3241 Tropics
  3250-3251 Temperate Zones
  3260-3272 Polar Regions
  3290-5668 Western Hemisphere, America
  3300-5184 North America
  3380-3384 Greenland
  3400-3612 Canada
  3690-4383 United States
  4390-4392 Caribbean Area
  4410-4763 Mexico
  4800-4884 Central America
  4900-5184 West Indies
  5200-5668 South America
  5670-9084 Eastern Hemisphere
  5700-6966 Europe
  7400-8198.54 Asia
  8200-8904 Africa
  8950-9084 Australasia
  9095-9794 Oceans (General)
  9800-9804 Antarctica
  9900-9980 Un-localized Maps
GA 1-1776 Cartography, Mathematical Geography
  1-87 Mathematical Geography
  51-87 Surveys (General)
  101-1776 Cartography
  109 Aerial Cartography
  109.5 Cadastral Mapping
  109.8 Statistical Mapping
  110-115 Projection
  125-155 Map Drawing, Modeling, Printing, Reading, etc.
  192-197.3 Map Libraries, Collections of Maps, Globes, etc.
  260-288 Globe Making, Globes
  300-325 World Maps, General Atlases, etc.
  341-1776 Maps: By Region or Country
GB 3-5030 Physical Geography
  111-398.7 By Region or Country
  400-649 Geomorphology
  447 Climatic Geomorphology
  448 Slopes
  450-460 Coastal Geomorphology
  461-468 Reefs
  471-478 Islands
  500-555 Mountains, Orography
  561-649 Other Landforms (deserts, floodplains, caves, etc.)
  651-2998 Hydrology, Water
  980-992 Watersheds, Runoff, Drainage
  1001-1199.6 Groundwater, Hydrogeology
  1201-1598 Rivers, Streams
  1601-1798.9 Lakes, Limnology
  2401-2598 Ice, Glaciers
  2601-2798 Snow, Snow Surveys
  2801-2998 Hydrometeorology
  5000-5030 Natural Disasters
GC 1-1581 Oceanography
  63-78 Underwater Exploration
  83-87.6 Submarine Topography
  96-97.8 Estuarine Oceanography
  100-103 Seawater
  109-149 Chemical Oceanography
  150-181 Physical Oceanography
  150-155 Density
  160-177 Temperature
  177.6-181 Optical Oceanography
  190-190.5 Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
  200-376 Dynamics of the Ocean
  205-226 Waves
  228.5-228.6 Ocean Circulation
  229-296.8 Currents
  297-299 Water Masses and Ocean Mixing
  300-376 Tides
  377-399 Marine Sediments
  401-881 Oceanography.
  1000-1023 Marine Resources, Applied Oceanography
  1080-1581 Marine Pollution
GE 1-140 Environmental Sciences
  1 Periodicals, Societies, Serials
  5 Congresses
  10 Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
  15 Terminology, Abbreviations, Notation
  20 Directories
  25-35 Communication in Environmental Sciences
  25 General Works
  30 Information Services
  35 Environmental Literature
  40-45 Philosophy, Relation to Other Topics, Methodology
  40 General Works
  45 Special Methods
  50 History
  55-56 Biography
  55 Collective
  56 Individual, A-Z
  60 Vocational Guidance
  70-90 Environmental Education, Study and Teaching, Research
  70 General Works
  75 Audio-Visual Aids
  80-90 By Region or Country
  80 United States: General Works
  85 United States: By Region or State, A-Z
  90 Other Regions or Countries
  95-100 Museums, Exhibitions
  95 General Works
  100 By Region or Country
  105 General Works
  110 Popular Works
  115 Juvenile Works
  120 Pictorial Works
  125 Public Opinion
  140 Environmental Degradation, By Region or Country (to be developed)
GF 1-900 Human Geography
  53-71 Environmental Influences on Man
  75 Man's Influence on the Environment
  101-127 Settlements
  125 Urban Geography
  127 Rural Geography
  500-900 By Region or Country
GN 1-890 Anthropology
  49-298 Physical Anthropology
  51-59 Anthropometry
  62.8-263 Human Variation (including growth, physical form, skeleton, nervous system, skin, etc.)
  269-279 Race (General)
  280.7 Man as an Animal, Simian Traits Versus Human Traits
  281-289 Human Evolution
  282-286.7 Fossil Man, Human Paleontology
  296 Medical Anthropology
  301-673 Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology
  357-367 Culture and Cultural Processes (including social change, structuralism, diffusion, etc.)
  378-395 Collected Ethnographies
  397-397.5 Applied Anthropology
  406-517 Cultural Traits, Customs, and Institutions
  406-442 Technology, Material Culture (including food, shelter, fire, tools, etc)
  448-450.7 Economic Organization, Economic Anthropology
  451-477.7 Intellectual Life (including communication, recreation, philosophy, religion, knowledge, etc.)
  478-491.7 Social Organization
  492-495 Political Organization, Political Anthropology
  495.4-498 Societal Groups, Ethnocentrism, Diplomacy, Warfare, etc.
  502-517 Psychological Anthropology
  537-673 Ethnic Groups and Races
  550-673 By Region or Country
  700-890 Prehistoric Archaeology
GR 1-950 Folklore
  72-79 Folk Literature (General, including folktales, legends)
  81 Folk Beliefs, Superstitions
  100-390 By Region or Country
  420-950 By Subject
  430-487 Folklore Relating to Private Life (including dreams, love, children, nursery rhymes, etc.)
  500-615 Supernatural Beings, Demonology, Fairies, Ghosts, Charms, etc.
  620-635 Cosmic Phenomena
  650-690 Geographical Topics
  700-860 Animals, Plants, and Minerals
  865-874 Transportation, Travel, Commerce, etc.
  880 Medicine, Folk Medicine
  890-910 Occupations
  931-940 Signs and Symbols
GT 1-7070 Manners and Customs (General)
  170-476 Houses, Dwellings
  485 Churches and Church Going
  500-2370 Costume, Dress, Fashion
  2400-3390 Customs Relative to Private Life (including children, marriage, eating and drinking, funeral customs, etc.)
  3400-5090 Customs Relative to Public and Social Life (including town life, court life, festivals, holidays, ceremonies of royalty, etc.)
  5220-5285 Customs Relative to Transportation and Travel
  5320-6720 Customs Relative to Special Classes (birth, rank, occupation, etc.)
  5320-5680 By Birth Rank, etc.
  5750-6390 By Occupation
GV 1-1860 Recreation, Leisure
  181.35-181.55 Recreation Leadership, Administration of Recreation Services
  182-182.5 Recreation Areas and Facilities
  191.2-200.66 Outdoor Life
  191.68-198.9 Camping
  199-199.6 Hiking, Pedestrian Tours
  199.8-200.3 Mountaineering
  200.4-200.5 Orientation, Wilderness Survival
  200.6 Water Oriented Recreation
  201-555 Physical Education and Training
  346-350 School and College Athletics, Intramural and Interscholastic Athletics
  401-433 Sports and Physical Education Facilities (including gymnasiums, athletic fields, playgrounds, etc.)
  435-436.5 Physical Measurements and Tests
  450 Nudism, Sunbathing
  460-555 Gymnastics, Gymnastic Exercises (including calisthenics, heavy exercises, acrobatics, etc.)
  561-1198.995 Sports
  711 Coaching
  712-725 Athletic Contests, Sports Events
  733-734 Professionalism in Sports, Professional Sports (General)
  735 Umpires, Sports Officiating
  743-749 Athletic and Sporting Goods, Supplies, etc.
  750-770 Air Sports: Airplane Flying, Kite Flying, etc.
  770.3-840 Water Sports: Canoeing, Sailing, Yachting, etc.
  840.7-857 Winter Sports: Ice Hockey, Skiing, Bobsledding, etc.
  861-1017 Ball Games: Baseball, football, golf, etc.
  1020-1034 Automobile Travel, Motoring
  1040-1060.2 Cycling, Bicycling, Motorcycling
  1060.5-1098 Track and Field Athletics
  1101-1150.6 Fighting Sports: Bullfighting, Boxing, Fencing, etc.
  1151-1190 Shooting, Archery
  1195-1198.995 Wrestling
  1199-1570 Games and Amusements
  1201.5 Hobbies (General)
  1203-1218 Children's Games and Amusements
  1218.5-1220.7 Toys
  1221-1469 Indoor Games and Amusements
  1232-1299 Card Games
  1301-1311 Gambling, Chance and Banking Games
  1312-1469 Board Games, Move Games
  1470-1511 Parties, Party Games and Stunts
  1491-1507 Puzzles
  1541-1561 Parlor Magic and Tricks
  1580-1799 Dancing
  1800-1860 Circuses, Spectacles, etc. (including rodeos, waxworks, amusement parks, etc.)

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