The books in the library are arranged according to their subject of contents by a scheme known as the Library of Congress Classification (L C). This classification scheme divides knowledge in forty-one (41) major divisions using alphabets and combination of alphabets.
The outline of the main classes is as follows.
A General Works
B – BJ Philosophy, Psychology
BL, BM, BP, BQ Religion: Religions, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam
BR – BX Christianity, Bible
C Auxiliary Sciences of History
D – DR History (General) and History of Europe
DS – DX History of Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
E – F History: American (Western Hemispheres)
G Geography, Maps, Anthropology, Recreation
H Social Sciences
J Political Science
K Law in General, Comparative and Uniform Law, Jurisprudence
KB Religious Law
KD Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland
KDZ – KG – KH Law of the Americans, Latin America, West Indies
KE Law of Canada
KF Law of the United States
KJ – KKZ Law of Europe
KJV – KJW Law of France
KK – KKC Law of Germany
KL – KWX Law of Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area and Antarctica
KZ Law of Nations
K Tables Form Division Tables for Law
L Education
M Music
N Fine Arts
P – PA Philology and Linguistics (General) Greek language and Literature, Latin
language and Literature
PB – PH Modern European language
PJ – PK Oriental Philology and Literature, Indo- Iranian Philology and Literature
PL – PM Language of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Hyperborean, Indian and
Artificial Languages
PN Literature (General)
PQ French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese Literature
PR, PS, PZ English and American Literature, Juvenile Belles letters
P – PZ Tables Language and Literature Tables
Q Science
R Medicine
S Technology
U – V Military Science, Naval Science
Z Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resource
Each book has a Call Mark which is usually written on its spine by the library staff during cataloging. The Call Mark Is made up of the Class Number and the Cutter Number which denotes the Author’s surname.
Thus Shipboard Operations by H. I. Lavery will have a call number: VK200 Class number
L 38 Cutter number