LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE
CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Subclass H Social sciences (General)
Subclass HA Statistics
Subclass HB Economic theory. Demography
Subclass HC Economic history and conditions
Subclass HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Subclass HE Transportation and communications
Subclass HF Commerce
Subclass HG Finance
Subclass HJ Public finance
Subclass HM Sociology (General)
Subclass HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social
reform
Subclass HQ The family. Marriage. Women
Subclass HS Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
Subclass HT Communities. Classes. Races
Subclass HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Subclass HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
Subclass H
H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Subclass HA
HA1-4737 Statistics
HA29-32 Theory and method of social science statistics
HA36-37 Statistical services. Statistical bureaus
HA38-39 Registration of vital events. Vital
records
HA154-4737 Statistical data
HA154-155 Universal statistics
HA175-473 By region or country
Subclass HB
HB1-3840 Economic theory. Demography
HB71-74 Economics as a science. Relation to other
subjects
HB75-130 History of economics. History of economic
theory
Including special economic schools
HB131-147 Methodology
HB135-147 Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods
Including econometrics, input-output
analysis, game theory
HB201-206 Value. Utility
HB221-236 Price
HB238-251 Competition. Production. Wealth
HB501 Capital. Capitalism
HB522-715 Income. Factor shares
HB535-551 Interest
HB601 Profit
HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty.
Property
HB801-843 Consumption. Demand
HB846-846.8 Welfare theory
HB848-3697 Demography. Population. Vital events
HB3711-3840 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
Subclass HC
HC10-1085 Economic history and conditions
HC79 Special topics
Including air pollution, automation,
consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,
etc.
HC92 Economic geography of the oceans (General)
HC94-1085 By region or country
Subclass HD
HD28-9999 Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28-70 Management. Industrial management
HD39-40.7 Capital. Capital investments
HD41 Competition
HD45-45.2 Technological innovations. Automation
HD47-47.4 Costs
HD49-49.5 Crisis management. Emergency management.
Inflation
HD50-50.5 Delegation of authority. Decentralization.
Span of control
HD56-57.5 Industrial productivity
HD58 Location of industry
HD58.7-58.95 Organizational behavior, change and
effectiveness. Corporate culture
HD59-59.6 Public relations. Industrial publicity
HD60-60.5 Social responsibility of business
HD61 Risk in industry. Risk management
HD62 Standardization. Simplification. Waste
HD62.2-62.8 Management of special enterprises
HD66-66.2 Work groups. Team work in industry.
Quality circles
HD69 Other
Including business consultants,
capacity, size of industries, etc.
HD72-88 Economic growth, development, planning
HD101-1395.5 Land use
Land tenure
HD1286-1289 Communal ownership
HD1290-1291 Municipal ownership
HD1301-1313 Nationalization (Agrarian socialism)
HD1326-1329 Large holdings
HD1330-1331 Landlord and peasant
HD1332-1333.5 Land reform. Agrarian reform
HD1334-1335 Consolidation of land holdings
HD1336-1339 Small holdings. Peasant proprietors.
Parcellation
HD1361-1395.5 Real estate business
HD1401-2210 Agriculture
HD1428-1431 International cooperation
HD1470-1476 Size of farms
HD1478 Sharecropping
HD1483-1486 Agricultural associations, societies, etc.
HD1491-1491.5 Cooperative agriculture
HD1492-1492.5 Collective farms
HD1493-1493.5 Government owned and operated farms. State
farms. Sovkhozes
HD1501-1542 Agricultural classes
Including farm tenancy, agricultural
laborers
HD1549 Gleaning
HD1580 Reclamation of agricultural land. Melioration
HD1635-1702 Utilization and culture of special classes of
lands
Including pasture lands, water resources
development
HD1711-1741 Irrigation
HD2321-4730.9 Industry
HD2329 Industrialization
HD2330 Rural industries
HD2331-2336 Home labor. Home-based businesses
HD2337-2339 Sweatshops
HD2340.8-2346.5 Small and medium-sized businesses, artisans,
handicrafts, trades
HD2350.8-2356 Large industry. Factory system. Big business
HD2365-2385 Contracting. Letting of contracts
HD2421-2429 Trade associations
HD2709-2930.7 Corporations
Including international business enter-
prises, diversification, industrial
concentration, public utilities
HD2951-3575 Cooperation. Cooperative societies
HD3611-4730.9 Industrial policy. The state and industrial
organization
Including licensing of occupations and
professions, subsidies, inspection,
government ownership, municipal
services
HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working class
HD4861-4895 Labor systems
HD4909-5100.9 Wages
HD5106-5267 Hours of labor
Including overtime, shift work, sick
leave, vacations
HD5306-5474 Labor disputes. Strikes and lockouts
HD5481-5630.7 Industrial arbitration. Mediation and
conciliation
HD5650-5660 Employee participation in management.
Employee ownership. Industrial democracy.
Works councils
HD5701-6000.9 Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand
Including unemployment, manpower policy,
occupational training, employment
agencies
HD6050-6305 Classes of labor
Including women, children, students,
middle-aged and older persons,
minorities
HD6350-6940.7 Trade unions. Labor unions. Workers'
associations
HD6941-6948 Employers' associations
HD6951-6957 Industrial sociology. Social conditions of
labor
HD6958.5-6976 Industrial relations
HD6977-7080 Cost and standard of living
HD7088-7252 Social insurance. Social security. Pension
HD7255-7256 Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of
people with disabilities
HD7260-7780.8 Industrial hygiene. Industrial welfare
HD7795-8027 Labor policy. Labor and the state
HD8031 Labor in politics. Political activity of the
working class
HD8038 Professions (General). Professional employees
HD8039 By industry or trade
HD8045-8943 By region or country
HD9000-9999 Special industries and trades
HD9000-9495 Agricultural industries
HD9502-9502.5 Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade
HD9506-9624 Mineral industries. Metal trade
HD9650-9663 Chemical industries
HD9665-9675 Pharmaceutical industry
HD9680-9714 Mechanical industries
Including electric utilities, electronic
industries, and machinery
HD9715-9717.5 Construction industry
HD9720-9975 Manufacturing industries
HD9999 Miscellaneous industries and trades
Subclass HE
HE1-9990 Transportation and communications
HE199-199.5 Freight (General)
HE199.9 Passenger traffic (General)
HE305-311 Urban transportation
HE323-328 Transportation geography. Trade routes
HE331-380 Traffic engineering. Roads and highways.
Streets
HE369-373 Traffic surveys (General)
HE374-377 Bridges
HE379-380 Tunnels. Vehicular tunnels
HE380.8-971 Water transportation
HE380.8-560 Waterways
HE561-971 Shipping
HE730-943 Merchant marine. Ocean shipping. Coastwise
shipping
HE1001-5600 Railroads. Rapid transit systems
HE5601-5725 Automotive transportation
Including trucking, bus lines, and
taxicab service
HE5746-5749 Stage lines
HE5751-5870 Ferries
HE5880-5990 Express service
HE6000-7500 Postal service. Stamps. Philately
HE7511-7549 Pneumatic service
HE7601-8700.9 Telecommunication industry. Telegraph
HE8660-8688 Wireless telegraph. Radiotelegraphy
HE8689-8700.95 Radio and television broadcasting
HE8701-9680.7 Telephone industry
HE9713-9715 Cellular telephone services industry. Wireless
telephone industry
HE9719-9721 Artificial satellite telecommunications
HE9723-9737 Signaling
HE9751-9756 Messenger service
HE9761-9900 Air transportation. Airlines
Subclass HF
HF1-6182 Commerce
HF294-343 Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce.
Merchants' associations
HF1014 Balance of trade
HF1021-1027 Commercial geography. Economic geography
HF1040-1054 Commodities. Commercial products
HF1701-2701 Tariff. Free trade. Protectionism
HF3000-4055 By region or country
HF5001-6182 Business
HF5381-5386
HF5387-5387.5
HF5410-5417.5
HF5419-5422
HF5428-5429.6
HF5429.7-5430.6
HF5437-5444
HF5446-5459
HF5460-5469.5
HF5469.7-5481
HF5482-5482.4
HF5482.6-5482.65
HF5484-5495
HF5520-5541
HF5546-5548.6
HF5548.7-5548.85
HF5549-5549.5
HF5601-5689
HF5691-5716
HF5717-5734.7
Vocational guidance. Career development
Business ethics
Marketing. Distribution of products
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Shopping centers. Shopping malls
Purchasing. Selling. Sales personnel. Sales
executives
Canvassing. Peddling
Department stores. Mail order business.
Supermarkets. Convenience stores
Markets. Fairs
Secondhand trade
Black market
Warehouses. Storage
Office equipment and supplies
Office management
Industrial psychology
Personnel management. Employment
management
Accounting. Bookkeeping
Business mathematics. Commercial arithmetic
Including tables, etc.
Business communication
Including business report writing,
business correspondence
HF5735-5746 Business records management
HF5761-5780 Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods
HF5801-6182 Advertising
Subclass HG
HG1-9999 Finance
HG178 Liquidity
HG179 Personal finance
HG201-1496 Money
HG258-312 Precious metals. Bullion
HG315 Small coins
HG321-329 Mints. Assaying
HG335-339 Counterfeiting
HG348-353.5 Paper money
HG361-363 Legal tender
HG381-395 International coinage
HG401-421 Bimetallism
HG451-1496 By region or country
HG1501-3550 Banking
HG1621-1638 Interest rates. Interest tables
HG1641-1643 Bank loans. Bank credit. Commercial loans
HG1651-1654 Discount
HG1655 Acceptances
HG1656 Bank reserves. Bank liquidity. Loan loss
reserves
HG1660 Bank accounts. Bank deposits. Deposit
banking
HG1662 Insurance of deposits. Deposit insurance
HG1685-1704 Drafts. Checks
HG1706-1708 Accounting. Bookkeeping
HG1709 Data processing
HG1710-1710.5 Electronic funds transfers
HG1722 Bank mergers
HG1723 Bank stocks. Banking as an investment
HG1725-1778 Banks and the state. State supervision of
banks
HG1811-2351 Special classes of banks and financial
institutions
HG2397-3550 By region or country
HG3691-3769 Credit. Debt. Loans
Including credit institutions, credit
instruments, consumer credit, bank-
ruptcy
HG3810-4000 Foreign exchange. International finance.
International monetary system
HG4001-4285 Finance management. Business finance.
Corporation finance
HG4301-4480.9 Trust services. Trust companies
HG4501-6051 Investment, capital formation, speculation
HG4530 Investment companies. Investment trusts.
Mutual funds
HG4538 Foreign investments
HG4551-4598 Stock exchanges
HG4621 Stockbrokers. Security dealers. Investment
advisers
HG4701-4751 Government securities. Industrial securities.
Venture capital
HG4900-5993 By region or country
HG6001-6051 Speculation
HG6105-6270.9 Lotteries
HG8011-9999 Insurance
HG8053.5-8054.45 Insurance for professions. Malpractice
insurance. Professional liability insurance
HG8059 Business insurance
HG8075-8107 Insurance business. Insurance management
HG8111-8123 Government policy. State supervision
HG8205-8220 Government insurance
HG8501-8745 By region or country
HG8751-9295 Life insurance
HG8779-8793 Actuarial science. Statistical theory and
methodology applied to insurance
HG8799-8830 By class insured, by risk, by plan
HG8835-8899 Life insurance business. Management
HG8901-8914 Government policy. State supervision
HG8941-9200.5 By region or country
HG9201-9245 Mutual life insurance. Assessment life
insurance. Fraternal life insurance
HG9251-9262 Industrial life insurance
HG9271 Child insurance. Life insurance for
children
HG9291-9295 Maternity insurance
HG9301-9343 Accident insurance
HG9371-9399 Health insurance
HG9651-9899 Fire insurance
HG9956-9969 Casualty insurance
HG9969.5-9999 Other insurance
Including automobile, burglary, credit,
disaster, title insurance
Subclass HJ
HJ9-9940 Public finance
HJ9-99.8 Periodicals. Serials. By region or country
HJ210-240 History
HJ241-1620 By region or country
HJ2005-2216 Income and expenditure. Budget
HJ2240-5908 Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue
HJ2321-2323 Tax incidence. Tax shifting. Tax equity
HJ2326-2327 Progressive taxation
HJ2336-2337 Tax exemption
HJ2338 Taxation of government property
HJ2351 Inflation and taxation
HJ2351.4 Tax revenue estimating
HJ2361-3192.7 By region or country
HJ3801-3844 Revenue from sources other than taxation
HJ3863-3925 Direct taxation
HJ4113-4601 Property tax
HJ4629-4830 Income tax
HJ4919-4936 Capitation. Poll tax
HJ5309-5510 Administrative fees. User charges.
License fees
HJ6603-7390 Customs administration
HJ7461-7980 Expenditures. Government spending
HJ8001-8899 Public debts
HJ8052 Sinking funds. Amortization
HJ8101-8899 By region or country
HJ9103-9695 Local finance. Municipal finance
Including the revenue, budget, expenditure,
etc. of counties, boroughs, communes,
municipalities, etc.
HJ9701-9940 Public accounting. Auditing
Subclass HM
HM(1)-1281 Sociology
(HM1-299) These are obsolete numbers no longer used
by the Library of Congress
HM435-477 History of sociology. History of sociological
theory
HM461-473 Schools of sociology. Schools of social thought
HM481-554 Theory. Method. Relations to other subjects
HM621-656 Culture
HM661-696 Social control
HM701 Social systems
HM706 Social structure
HM711-806 Groups and organizations
HM756-781 Community
HM786-806 Organizational sociology. Organization theory
HM811-821 Deviant behavior. Social deviance
HM826 Social institutions
HM831-901 Social change
HM1001-1281 Social psychology
HM1041-1101 Social perception. Social cognition
Including perception of the self and
others, prejudices, stereotype
HM1106-1171 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
HM1176-1281 Social influence. Social pressure
Subclass HN
HN1-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems.
Social reform
HN30-39 The church and social problems
HN41-46 Community centers. Social centers
HN50-995 By region or country
Subclass HQ
HQ1-2044 The Family. Marriage. Women
HQ12-449 Sexual life
HQ19-30.7 Sexual behavior and attitudes. Sexuality
HQ31-64 Sex instruction and sexual ethics
HQ71-72 Sexual deviations
HQ74-74.2 Bisexuality
HQ75-76.8 Homosexuality. Lesbianism
HQ77-77.2 Transvestism
HQ77.7-77.95 Transexualism
HQ79 Sadism. Masochism. Fetishism, etc.
HQ101-440.7 Prostitution
HQ447 Masturbation
HQ449 Emasculation. Eunuchs, etc.
HQ450-472 Erotica
HQ503-1064 The family. Marriage. Home
HQ750-755.5 Eugenics
HQ755.7-759.92 Parents. Parenthood
Including parent and child, husbands,
fathers, wives, mothers
HQ760-767.7 Family size
HQ767.8-792.2 Children. Child development
Including child rearing, child life,
play, socialization, children's rights
HQ793-799.2 Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers
HQ799.5-799.9 Young men and women
HQ799.95-799.97 Adulthood
HQ800-800.4 Single people
HQ801-801.83 Man-woman relationships. Courtship. Dating
HQ802 Matrimonial bureaus. Marriage brokerage
HQ802.5 Matrimonial advertisements
HQ803 Temporary marriage. Trial marriage.
Companionate marriage
HQ804 Breach of promise
HQ805 Desertion
HQ806 Adultery
HQ811-960.7 Divorce
HQ961-967 Free love
HQ981-996 Polygamy
HQ997 Polyandry
HQ998-999 Illegitimacy. Unmarried mothers
HQ1001-1006 The state and marriage
HQ1051-1057 The church and marriage
HQ1058-1058.5 Widows and widowers. Widowhood
HQ1060-1064 Aged. Gerontology (Social aspects).
Retirement
HQ1073-1073.5 Thanatology. Death. Dying
HQ1075-1075.5 Sex role
HQ1088-1090.7 Men
HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism
HQ1871-2030.7 Women's clubs
HQ2035-2039 Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living
skills
HQ2042-2044 Life style
Subclass HS
HS1-3371 Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.
HS101-330.7 Secret societies
HS351-929 Freemasons
HS951-1179 Odd Fellows
HS1201-1350 Knights of Pythias
HS1355 Other societies
HS1501-2460.7 Other societies. By classes
HS1501-1510 Benevolent and "friendly" societies and
mutual assessment fraternities
HS1525-1560 Religious societies
HS1601-2265 Race societies
HS2275 Occupation societies
HS2301-2460.7 Political and "patriotic" societies
HS2501-3371 Clubs. Clubs and societies for special classes
Including boys' societies, Boy scouts,
girls' societies
Subclass HT
HT51-1595 Communities. Classes. Races
HT51-65 Human settlements. Communities
HT101-395 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT161-165 Garden cities. "The city beautiful"
HT165.5-169.9 City planning
HT170-178 Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment
HT201-221 City population
Including children in cities, immigration
HT231 Effect of city life
HT251-265 Mental and moral life
HT281 Recreation. Amusements
HT321-325 The city as an economic factor. City
promotion
HT330-334 Metropolitan areas
HT351-352 Suburban cities and towns
HT361-384 Urbanization. City and country
HT388 Regional economics. Space in economics
HT390-395 Regional planning
HT401-485 Rural groups. Rural sociology
HT601-1445 Classes
HT621-635 Origin of social classes
HT641-657 Classes arising from birth
Including royalty, nobility, commons
HT675-690 Classes arising from occupation
HT713-725 Caste system
HT731 Freedmen
HT751-815 Serfdom
HT851-1445 Slavery
HT1501-1595 Races
Including race as a social group and race
relations in general
Subclass HV
HV1-9960 Social pathology. Social and public welfare.
Criminology
HV40-69 Social service. Social work. Charity
organization and practice
Including social case work, private and
public relief, institutional care,
rural social work, work relief
HV85-525 By region or country
HV530 The church and charity
HV541 Women and charity
HV544 Charity fairs, bazaars, etc.
HV544.5 International social work
HV547 Self-help groups
HV551.2-639 Emergency management
HV553-639 Relief in case of disasters
HV560-583 Red Cross. Red Crescent
HV599-639 Special types of disasters
HV640-645 Refugee problems
HV650-670 Life saving
HV675-677 Accidents. Prevention of accidents
HV680-696 Free professional services
Including medical charities
HV697-4959 Protection, assistance and relief
HV697-3024 Special classes
HV697-700.7 Families. Mothers. Widow's pensions
HV701-1420.5 Children
HV835-847 Foundlings
HV873-887 Destitute, neglected, and abandoned
children. Street children
HV888-907 Children with disabilities
HV931-941 Fresh-air funds
HV959-1420.5 Orphanages. Orphans
HV1421-1441 Young adults. Youth. Teenagers
HV1442-1448 Women
HV1449 Gay men. Lesbians
HV1450-1494 Aged
HV1551-3024 People with disabilities
Including blind, deaf, people with
physical and mental disabilities
HV3025-3174 Special classes. By occupation
HV3025-3163 Mariners
HV3165-3173 Shop women, clerks, etc.
HV3174 Other. By occupation
HV3176-3199 Special classes. By race or ethnic group
HV4005-4013 Immigrants
HV4023-4470.7 Poor in cities. Slums
HV4480-4630 Mendicancy. Vagabondism. Tramps.
Homelessness
HV4701-4890.9 Protection of animals. Animal rights. Animal
welfare
HV4905-4959 Animal experimentation. Anti-vivisection
HV4961-4995 Degeneration
HV5001-5720.5 Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform
HV5725-5770 Tobacco habit
HV5800-5840 Drug habits. Drug abuse
HV6001-7220.5 Criminology
HV6035-6197 Criminal anthropology
Including criminal types, criminal
psychology, prison psychology, causes
of crime
HV6201-6249 Criminal classes
HV6250-6250.4 Victims of crimes. Victimology
HV6251-6773.55 Crimes and offenses
HV6774-7220.5 Crimes and criminal classes
HV7231-9960 Criminal justice administration
HV7428 Social work with delinquents and criminals
HV7431 Prevention of crime, methods, etc.
HV7435-7439 Gun control
HV7551-8280.7 Police. Detectives. Constabulary
HV7935-8025 Administration and organization
HV8031-8080 Police duty. Methods of protection
HV8035-8069 Special classes of crimes, offenses
and criminals
HV8073-8079.35 Investigation of crimes. Examination
and identification of prisoners
HV8079.2-8079.35 Police social work
HV8079.5-8079.55 Traffic control. Traffic accident
investigation
HV8081-8099 Private detectives. Detective bureaus
HV8130-8280.7 By region or country
HV8290-8291 Private security services
HV8301-9920.7 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
HV9051-9230.7 The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency.
Reform schools, etc.
HV9261-9430.7 Reformation and reclamation of adult
prisoners
HV9441-9920.7 By region or country
HV9950-9960 By region or country
Subclass HX
HX1-970.7 Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
HX519-550 Communism/socialism in relation to special
topics
HX626-696 Communism: Utopian socialism, collective
settlements
HX806-811 Utopias. The ideal state
HX821-970.9 Anarchism