Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification): H - Social Sciences

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H - General Social Sciences

H
 
1-99
 
General Social Sciences

HA - Statistics

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 - Economic Theory, Demography, Business Cycles

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
 
Metheodology
 
 
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 - Economic History

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 - Economic History

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 - Transportation & Communications

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
 
 
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 - Commerce

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, Disribution of Products
 
 
5419-5422
 
Wholsale 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
 
 
5761-5780
 
Shipping of Merchandise, etc, Delivery of Goods
 
 
5801-6182
 
Advertising

HG - Finance

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
 
Acturarial 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

HJ - Public Finance

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 - General Sociology

HM
 
1-299
 
General Sociology
 
 
10-121
 
Culture, Progress
 
 
126
 
Unity, Solidarity
 
 
131-134
 
Association, Mutuality, Social Groups
 
 
136-146
 
Individualism, Differentation, Struggle
 
 
201-221
 
Social Elements, Forces, Laws
 
 
251-291
 
Social Psychology

HN - Social History, Problems & Reform

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 - Family, Marriage, Women

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
 
 
760-767.7
 
Family Size, Birth Control, Abortion
 
 
767.8-792.2
 
Children, Child Development
 
 
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 Marraige, Companionate Marraige
 
 
804
 
Breach of Promise
 
 
805
 
Desertion
 
 
806
 
Adultry
 
 
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 - Societies & Clubs

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 & Mutual Assessment Fraternities
 
 
1525-1560
 
Religious Socieities
 
 
1601-2265
 
Race Socieities
 
 
2275
 
Occupation Societies
 
 
2301-2460.7
 
Political and "Patriotic" Socities
 
 
2501-3369
 
Clubs and Societies for Special Classes

HT - Cities, Communities, Races

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
 
 
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
 
Orgin 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

HV - Social Service, Welfare, Criminology

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 Clases, 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
 
 
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 - Socialism, Communism, Utopias, Anarchism

HX
 
1-970.7
 
Socialism, Communism, Utopias, Anarchism
 
 
806-811
 
Utopias
 
 
821-970.7
 
Anarchism