Bic Codes
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
Adventure stories (Children's/YA)
Advice on careers & achieving success
Aerospace & aviation technology
Alzheimer’s Syndrome and dementia
Animal stories (Children's/YA)
Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc)
Art: general interest (Children's/YA)
Biography: arts & entertainment
Biography: business & industry
Biography: historical, political & military
Biography: science, technology & engineering
Budgeting & financial management
Buses, trams & commercial vehicles: general interest
Cakes, baking, icing & sugarcraft
Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches
Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy
CHILDREN'S & YOUNG ADULT GENERAL NON-FICTION
Christian worship, rites & ceremonies
City & town planning . architectural aspects
CIVIL ENGINEERING, SURVEYING & BUILDING
Communications engineering / telecommunications
Complementary therapies, healing & health
Computer game guides (Children's/YA)
Conservation of the environment
Constitution: government & the state
Constitutional & administrative law
Cookery for specific diets & conditions
Cooking & food (Children's/YA)
Crime & mystery fiction (Children's/YA)
Curriculum planning & development
Cycling, boarding & skating (Children's/YA)
Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions
Early learning / early learning concepts
Early learning: ABC books / alphabet books
Early learning: time & seasons
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
ECONOMICS, FINANCE, BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
Educational strategies & policy
Educational: Languages other than English
Educational: Religious studies: Islam
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS & REFERENCE WORKS
Environmental policy and protocols
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections
Family & home stories (Children's/YA)
Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA)
For reluctant readers (children)
Funding of education & student finance
General fiction (Children's/YA)
Geographical discovery & exploration
HANDICRAFTS, DECORATIVE ARTS & CRAFTS
Higher & further education, tertiary education
Historical fiction (Children's/YA)
History & the past: general interest (Children's/YA)
HISTORY OF ART / ART & DESIGN STYLES
History of engineering & technology
History of specific companies / corporate history
Hobbies, quizzes & games (Children's/YA)
Hotel & holiday accommodation guides
Human rights & civil liberties law
Humorous stories (Children's/YA)
Humour & jokes (Children's/YA)
Illness & addiction: social aspects
Individual architects & architectural firms
Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups
JURISPRUDENCE & GENERAL ISSUES
LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT)
Libraries, museums, schools (Children's/YA)
LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCES
LITERATURE: HISTORY & CRITICISM
Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes, machines, etc)
Management & management techniques
Management accounting & bookkeeping
Management of land & natural resources
Media, information & communication industries
Migration, immigration & emigration
Mining technology & engineering
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
Musical scores, lyrics & libretti
Nature, the natural world (Children's/YA)
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Non-profitmaking organizations
Offences against the government
Open learning, home learning, distance education
Organization & management of education
Parties, etiquette & entertaining
Peace studies & conflict resolution
People & places (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: death & bereavement (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: disability & special needs (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: divorce, separation, family break-up (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: drugs & addiction (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: family issues (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: sex education & the facts of life (Children's/YA)
Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (Children's/YA)
Personnel & human resources management
Philosophy & theory of education
Places & peoples: pictorial works
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Political leaders & leadership
Political structure & processes
Political structures: democracy
Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship
Protestantism & Protestant Churches
Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc
Quiltmaking, patchwork & applique
Religion & beliefs: general interest (Children's/YA)
Research & development management
Residential buildings, domestic buildings
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
Road & motor vehicles: general interest
Romance & relationships stories (Children's/YA)
School stories (Children's/YA)
Science & technology: general interest (Children's/YA)
Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques
SELF-HELP & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ships & shipping: general interest
Small businesses & self-employed
Social & cultural anthropology
Social impact of environmental issues
Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's/YA)
Social welfare & social services
Sociology: family & relationships
Sporting stories (Children's/YA)
Sports & outdoor recreation (Children's/YA)
Study & learning skills: general
Swimming & water sports (Children's/YA)
Teaching of a specific subject
The Earth: natural history general
THE NATURAL WORLD, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS
Traditional stories (Children's/YA)
Trains & railways: general interest
Travel with children / family holidays
Treaties & other sources of international law
Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal
Warfare, battles, armed forces (Children's/YA)
Western & Pacific Coast states
Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders