April 1, 1999 revised.
For materials written in Chinese or Cyrillic, character "X" or "V" is added to the beginning of the classification symbol listed below. (cf. VBba, XKc)
| A | Generalities |
| B | Economics |
| C | Public finance |
| D | Enterprise, Management, Commerce |
| E | Accounting |
| F | Financial economics, Insurance |
| G | Transportation,Communications |
| H | Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Fishery, Forestry |
| I | Mining, Industry |
| K | Sociology, Social problems |
| L | Statistics |
| M | Law |
| N | Political science |
| O | Population |
| P | Philosophy, Religion, Education, Literature, Arts |
| Q | History |
| R | Geography, Travel |
| S | Natural sciences |
| Aa | General Bibliographies, Catalogs |
| Ab | Dictionaries |
| Ac | General encyclopedias |
| Ad | General yearbooks |
| Ae | General serial publications |
| Af | Knowledge, General collections |
| Ag | Libraries, Library science, Books, Bibliography |
| Ah | Directories of persons and organizations |
| Ai | General organizations, Museology |
| [Ak | Photographs, Postcard] abolished in April 1999 |
| (AMD | CD-ROM) |
| (AMF | Microfilms) |
| (AMS | Microfiches) |
| [Ax | Rare books] abolished in April 1999 |
| (Az | Publications by Hitotsubashi University) |
| (Aza | Publications by IER) |
| (Azb | Survey reports by IER or its predecessor institutions) |
| Ba | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Bb | Economics |
| Bba | Philosophy of economics |
| Bbb | Production |
| Bbc | Prices, Value |
| Bbd | Distribution of Income and wealth, National products, Consumption, Savings |
| Bbf | Capital |
| Bbg | Economic fluctuations, Business cycles, Depression |
| Bbh | Resources, Economics of land and energy |
| Bbq | History of economics as a discipline |
| Bn | Economic policy |
| Bna | International economics, International development and growth |
| [Bnb | Japanese economics] abolished in April 1999 |
| Bnc | Planned economies |
| Bnd | Wartime economies |
| Bne | Chamber of commerce and industry, Economic organizations |
| [Bq | Economic history] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Bqa | Economic history of the Western world] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Bqb | Economic history of the Eastern world] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Bqc | Economic history of Japan] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Bqg | Material of economic history] abolished in April 1999 |
| Br | Economic situation and conditions, Economic history (Geographic division) |
| Ca | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Cb | Public finance |
| Cba | Budget and settlements |
| Cbb | Taxes and Taxation |
| Cbc | Public monopolies,National property |
| Cbd | Public borrowing, debts |
| Cd | Public finance at local level |
| [Cq | History of public finance] abolished in April 1999 |
| Cr | Geographic, historical treatment of public finance (Geographic division) |
| Da | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Db | Managerial economics, Theory of business administration |
| Dba | Business management |
| Dc | Structure and organization of enterprises |
| Dca | Private enterprise |
| Dcb | Public enterprise |
| Dcc | Public utilities |
| Dcd | Cooperatives |
| Dce | Combinations |
| Dcf | Small business |
| Dd | Structure of distribution |
| Dda | Markets |
| Ddb | Exchanges |
| Ddc | Warehousing |
| [Ddd | Granting Agency for commerce] abolished in April 1999 |
| De | Advertising and public relations |
| Df | Commodities |
| Dg | Mercantile business, Internal commerce (Domestic trade) |
| Dh | International commerce (Foreign trade) |
| Di | Service industries |
| Dn | Commercial policy |
| Do | Company records |
| Dr | Geographic, historical treatment of business administration and commerce (Geographic division) |
| Ea | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Eb | Accounting |
| Eg | Cost accounting |
| Ek | Financial reports of specific companies |
| Fa | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Fb | Financial economics |
| Fba | Monetary policies |
| Fbb | Interest |
| Fc | Banks |
| Fca | Commercial banks |
| Fcb | Specialized banks in law |
| Fcc | Central banks |
| Fcd | Specialized banking institutions, Credit and loan institutions |
| Fd | International finance |
| Fe | Invest and Investments |
| Ff | Money |
| [Ffa | Monetary theory] abolished in April 1999 |
| Ffb | Monetary policy, Monetary system |
| Fg | Credit |
| Fh | Value of money |
| Fk | Insurance |
| Fka | Life insurance |
| Fkb | Fire insurance |
| Fkc | Marine insurance |
| Fkd | Credit insurance |
| [Fke | Social insurance] abolished in April 1999 |
| Fkf | Other insurance |
| Fr | Geographic, historical treatment of finance, banks, money (Geographic division) |
| Ga | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Gb | Transportation |
| Gc | Ground transportation,Vehicular transportation,Railroad transportation |
| Gd | Ocean (Marine) transportation |
| Ge | Inland waterway and ferry transportation |
| Gf | Air transportation |
| Gg | Communications |
| Gh | Tourist trade |
| [Gm | Other transportation] abolished in April 1999 |
| Gr | Geographic, historical treatment of transportation (Geographic division) |
| Ha | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Hb | Agricultural economics |
| Hba | Agricultural productivity |
| Hbb | Markets |
| Hbc | Prices of products |
| Hbd | Economic fluctuations |
| [Hbe | Agricultural mechanization] abolished in April 1999 |
| Hbf | Agricultural credit |
| Hbg | Agricultural cooperatives |
| Hc | Basic sciences on agriculture, Agricultural engineering, Mechanization, Methods of cultivation, Crop science |
| Hd | Farming |
| Hda | Size of farm |
| [Hdb | Agricultural mechanization] abolished in April 1999 |
| Hdc | Agricultural labor |
| Hdd | Part-time farmer |
| [Hdm | Other problems of farming] abolished in April 1999 |
| [He | Rural industry] abolished in April 1999 |
| Hf | Rural and peasant problems |
| Hg | Food supply |
| Hh | Government farm policies |
| Hk | Products, Plant crops |
| Hka | Rice |
| Hkb | Wheat, Oates, Rye, Barley |
| Hkc | Other plant crops |
| Hkd | Industrial crops |
| Hke | Garden crops (Fruits, Vegitables, Flowers) |
| Hkf | Tropical fruits |
| Hp | Silkworms |
| Hr | Geographic, historical treatment of agriculture and horticulture (Geographic division) |
| Hx | Animal husbandry |
| Hy | Fishery |
| Hya | Salt manufacture |
| Hz | Forestry |
| Ia | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Ib | Economics of mining, industry, Government policies for mining, industry |
| Ic | Basic engineering, History of technology |
| [Id | Mining and industrial problems] abolished in April 1999 |
| Ie | Mining |
| Iea | Iron |
| Ieb | Nonferrous metals |
| Iec | Precious metals |
| Ied | Coal |
| Iee | Oil, Natural gas |
| Ief | Other materials |
| If | Metallurgy, Alloys |
| Ifa | Ferrous metals |
| Ifb | Nonferrous metals, Precious metals |
| Ifc | Metalworking |
| Ifd | Metal products |
| [Ife | Others] abolished |
| Ig | Mechine engineering industry |
| Iga | Heat engines, Hydraulic and pneumatic machinery |
| Igb | Machine-shop practice, Machine tools |
| [Igc | Industrial machine] abolished in April 1999 |
| Igd | Automobile, Aircraft, Shipbuilding |
| Ige | Precision, optical instruments, Weapons |
| [Igf | Instrumentation] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Igg | Others] abolished in April 1999 |
| Ih | Chemical industries |
| Iha | Industrial chemicals |
| Ihb | Dyes and pigments |
| Ihc | Oils and fats |
| Ihd | Polymers, Plastics, Cellulose |
| Ihe | Fertilizers |
| Ihf | Explosives, fuels, related products |
| Ihg | Pulp and paper |
| Ihk | Ceramic industry |
| Ihm | Other chemical industries |
| Ik | Textile industry |
| Ika | Silk |
| Ikb | Cotton |
| Ikc | Sheep wool |
| Ikd | Hemp |
| Ike | Textiles of man-made fibers |
| Ikf | Other textile industries |
| Im | Food industry |
| Ima | Grains, other seeds, their derived products |
| Imb | Sugars, syrups, their derived products |
| Imc | Alchoholic beverages |
| Imd | Preservation |
| Ime | Products of tobacco |
| Imf | Other food industries |
| In | Other industries |
| Io | Electrical machinery |
| Ip | Construction industry |
| Ir | Geographic, historical treatment of mining, industry(Geographic division) |
| Is | Nuclear energy industry |
| Ka | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Kb | Sociology |
| Kbb | Customs, Folklore, Ethnology, Culutural anthropology |
| Kc | Social problems and services |
| [Kd | Social service, welfare facility] abolished in April 1999 |
| Ke | Labor economics, Labor problems |
| Kea | Labor unions (Trade unions), Labor movements |
| [Keb | Occupational problems] abolished in April 1999 |
| Kf | Living and consumer's problem, Domestic arts and sciences, Home economics and family living |
| Kg | Environmental problems |
| Kh | Public health |
| Ki | Housing |
| Kj | Racial, ethnic groups |
| Kk | Family, Men and women, Age groups |
| Kl | Social thought |
| Km | Socialism, Communism |
| Kn | Syndicalism, Anarchism |
| Ko | Fascism, National socialism |
| Kp | Social reform movements |
| Kr | Geographic treatment of society (Geographic division) |
| La | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Lb | Statistics |
| Lc | General statistics (Geographic division) |
| Ld | Population (Geographic division) |
| Le | Economic statistics (Geographic division) |
| Lea | Industries (Geographic division) |
| Leb | Foreign trade (Geographic division) |
| Lec | Finance (Geographic division) |
| Led | Prices (Geographic division) |
| Lem | Other economic statistics (Geographic division) |
| Lf | Social statistics (Geographic division) |
| Lfa | Labor (Geographic division) |
| Lfm | Education, Other social statistics (Geographic division) |
| Lg | Weights and measures |
| Ma | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Mb | Laws (Statutes), regulations |
| Mc | Cases |
| Md | Jurisprudence |
| Me | Legal history |
| Mf | Constitutional and administrative law, Public law |
| [Mfa | Administrative law] abolished in April 1999 |
| Mfb | Criminal Law |
| Mfc | Procedure, Courts |
| Mg | International law |
| Mh | Private law, Civil law |
| Mi | Commercial law |
| Mk | Labor law, Social service law |
| Ml | Regulation of economic activity |
| Na | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Nb | Political science, Political ideologies |
| Nba | Systems of governmets and states |
| Nbb | Legislative bodies, Political parties |
| Nbc | Public administration, Local governments, Local administration |
| [Nbd | Judicial system] abolished in April 1999 |
| Nd | International relations |
| Ng | Military science |
| Nr | Political situation and conditions, Political history (Geographic division) |
| Oa | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| [Ob | Anthropology, ethnology] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Oc | Race and ethnic relations] abolished in April 1999 |
| Od | Demography, Population problems |
| Of | Migration |
| Ofa | Overseas Chinese |
| [Og | Customs, folklore] abolished in April 1999 |
| Or | Situation, conditions, history of popuration, migration (Geographic division) |
| Pa | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Pb | Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics |
| [Pbq | History of philosophy] abolished in April 1999 |
| Pc | Religion |
| Pd< | Education |
| Pe | Literature |
| Pf | Arts |
| Pg | Language |
| Qa | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Qb | Phylosophy and theory of history |
| Qc | Biography |
| [Qd | World history and history of the Western world] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Qe | History of the Eastern world] abolished in April 1999 |
| [Qey | Classical Chinese literature] abolished in April 1999 |
| Qf | History of Japan |
| Qfa | Early history to 1192 |
| Qfb | Kamakura period to Momoyama period, 1192-1600 |
| Qfc | Tokugawa (Edo) period, 1600-1868 |
| Qfd | Restooration, 1868-1872 |
| Qfe | Meiji period to present, 1868- |
| Qff | History of specific regions in Japan |
| Archeology] abolished in April 1999 | |
| Qr | World history, History of specific countries, areas (Geographic division) |
| Ra | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Rb | Philosophy and theory of geography and travel |
| Rbb | Economic geography |
| Rbc | Geopolitics |
| Rc | Geography, Travel (Geographic division) |
| Rd | Atlases, Maps, Charts, Plans |
| Sa | Series, Collected works, Collections, Reference books (General bibliographies, Catalogs, Dictionaries) |
| Sb | Mathematics |
| Sc | Natural science |
| Sd | Physics,Chemistry |
| Se | Information engineering |
| Sf | Astronomy,Earth sciences, Life sciences |
| Sg | Medical sciences, Pharmacology |
| 0 | Generality, Each countries, areas in the world |
| 1 | Asia, Orient, Far East |
| 2 | Japan |
| 3 | China |
| 4 | Other parts of East Asia |
| 5 | Southeast Asia, Oceania |
| 6 | South Asia, Middle East |
| 7 | Europe |
| 8 | Africa |
| 9 | America, Arctic islands and Antarctica |
| 10 | Asia, Orient, Far East |
| 20 | Japan |
| 21 | Kanto region |
| 22 | Tohoku region |
| 23 | Hokuriku region, Chubu region |
| 24 | Kinki region |
| 25 | Chugoku region |
| 26 | Shikoku region |
| 27 | Kyusyu region |
| 28 | Hokkaido |
| 29 | Okinawa prefecture |
| 30 | China |
| 31 | China (People's Republic of China) contain Xinjiang, Tibet |
| 32 | North-Eastern Region (Former Manchuria) |
| 33 | Outer Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) |
| [34 | Remote region] abolished |
| 35 | Taiwan |
| 36 | Hong Kong, Macao, Hainan Province |
| [39 | External relations] abolished |
| 41 | Kamchatka |
| 42 | Siberia |
| 43 | Sakhalin provinces, Kuril Islands |
| 44 | Korea |
| [46 | Ryukyu Islands] abolished |
| 50 | Southeast Asia, Oceania |
| 51 | Philippines |
| 52 | Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos (Indochina) |
| 53 | Thailand (Former Siam) |
| 54 | Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Northern Kalimantan (Northern Borneo) |
| 55 | Indonesia, Kalimantan (Borneo) |
| 56 | Australia, New Zealand |
| 57 |
Other parts of Pacific Ocean, New Guinea contain Hawaii |
| 58 | Micronesia |
| 60 | South Asia, Middle East |
| 61 | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives |
| 62 | Myanmar (Burma) |
| 63 | Afghanistan |
| 64 | Iran, Iraq |
| 65 | Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel |
| 66 | Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Bahrain) |
| 67 | Turkey, Cyprus |
| 68 | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan |
| 70 | Europe |
| 71 | Great Britain, Ireland |
| 72 | France, Monaco |
| 73 | Germany, Austria, Switzerland |
| 74 | Italy |
| 75 | Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg |
| 76 | Spain, Portugal, Andorra |
| 77 | Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria,Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania, Greece |
| 78 | Russia, European Russia, CIS |
| 79 | Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland |
| 80 | Africa |
| 81 | Northern Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Canary Islands) |
| 82 | Northeastern Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia,Somalia) |
| 83 | Eastern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi) |
| 84 | Western Africa (Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso (Former Upper Volta), Benin (Former Dahomey), Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gana, Nigeria, Niger, Guinea Bissau) |
| 85 | West-central Africa (Cameroon,Sao Tome and Principe, Chad, Republic of the Congo (Former French Congo), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Former Zaire, Belgian Congo),Central African Republic, Gabon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea) |
| 86 | Southeastern Africa (Zimbabwe (Former Southern Rhodesia), Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique) |
| 87 | Southern Africa (Republic of South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana) |
| 89 | South Indian Ocean islands (Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoro Islands) |
| 90 | America | |
| 91 | United States | |
| 92 | Canada | |
| 93 | Mexico | |
| 94 | Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, West Indies (Antilles), Bermuda, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guiana | |
| 95 | Brazil | |
| 96 | Argentina | |
| 97 | Chile | |
| 98 | Bolivia, Paraguay, Urguay | |
| 99 | Arctic islands and Antarctica |
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