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Guide to the Hatfield Library's Call Letters (general overview of Call Letters from A to Z)
The first section shows an overview of key call letters that are pertinent to Education.
The second lengthier group provides details & nuances of call letters within the "LB" and the "LC" ranges.
Call Letters | Description |
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D | History of the World (excluding the Americas) |
E -- F | History of the Americas (north, south & central) |
GV | Athletics, sports and physical education |
HQ | Sexuality & family structures |
K | Laws & legal matters |
L | Education (in general) |
LA | History of Education |
LB | Theory & practice of Education |
LC | Special aspects of Education |
LD | Higher Eudcation |
LE -- LG | Education in other countries |
PE | English language & Language arts (teaching, textbooks & dictionaries) |
PN | Literature (in genreal) |
PZ | Chidrens literature |
Q | Science (in general) |
QA | Mathematics (from basic counting up to calculus) |
RA | Health education & Medicine |
LB 1025 -- LB 1050 | General principles of Teaching |
LB 1140 -- LB 1489 | Preschool, Nursery & Kindergarten |
LB 1501 -- LB 1547 | Primary education |
LB 1555 -- LB 1602 | Elementary or publlc school education |
LB 1603 -- LB 1696 | Secondary education |
LB 2300 -- LB 2430 |
Higher education |
LB 2801 -- LB 3095 | School administration & Organization |
LB 3201 -- LB 3325 | School physical facilities; architecture, equipment and campus planning |
LB 3401 -- LB 3495 | School health services |
LC 25 -- LC 46 | Self education & Home schooling |
LC 47 -- LC 58 | Private school education |
LC 65 -- LC 245 | Social aspects of education |
LC 142 -- LC 148 | Attendance & dropouts |
LC 149 -- LC 161 | Literacy & Illiteracy |
LC 251 -- LC 951 | Moral education & Religious education |
LC 1001 -- LC 1024 | Humanistic education |
LC 1031 -- LC 1034 | Comptency based education |
LC 1041 -- LC 1049 | Vocational education & Cooperative education |
LC 1051 -- LC 1072 | Professional education |
LC 1390 -- LC 5160 | Education of specific groups of students |
LC 3950 -- LC 4806 | Exceptional children & Special education |
LC 5201 -- LC 6660 |
Adult education & Extension services |
For more details, visit the Library of Congress Classification Outline.
Library of Congress Subject Headings are the words and phrases that you will use to do a subject search in the catalog (as opposed to a keyword search). Although Education is a broad Library of Congress Subject Heading, you will probably get better results if you are more specific. To search for education of a particular state, use the subject for Education and the state (e.g. Education--Oregon). Be careful in your choice of words--some words and phrases that are natural to you will not be Library of Congress Subject Headings.
It is often helpful to do a keyword search on your topic first. Once you find an appropriate source, look at the subject headings and click the linked subject heading in the catalog.