Library of Congress Classification System

H - Social Sciences

 

H General Social Sciences.
HA Statistics.
HB Economic Theory, Demography, Business Cycles.
HC-HD Economic History.
HE Transportation and Communications.
HF Commerce.
HG Finance.
HJ Public Finance.
HM General Sociology.
HN Social History, Problems, and Reform.
HQ Family, Marriage, Women.
HS Societies and Clubs.
HT Cities, Communities, Races.
HV Social Service, Welfare, Criminology.
HX Socialism, Communism, Utopias, Anarchism.

 

H 1-99 General Social Sciences
HA 1-4737 Statistics
  29-32 Theory and Method of Social Science Statistics
  36-37 Organizations, Bureaus, Service
  38-39 Registration of Vital Events, Registration
  154-4737 Statistical Data
  154-155 Universal Statistics
  175-4737 By Region or Country
HB 1-3840 Economic Theory, Demography
  1-846.8 Economic Theory
  71-74 Economics as a Science, Relation to Other Subjects
  75-130 History of Economics
  131-145 Methodology
  201-206 Value, Utility
  221-236 Price
  238-251 Competition, Production, Wealth
  501 Capital, Capitalism
  522-715 Income, Factor Shares
  531-551 Interest
  601 Profit
  615-715 Entrepreneurship, Risk and Uncertainty, Property
  801-843 Consumption, Demand
  846-846.8 Welfare Theory
  848-3697 Demography, Vital Events
  3711-3840 Business Cycles, Economic Fluctuations
HC 10-1085 Economic History and Conditions
  79 Special Topics, A-Z
  92 Economic Geography of the Oceans (General)
  94-1085 By Region or Country
HD 28-9999 Economic History and Conditions
  28-88 Production
  39-40.7 Capital, Capital Investments
  41 Competition and Cooperation, Regulation and Restrict of Output
  45-45.2 Control of Industry, Technological Innovations, Automations
  47-47.4 Costs
  49-49.5 Crisis Management and Overproduction, Inflation
  50-50.5 Delegation of Authority, Decentralization
  56-57.5 Industrial Productivity
  58 Location of Industry
  58.7-58.95 Organizational Behavior, Change and Effectiveness, Corporate Culture
  59-59.6 Public Relations, Industrial Publicity
  60-60.5 Social Responsibilities
  61 Risk in Industry
  62 Simplification, Standardization, Waste
  62.2-62.8 Management of Special Enterprises
  66 Work Groups
  69 Other, A-Z
  72-88 Economic Growth, Development, Planning
  101-1395.5 Land Use
  1241-1339 Land Tenure Policy
  1259-1265 Eminent Domain, Expropriation, State Domain
  1286-1289 Communal Ownership
  1290-1291 Municipal Ownership
  1301-1313 Nationalization (Agrarian Socialism)
  1326-1329 Large Holdings
  1330-1331 Landlord and Peasant
  1332-1333.5 Land Reform, Agrarian Reform
  1334-1335 Consolidation of Land Holdings
  1336-1339 Small Holdings, Peasant Proprietors, Parcellation
  1401-2210 Agriculture
  1428-1431 International Cooperation
  1470-1476 Size of Farms
  1478 Sharecropping
  1483-1486 Agricultural Associations, Societies, etc.
  1491-1491.5 Cooperative Agriculture
  1492-1492.5 Collective Farms
  1493 Government Owned and Operated Farms, State Farms, Sovkhozes
  1501-1542 Agricultural Classes
  1549 Gleaning
  1580 Melioration and Reclamation of Agricultural Land
  1635-1702 Utilization and Culture of Special Classes of Lands
  1711-1741 Irrigation
  2321-4730.9 Industry
  2329- Industrialization
  2330 Rural Industry
  2331-2336 House Industry
  2337-2339 Sweating System
  2340.8-2346.5 Small and Medium Industry, Artisans, Handicrafts, Trades
  2350.8-2356 Large Industry
  2365-2385 Contracting, Letting of Contracts
  2421-2429 Trade and Industrial Associations
  2709-2930.7 Corporations, Cartels, Trusts
  2951-3575 Industrial Cooperation, Mutuality
  3611-4730.9 The State and Industrial Organization
  4801-8943 Labor
  4861-4895 Labor Systems
  4906-5100.7 Wages
  5106-5267 Hours
  5306-5474 Labor Disputes, Strikes, Lockouts
  5481-5630.7 Arbitration and Conciliation
  5650-5660 Employees' Representation in Management, Shop Councils, Employee Ownership
  5701-6000.7 Labor Market, Labor Supply and Demand
  6050-6305 Classes of Labor
  6350-6940.7 Trade Unions, Labor Unions, Workingmen's Associations
  6941-6948 Employers' Associations
  6951-6957 Industrial Sociology, Social Conditions of Labor
  6958.5-6976 Industrial Relations
  6977-7080 Wages and Cost of Living, Standard of Living
  7088-7250.7 Social Insurance, Social Security, Pension
  7255-7256 Rehabilitation of the Disabled
  7260-7780.8 Industrial Hygiene, Welfare Work, Housing
  7795-8027 Labor and the State, State Labor
  8031 Labor in Politics
  8038 Professions (General)
  8039 Labor: by Industry or Trade, A-Z
  8045-8942.5 By Region or Country
  9000-9999 Special Industries and Trades
  9000-9495 Agricultural and Other Plant and Animal Products, Food Products
  9502-9502.5 Energy Industries (General), Energy Policy
  9506-9624 Mineral and Metal Industries
  9650-9663 Chemistry Industries
  9665-9675 Drugs
  9680-9714 Mechanical Industries
  9715-9717.5 Construction Industry and Materials
  9720-9975 Manufacturing Industries
  9999 Miscellaneous Industries and Trades, A-Z
HE 1-9900 Transportation and Communication
  199-199.5 Freight (General)
  199.9 Passenger Traffic (General)
  305-311 Urban Transportation
  323-328 Geography, Trade Routes
  331-380 Traffic Engineering, Roads and Highways, Streets
  369-373 Traffic Surveys (General)
  374-377 Bridges
  379-380 Vehicular Tunnels
  380.8-971 Water Transportation
  380.8-560 Waterways
  561-971 Shipping
  730-943 Merchant Marine, Ocean Shipping, Coastal Shipping
  1001-5600 Railways, Rapid Transit Systems
  5601-5720 Automotive Transportation
  5746-5749 Stage Lines
  5751-5870 Ferries
  5880-5990 Express Service
  6000-7496 Postal Service, Stamps, Philately (Stamp Collecting)
  7511-7549 Pneumatic Service
  7601-8700.9 Telecommunication Industry, Telegraph
  8660-8688 Radio, Wireless Telegraph
  8689-8700.9 Radio and Television Broadcasting
  8701-9680.7 Telephone Industry
  9713-9715 Cellular Communications
  9719-9721 Artificial Satellite Telecommunications
  9751-9756 Messenger Service
  9761-9900 Air Transportation
HF 1-6182 Commerce
  294-343 Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Merchants' Associations, etc.
  1014 Balance of Trade
  1021-1027 Commercial Geography, Economic Geography
  1040-1054 Commodities, Commercial Products
  1701-2701 Tariff Policy
  3000-4055 By Region or Country
  5001-6182 Business
  5381-5386 Vocational Guidance, Career Development
  5387 Business Ethics
  5410-5417.5 Marketing, Distribution of Products
  5419-5422 Wholesale Trade, Commission Business, Agencies, Brokers, Factors, Jobbers
  5428-5429.6 Retail Trade
  5429.7-5430.6 Shopping Centers
  5437-5444 Buying, Selling, Sales Personnel, Sales Executive
  5446-5459 Canvassing, Peddling
  5460-5469.5 Department Stores, Mail Order Business
  5469.7-5481 Markets, Fairs
  5482-5482.4 Secondhand Trade
  5482.6-5482.65 Black Market
  5484-5495 Warehousing and Storage
  5520-5541 Equipment
  5546-5548.6 Office Organization and Management
  5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology
  5549-5549.5 Personnel Management, Employment Management
  5601-5689 Accounting
  5691-5716 Business Mathematics, Commercial Mathematics
  5717-5746 Business Communication (including report writing, correspondence, filing, indexing, etc.)
  5761-5780 Shipping of Merchandise, etc, Delivery of Goods
  5801-6182 Advertising
HG 1-9999 Finance
  178 Liquidity
  179 Personal Finance
  201-1496 Money
  261-312 Precious Metals, Bullion
  315 Small Coins
  321-329 Mints, Assaying
  335-341 Counterfeiting
  348-353.5 Paper Money
  361-363 The Legal-Tender Power
  381-395 International Currency
  401-421 International Bimetallism, etc
  451-1496 By Region or Country
  1501-3550 Banking
  1621-1638 Rate of Interest, Interest Tables
  1641-1643 Loans, Bank Credit
  1651-1654 Discount
  1655 Acceptances
  1656 Reserves, Liquidity
  1660 Accounts and Deposits
  1662 Insurance of Deposits
  1685-1703 Checks, Drafts
  1706-1708 Accounting, Bookkeeping
  1709 Electronic Data Processing
  1710 Electronic Fund Transfers
  1722 Mergers
  1723 Bank Stocks, Banking as an Investment
  1725-1778 Banks and the State, State Supervision of Banks
  1811-2351 Special Classes of Banks and Financial Institutions
  2401-3550 By Region or Country
  3691-3769 Credit, Debt, Loans
  3810-4000 Foreign Exchange
  4001-4280.7 Financial Management, Corporation Finance
  4301-4480.9 Trust Services
  4501-6051 Stocks, Investment, Speculation
  4530 Investment Companies, Mutual Funds
  4538 Foreign Investments
  4551-4598 Stock Exchanges
  4621 Stock Brokerage, Investment Advisors
  4701-4751 Securities
  4950-5993 By Region or Country
  6001-6051 Speculation
  6105-6270.9 Lotteries
  7920-7933 Thrift and Saving
  8011-9999 Insurance
  8053.5-8045.45 Insurance for Professions, Malpractice Insurance
  8059 Business Insurance
  8075-8107 Insurance Business, Insurance Management
  8111-8123 Insurance and the State, State Supervision
  8205-8220 Government Insurance
  8501-8745 By Region or Country
  8751-9271 Life Insurance
  8779-8793 Actuarial Science, Statistical Theory and Methodology Applied to Insurance
  8799-8830 By Class Insured, By Risk, By Plan
  8835-8899 Life Insurance Business, Management
  8901-9245 Mutual Life Insurance, Assessment Life Insurance, Fraternal Life Insurance
  9251-9262 Industrial Life Insurance
  9271 Life Insurance for Children, Child Insurance
  9291-9295 Maternity Insurance
  9301-9343 Accident Insurance
  9371-9399 Health Insurance
  9651-9899 Fire Insurance
  9956-9969 Casualty Insurance
  9969.5-9999 Other Insurance (including automobile, burglary, disaster, title, etc.)
HJ 9-9995 Public Finance
  9-99.6 Documents, by Country
  210-1620 History and Conditions
  2005-2216 Income and Expenditure, The Budget
  2240-3192.7 Taxation, Revenue
  2321-2323 Incidence, Shifting, Distribution, Equality
  2326-2327 Progressive, Proportional Taxation
  2336-2337 Exemption
  2338 Taxation of Government Property
  2341-2343 Double Taxation
  2347-2348 Taxation of Aliens, Nonresident, etc.
  2348.5-2348.7 Tax Evasion
  2351 Inflation and Taxation
  2351.4 Tax Revenue Estimating
  2360-3192.7 By Region or Country
  3231-5957 Taxation, Administration and Procedure
  3801-3844 Income from Sources other than Taxation
  3851-4056.7 Direct Taxes (General)
  4101-4939 Direct Taxes (Special)
  5001-5225 Indirect Taxes (General)
  5301-5508 Fees, Licenses, Stamp Tax
  5521-5957 Other Special Forms
  6603-7390 Customs Administration
  7451-7980 Expenditure
  8003-8899 Public Credit, Debts, Loans
  8030-8033 Public Debts in Relation to State Policy, Welfare, etc.
  8034 Public Debts and the Rights of Creditors
  8036-8039 Public Debts in Relation to Specific Interests
  8041 Increase
  8043-8045 Colonial Debts
  8046-8049 Creation of Debt, Borrowing, Forms of Loans
  8052 Funding System, Sinking Funds, Amortization
  8055 Reduction, Conversion, Liquidation
  8061-8079 Insolvency, Repudiation, Partition, Allotment, Floating Debts
  8083-8086 Foreign Loans
  8101-8899 By Region or Country
  8903-8963 Claims
  9011-9695 Local Finance
  9701-9995 Public Accounting
HM 1-299 General Sociology
  10-121 Culture, Progress
  126 Unity, Solidarity
  131-134 Association, Mutuality, Social Groups
  136-146 Individualism, Differentiation, Struggle
  201-221 Social Elements, Forces, Laws
  251-291 Social Psychology
HN 1-981 Social History, Problems, and Reform
  30-40 The Church and Social Problems
  41-46 Community Centers, Social Centers
  251-291 By Region or Country
HQ 1-2039 The Family, Marriage, Woman
  12-449 Sexual Life
  19-30.7 Sexual Behavior and Attitudes, Sexuality
  31-64 Sex Instruction and Sexual Ethics
  71-72 Sexual Deviations
  74 Bisexuality
  75-76.8 Homosexuality, Lesbianism
  77 Transvestism
  77.7-77.9 Transsexualism
  79 Sadism
  101-440.7 Prostitution
  447 Masturbation
  449 Emasculation, Eunuchs, etc.
  450-472 Erotica, Pornography
  503-1064 The Family, Marriage, Home
  750-755.5 Eugenics
  755.7-759.92 Parents, Parenthood (including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers)
  760-767.7 Family Size, Birth Control, Abortion
  767.8-792.2 Children, Child Development (including child rearing, child life, play, socialization, children's rights)
  799.5-799.9 Young Men and Women
  799.95-799.97 Adulthood
  800-800.4 Single People
  801-801.83 Man-Woman Relationships, Courtship, Dating
  802 Matrimonial Bureaus, Marriage Brokers
  802.5 Matrimonial Advertisements
  803 Temporary Marriage, Trial Marriage, Companionate Marriage
  804 Breach of Promise
  805 Desertion
  806 Adultery
  809-809.3 Family Violence
  811-960.7 Divorce
  961-967 Free Love
  981-996 Polygamy
  997 Polyandry
  998-999 Illegitimacy, Unmarried Mothers
  1001-1043 The State and Marriage
  1051-1057 The Church and Marriage
  1058-1058.5 Widows and Widowers, Widowhood
  1060-1064 Aged, Gerontology (Social Aspects), Retirement
     
  1073-1073.5 Thanatology, Death, Dying
  1075-1075.5 Sex Role
  1088-1090.7 Men
  1101-2030.7 Women, Feminism
  1871-2030.7 Women's Clubs
  2035-2039 Life Skills, Coping Skills, Everyday Living Skills
  2042-2044 Life Style
HS 1-3369 Societies: Secret, Benevolent, etc.
  101-330.7 Secret Societies
  351-929 Freemasons
  951-1179 Odd Fellows
  1201-1350 Knights of Pythias
  1355 Other Societies, A-Z
  1501-2460.7 Other Societies, By Classes
  1501-1510 Benevolent and "Friendly" Societies and Mutual Assessment Fraternities
  1525-1560 Religious Societies
  1601-2265 Race Societies
  2275 Occupation Societies
  2301-2460.7 Political and "Patriotic" Societies
  2501-3369 Clubs and Societies for Special Classes (including boys' societies, Boy Scouts, girls' societies)
HT 51-1595 Cities, Communities, Races
  51-65 Communities
  101-395 Urban Groups, Urban Sociology, The City
  161-165 Garden Cities, "The City Beautiful"
  165.5-169.9 City Planning, Zoning
  170-178 Urban Renewal, Urban Development
  201-221 City Population (including children in cities, immigration)
  231 Effect of City Life
  251-265 Mental and Moral Life
  281 Recreation, Amusements
  321-325 The City as Economic Factor, City Promotion
  330-334 Metropolitan Areas
  351-352 Suburban Cities and Towns
  361-384 Urbanization, City and Country
  388 Regional Economics
  390-395 Regional Planning
  401-485 Rural Sociology
  601-1445 Classes
  621-635 Origin of Social Classes
  641-657 Classes Arising from Birth
  675-690 Classes Arising from Occupation
  713-725 Caste System
  731 Freedmen
  751-815 Serfdom
  851-1445 Slavery
  1501-1595 Race (including race as a social group and race relations in general)
HV 1-9960 Social Service, Welfare, Criminology
  40-69 Social Service, Social Work, Charities
  70-72 State Regulation of Charities, Public Welfare Laws
  85-525 By Region or Country
  530 The Church and Charity
  541 Women and Charity
  544 Charity Fairs
  544.5 International Social Work
  547 Self-Help Groups
  551.2-639 Emergency Management
  553-639 Relief in Case of Disasters
  560-583 Red Cross
  599-639 Special Types of Disasters
  640-645 Refugee Problems
  650-670 Life Saving
  675-677 Prevention of Accidents
  680-696 Free Professional Services
  697-4959 Protection, Assistance, Relief
  697-1493 Special Classes, By Age
  697-700.7 Families, Mothers, Widow's Pensions
  701-1420.5 Children
  835-847 Foundlings
  873-887 Destitute, Neglected, and Abandoned Children
  888-907 Handicapped Children
  931-941 Fresh-Air Funds
  959-1420.5 Orphanages, Orphans
  1421-1441 Young Adults, Youth, Teenagers
  1442-1448 Women
  1449 Homosexuals
  1450-1493 Aged
  1551-3024 Handicapped (including blind, deaf, mentally handicapped, physically handicapped)
  3025-3174 Special Classes, By Occupation
  3025-3163 Seamen
  3165-3173 Shop Women, Clerks, etc.
  3174 Other, By Occupation A-Z
  3176-3199 Special Classes, By Race or Ethnic Group
  4005-4013 Immigrants
  4023-4470.7 Poor In Cities, Slums
  4480-4630 Mendicancy, Vagabondism, Tramps, Homelessness
  4701-4959 Protection of Animals, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare
  4961-4995 Degeneration
  4997-5000 Substance Abuse
  5001-5720.5 Alcoholism, Intemperance, Temperance Reform
  5725-5770 Tobacco Habit
  5800-5840 Drug Habits and Abuse
  6001-7220.5 Criminology
  7231-9960 Criminal Justice Administration
HX 1-970.7 Socialism, Communism, Utopias, Anarchism
  806-811 Utopias
  821-970.7 Anarchism

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