Subject Headings and Browsing Areas

These subject headings may be used when searching for books and other materials relating to solar energy. They are most useful for searching online catalogs, but they can also be used in searching indexes and abstracts as well as the World Wide Web. The LC Classification numbers (Browsing area) provide a range in which to find materials on the library shelves by call number.

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

For specific information on passive solar energy, use, for example, solar heating -- passive systems.

Library of Congress Classification (Browsing Areas):

TH Building Construction
TH 7413 Solar heating
TH 7414 Solar houses

TJ Mechanical Engineering and machinery
TJ 163 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering combined
TJ 163.2 Power resources -- general works
TJ 163.235 Handbooks, Tables, etc.
TJ 807 Renewable Energy sources
TJ 809-812.8 Solar Energy

SB Plant Culture
SB 414-416 Greenhouses and greenhouse culture

Z Bibliographical Sources
Z 5853.P8 Power -- Biblio.
Z 5853.P83 Power resources -- Biblio.
Z 5853.S63 Solar Energy -- Solar houses -- Biblio.
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