Resource Guides: History: Find Books

Outline for History-related Classification System

At UMA we use the Library of Congress (LC) classification system. The system uses both letters and numbers to organize books by topic or subject, and the categories related to History are listed here:

D History (General)

DA Great Britain

DAW Central Europe

DB Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia

DC France - Andorra - Monaco

DD Germany

DE Greco-Roman World

DF Greece

DG Italy - Malta

DH Low Countries - Benelux Countries

DJ Netherlands (Holland)

DJK Eastern Europe (General)

DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland

DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia

DP Spain - Portugal

DQ Switzerland

DR Balkan Peninsula

DS Asia

DT Africa

DU Oceania (South Seas)

DX Romanies

E 11-143 America

E 151-909 United States

F 1-975 United States local history

F 1001-1145.2 British America (including Canada)

F 1170 French America

F 1201-3799 Latin America. Spanish America

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