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UAEU Libraries - Library of Congress Classification System: The Benefit of Call Numbers

In this guide, you will learn the Library of Congress Classification System's deciphering to efficiently find books for your research.

Order of Call Numbers on the Shelf & in the library's catalog

Because books are classified by subject, you can often find several helpful books on the same shelf, or nearby. For example, within the same call number HD30.4

Here is a list of call numbers, with explanations of how they were put in order:

 

HD30.4 .M3489 1998      All start with HD30.4

HD30.4 .M36965 2019    (36965 comes after 3489)

HD30.4 .N83 2008          (N comes after M)

HD30.4 .P46 2008          (P comes after N)

         

                                                     

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Understanding Call Numbers

* What is a Call Number?  


* Reading Call Numbers.


* The Benefit of Call Numbers.


* Call Numbers Video.