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Understanding Library of Congress Call Numbers
Call Numbers: Test Yourself
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A........ Lower Level General Works

B - BQ............. 13th Floor Philosphy (B-BD, BH-BJ) Psychology (BF)

BR - BX1999............ 12th Floor Religion (BL-BQ) Church History (BR) Bible (BS) & Theology (BT-BV) Denominations (BX 1- BX 1999)

BX2000 - DX............. 11th Floor Denominations (BX2000-BX9999) Genealogy (CS) & Biography (CT) History: Eastern Hemisphere (D)

E - GV............ 10th Floor History: Western Hemisphere (E-F) Geography (G-GF) Anthropology (GN) Sports (GV)

H-HJ..................... 2nd Floor Gen'l Social Sciences & Statistics (HA) Economics (HB_HC) Business (HD_HJ)

HM -HT........... 10th Floor Sociology (HM-HT)

HV - HX ......... 2nd Floor Social Pathology (HV's) Communism, Socialism, Anarchism (HX's)

J - LT............. 9th Floor Political Science (J) & Law (K) Education (L)

M - NX................ 2nd Floor Music (M) & Art (N)

P - PM ................... 9th Floor Languages and Literatures (P-PM)

Q - Z ................. Lower Level Science (Q) Medicine (R-RZ) Agriculture (S) Engineering & Technology ( T-except TR) Military Science (U-V) Library Science & Bibliography (Z)

TR.......................... 2nd Floor Photography (TR)

 

Understanding Library of Congress Call Numbers

1. The ND Library uses the Library of Congress call number system, an alphabetical arrangement of books by initial letters. e.g.:

   D 271 .H78

   DA 28 .M29

   DB 805 .C721

   DC 62 .L5

   --Alphabetical order    (single letters precede double letters)

2. Within a given alphabetical group (or classification), books are sub-arranged by numerical order. e.g.:

DA 28 .M9

DA 79 .G24

DA 289 .A5

DA 2813 .B29

--Numerical order (whole numbers)

3. Books are further sub-arranged by the next set of letters and numbers. This number is preceded by a decimal. e.g.:

DA 289 .K21

DA 289 .L513

DA 289 .L8

DA 289 .M37

--Decimal numbers

              

Notes: 1. In the library's computer catalog, call numbers are written out in one line. Example: DA28.M9

Call Numbers: Test Yourself

Arrange the following call numbers in the correct order as if they  were books on the shelf.

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)
TA 1570 .L55	TA 780 .L513	TA 365 .S6	TA 365 .S18	TA 385 .T88

Answers

 

Library of Congress Classification page:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html