I. INTRODUCTION

Table G is a cutter system of notations that provides geographical or jurisdictional arrangement of materials under specific class numbers in the NLM Classification. The use of Table G permits a shelving order which is controlled geographically and alphabetically.

The geographic tables of the NLM Classification consist of nine geographic regions. Additionally, special provision is made for international agencies that frequently publish materials related to medicine. Each region or group is identified by a letter.

In addition, there are two other Table G Sections:

• Historical Geographic Locations - for historical jurisdictions or entities that existed in the past and whose former territories are not encompassed by a single present day country
• Obsolete Table G Notations – for cancelled Table G notations.

II. UNITED STATES (Federal Government)

This section is used for serial publications only.

A--United States (as author)

A1--Department of Defense

A2--Department of the Army

A3--Army Air Forces (to 1947)

A4--Department of the Air Force

A5--Department of the Navy

III. UNITED STATES (as geographical area)

AA1--United States

AA4--Alabama

AA5--Alaska

AA6--Appalachian Region

AA7--Arizona

AA8--Arkansas

AC2--California

AC6--Colorado

AC8--Connecticut

AD4--Delaware

AD6--District of Columbia

AF4--Florida

AG4--Georgia

AG7--Great Lakes Region

AH3--Hawaii

AI2--Idaho

AI3--Illinois

AI6--Indiana

AI8--Iowa

AK3--Kansas

AK4--Kentucky

AL6--Louisiana

AM2--Maine

AM3--Maryland

AM4--Massachusetts

AM5--Michigan

AM53--Mid-Atlantic Region

AM56--Midwestern United States

AM6--Minnesota

AM7--Mississippi

AM8--Missouri

AM9--Montana

AN1--Nebraska

AN2--Nevada

AN25--New England

AN3--New Hampshire

AN4--New Jersey

AN5--New Mexico

AN6--New York (State)

AN7--New York City

AN8--North Carolina

AN9--North Dakota

AN95--Northwestern United States

AO3--Ohio

AO5--Oklahoma

AO7--Oregon

AP1--Pacific States

AP4--Pennsylvania

AR4--Rhode Island

AS6--South Carolina

AS8--South Dakota

AS9--Southeastern United States

AS95--Southwestern United States

AT2--Tennessee

AT4--Texas

AU8--Utah

AV5--Vermont

AV8--Virginia

AW2--Washington

AW4--West Virginia

AW6--Wisconsin

AW8--Wyoming

IV. AMERICAS

DA1--Americas

DA15--Latin America

DA2--North America

DA3--Central America

DA4--South America

DA6--Antigua and Barbuda

DA7--Argentina

DA9--Aruba

DA95--Atlantic Islands

DB3--Bahamas

DB34--Barbados

DB38--Belize

DB4--Bermuda

DB6--Bolivia

DB8--Brazil

DB9--British Virgin Islands

DC2--Canada

DC25--Caribbean Netherlands

DC3--Caribbean Region

DC5--Chile

DC7--Colombia

DC8--Costa Rica

DC9--Cuba

DC95--Curaçao

DD5--Dominica

DD6--Dominican Republic

DE2--Ecuador

DF3--Falkland Islands

DG4--Grenada

DG45--Guadeloupe

DG5--Guatemala

DG6--Guyana

DG8--French Guiana

DH2--Haiti

DH7--Honduras

DJ2--Jamaica

DM3--Martinique

DM4--Mexico

DN5--Nicaragua

DP2--Panama

DP3--Panama Canal Zone

DP4--Paraguay

DP6--Peru

DP8--Puerto Rico

DS1--Saint Kitts and Nevis

DS12--Saint Lucia

DS15--Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

DS2--El Salvador

DS5--Sint Maarten

DS9--Suriname

DT7--Trinidad and Tobago

DU7--Uruguay

DV4--Venezuela

DV5--United States Virgin Islands

DW5--West Indies

V. UNITED KINGDOM

FA1--United Kingdom

FE5--England

FG9--Channel Islands

Great Britain see United Kingdom

FI7--Northern Ireland

FM2--Isle of Man

FS2--Scotland

FW3--Wales

VI. EUROPE

GA1--Europe

GA2--European Alpine Region

GA3--Eastern Europe

GA4--Albania

GA5--Andorra

GA7--Armenia

GA8--Austria

GA9--Azores

GB1--Balkan Peninsula

GB2--Baltic States

GB4--Belgium

GB5--Bosnia and Herzegovina

GB8--Bulgaria

GB9--Belarus

GC5--Croatia

GC7--Cyprus

GC75--Czech Republic

GD4--Denmark

GE7--Estonia

GF5--Finland

GF7--France

GG4--Germany

GG5--Gibraltar

GG6--Greece

GG7--Greenland

GH8--Hungary

GI3--Iceland

GI6--Ireland

GI8--Italy

GK6--Kosovo

GL3--Latvia

GL4--Liechtenstein

GL5--Lithuania

GL8--Luxembourg

GM2--Republic of North Macedonia

GM3--Malta

GM35--Mediterranean Region

GM4--Moldova

GM5--Monaco

GM6--Montenegro

GN4--Netherlands

GN6--Norway

GP6--Poland

GP7--Portugal

GR8--Romania

GR9--Russia (Federation)

GS2--San Marino

GS3--Scandinavia and Nordic Countries

GS4--Serbia

Sicily see Italy

GS45--Slovakia

GS5--Slovenia

GS6--Spain

GS8--Sweden

GS9--Switzerland

GT7--Transcaucasia

GU5--Ukraine

GV2--Vatican City

VII. AFRICA

HA1--Africa

HA12--Africa South of the Sahara

HA14--Central Africa

HA15--Eastern Africa

HA2--North Africa

HA21--Western Africa

HA25--Southern Africa

HA4--Algeria

HA6--Angola

HB35--Benin

HB4--Botswana

HB7--Burkina Faso

HB8--Burundi

HC3--Cameroon

HC4--Cabo Verde

Cape Verde see Cabo Verde

HC43--Central African Republic

HC45--Chad

HC5--Congo (Brazzaville)

HC6--Congo (Democratic Republic)

HC7--Côte d'Ivoire

HD6--Djibouti

HE3--Egypt

HE7--Eritrea

HE8--Ethiopia

HG2--Gabon

HG3--Gambia

HG6--Ghana

HG66--Guinea

HG7--Guinea-Bissau

HG9--Equatorial Guinea

HK4--Kenya

HL3--Lesotho

HL5--Liberia

HL6--Libya

HM3--Madagascar

HM4--Malawi

HM45--Mali

HM48--Mauritania

HM5--Morocco

HM7--Mozambique

HN2--Namibia

HN4--Niger

HN5--Nigeria

HR8--Rwanda

HS07--Sao Tome and Principe

HS1--Senegal

HS3--Sierra Leone

HS5--Somalia

HS7--South Sudan

HS86--Sudan

HS9--Eswatini

HT3--Tanzania

HT6--Togo

HT8--Tunisia

HU4--Uganda

HU5--South Africa

HZ2--Zambia

HZ7--Zimbabwe

VIII. MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA

JA1--Asia

JA7--Asia, Southern

JA12--Central Asia

JA14--Asia, Eastern

Far East see Asia, Eastern

JA2--Middle East

Northern Asia see Russia (Federation)

JA25--Southeastern Asia

JA26--Western Asia

JA4--Afghanistan

JA9--Azerbaijan

JB15--Bahrain

JB2--Bangladesh

JB5--Bhutan

JB8--Burma

JC2--Cambodia

JC6--China

Democratic People's Republic of Korea see North Korea

JG4--Georgia (Republic)

JH5—Himalayas

JH6--Hong Kong

JI4--India

JI5--Indochina

JI7--Iran

JI8--Iraq

JI9--Israel

JJ3--Japan

JJ6--Jordan

JK2--Kazakhstan

JK6--South Korea

JK7--North Korea

JK8--Kuwait

JK9--Kyrgyzstan

JL2--Laos

JL4--Lebanon

JM1--Macau

JM2--Malaysia

JM6--Mongolia

Myanmar see Burma

JN4--Nepal

JO6--Oman

JP3--Pakistan

JQ2--Qatar

Republic of Korea see South Korea

JS2--Saudi Arabia

Siberia see Russia (Federation)

JS6--Singapore

JS8--Sri Lanka

JS9--Syria

JT2--Taiwan

JT23--Tajikistan

JT3--Thailand

JT5--Tibet

JT8--Turkey

JT9--Turkmenistan

JU5--United Arab Emirates

JU9--Uzbekistan

JV6--Vietnam

JY4--Yemen

IX. AUSTRALASIA

KA1--Australasia

KA8--Australia

KN4--New Zealand

X. ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS

LA1--Pacific Islands

LA2--Indian Ocean Islands

LA3--Oceania

LA5--American Samoa

LB6--Borneo

LB7--Brunei

LC7--Comoros

LE1--Timor-Leste

LF4--Fiji

LG3--Guam

LI2--Independent State of Samoa

LI4--Indonesia

LM2-- Maldives

LM4--Mauritius

LM5--Melanesia

LM6--Micronesia

LN6--New Caledonia

LP1--Palau

LP2--Papua New Guinea

LP5--Philippines

LP7--Polynesia

LR4--Reunion

LS2--Samoa

LS5--Seychelles

LT6--Tonga

LV2--Vanuatu

XI. INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

M1--International agencies (General or not listed below)

MA4--Allied Forces

MC6--Commonwealth of Independent States

ME8--European Union

MF6--Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

MI3--International Labour Office

ML4--League of Nations

MM4--Médecins sans frontieres (Association)

MN2--North Atlantic Treaty Organization

MP2--Pan American Sanitary Bureau

MP3--Pan American Union

MP4--Pan American Zoonoses Center

MS7--SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organization)

MS9--Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers

MU5--United Nations

MU7--Unesco

MU8--Unicef

MW5--World Health Assembly

MW6--World Health Organization

XII. POLAR REGIONS

PA6--Antarctic Regions

PA7--Arctic Regions

XIII. HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS

AC7--Confederate States of America

DN4--Netherlands Antilles

GA85--Austria-Hungary

GC8--Czechoslovakia

GG4--East Germany

GG4--Prussia

GG4--West Germany

GG6--Ancient Greece

GH6--Holy Roman Empire

GR9--Russia (Pre-1917)

GR9--USSR

GY8--Yugoslavia

HE3--Ancient Egypt

JA5--Ancient Lands

JA7--Arabia

JB9--Byzantium

JK6--Korea

JI7--Persia

JM4--Mesopotamia

JO8--Ottoman Empire

JP2--Palestine

LP2--New Guinea

Obsolete Table G Notations

OBSOLETE NOTATION	GEOGRAPHIC NAMES	NEW NOTATION
AMERICAS
DA5	Lesser Antilles	None
DG1	Greenland	GG7
DG7	Dutch Guiana	DS9
DH8	British Honduras	DB38
EUROPE
GA85	Azerbaijan	JA9
GG3	Georgia (Republic)	JG4
GT8	Turkey	JT8
AFRICA
HA7	African Atlantic Islands	DA95
HA71	Ascension	DA95
HA72	St. Helena	DA95
HA73	Tristan de Cunha	DA95
HB3	Basutoland	HL3
HF4	French Equatorial Africa	None
HF8	French West Africa	None
HM6	Spanish Morocco	None
HN8	Nyasaland	HM4
HR4	Rhodesia	None
HR5	Rio de Oro	HM48
HS6	French Somaliland	HD6
HS8	South West Africa	HN2
HT4	Tangier	None
HZ15	Zaire	HC6
HZ3	Zanzibar	HT3
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
JC4	Ceylon	JS8
JF6	Formosa	JT2
JM3	Manchuria	JC6
JM9	Myanmar	JB8
JT7	Trans-Jordan	None
ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEANS
LN4	Netherlands Indies	LI4
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
MI8	Islamic Countries	None