Guide to LC Classification on Selected Korean Materials

Call number	Subject
A	General Works

Call number	Subject
C	Auxiliary Sciences of History

D. History: General and Old World
Call number	Subject
D	History (general)
DS	Asian history
DS 900 - 904	Korean history / Civilization
DS 911 - 911.78	Silla kingdom, Early to 935
DS 911.37 - 913.97	Korea -- Foreign Relations
DS 912 - 912.382	Koryo Period, 935-1392
DS 912.4 - 912.43	Mongolian Invasions, 1231-1270
DS 913 - 915.53	Choson (Yi) Dynasty, 1392-1910
DS 913.4 (general)	Japanese Invasions, 1592-1598
DS 916	20th century
DS 916.525 - 916.58	Japanese Occupation, 1910-1945
DS 918 - 922	Korean War, 1950 -1953
DS 924 - 925	Local history (South Korea)
DS 930 - 935	North Korea
DS 936 --	Local history (North Korea)
E. and F. History: America and Canada

G. Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
Call number	Subject
G	Geography (general)
GN	Anthropology
GR / GT 1565	Folklore, Manners and Customs (general)
GV	Recreation, Leisure

H. Social Sciences
Call number	Subject
H	Social Sciences (general)
HA	Statistics
HB	Economic History
HC 466	Economic Conditions and Policy -- (South Korea)
HD 1405 - 2321	Agriculture and Industry
HE	Transportation and Communications
HF 1 - 5001	Commerce, Business, and Public Finance
HM - HN	Sociology and Social Problems
HN 730.5	Social Conditions -- Korea
HQ	Family, Marriage and Women
HS	Societies: secret, benevolent, etc
HT- HV 6001	Social Pathology, Criminology, Social and Public Welfare

J. Political Science
Call number	Subject
J	Legislative and Executive Papers (general)
JA - JC	Political Science and Political Theory (general)
JQ 1720-1729	Political Science - Korea
JS	Local Government - Asia
JX - JZ	International Law and International Relation

Call number	Subject
K	Law

N. Fine Arts
Call number	Subject
N	Visual Arts (general)
N 7360 - 7370	Art, Korean
NA 1560 - 1570	Architecture -- Korea
NA 1563.2	Early to 935
NA 1563.3 - 1563.4	Koryo to Choson (Yi) dynasty
NB - NK	Sculpture, Drawing, Design, Illustration, Painting, Print Media, Printmaking, Engraving, Decorative Arts
NB 1060 - 1070	Sculpture, Korean
ND 1063.4 - ND 1065	Fan Painting, Korean (Yi Dynasty to 20th Century)
ND 2073.6 .A1	Watercolor Painting, Korean (20th Century)
NK 1484.6 .A1	Decoration and Ornament (Yi Dynasty, 1392-1910)
NK 4168.6 - 4568.6	Pottery and Porcelain -- Korean

P. Language and Literature
Call number	Subject
P	Philology, Linguistics (general)
PL 901 - 949	Korean Language
PL 950 - PL 998	Korean Literature (general)
PL 959 - PL 961.7	Korean Poetry (history)
PL 965 - PL 967.7	Korean Fiction (history)
PL 970 .A2 --	Korean Literature published before 1894
PL 970 .A3 --	Korean Literature published since 1894
PL 974 - PL 976.7	Korean Poetry (collections)
PL 980 - PL 981.7	Korean Fiction (collections)
PL 986 --	Individual Author, early to 395
PL 987A --	Koryo Period, 935 -1392
PL 988	Period from 1392 to 1598
PL 989 - 989.96	Period from 1598 to 1849
PL 990 - 990.96	Period from 1849 to 1919
PL 991.96 --	Period from 1919 to 1949
PL 992 - 992.96	Period from 1949 and up
PL 997 .A2 --	Local Literature, Inside Korea
PL 998 .A2 --	Outside Korea
PN 1 - 1009.5	Literature (general) and Literary History
PN 1010 - 1551	Poetry, the Monologue, the Dialogue
PN 1600 - 3307	Drama including Motion Pictures, the Theatre, etc.
PN 3311 - 6790	Prose, Prose Fiction, Journalism, Collections of General Literature