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History: Subject Headings

This guide is designed to help you find materials available from the Houston Cole Library for research in history.

Browsing History Books on the 3rd Floor!

The Rosetta Stone (3rd Floor Art)

 

Library of Congress Classifications and Subject Headings for World History

Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings below to browse for books in World History. For further classification details see the Library of Congress Classification for History.

CLASS D - WORLD HISTORY AND HISTORY OF EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC.
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 (Continued on next page)
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

Library of Congress Classifications and Subject Headings for American History

Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings below to browse for books in American History. For further classification details see the Library of Congress Classification for History

CLASS E-F - HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS  (Click each subclass for details)

 E  11-143 America
 E 151-909 United States

 F  1-975 United States local history
 F 1001-1145.2 British America (including Canada) Dutch America
 F 1170  French America
 F 1201-3799 Latin America. Spanish America