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Finding Fiction : Browsing the stacks

Library of Congress Call Number "P"

Browse through the "P" stacks to find fiction.  In the Library of Congress classification system, literature is grouped by language.  Within each language group, the fiction, poetry, drama, author biography and literature criticism are all housed together.  Find the complete system at 

https://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/classification/lcco/lcco_p.pdf

Highlights:

Call number PA = Greek and Latin literature

Call number PG = Russian and Slavic literature

Call number PJ = Arabic and Hebrew literature

Call number PK = Indo-Iranian literature

Call number PL = Japanese, Korean, Chinese and African literature

Call number PN = General literature 

Call number PQ = French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literature

Call number PR = English and Irish literature

Call number PS = American literature

Call number PT = German, Scandinavian and Dutch literature

Call number PZ = Juvenile and Young Adult literature