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Introduction to Call Numbers The Butte College Library uses the Library of Congress classification system for shelving books. The Library of Congress classification system assigns a unique call number to a book which acts like an address which tells us the book’s exact location on the shelf. Just as a piece of mail needs all of the correct information (i.e. house number, apartment number, zip code, etc.,) in order to be delivered, a book has multiple lines that must be read correctly in order to “deliver” it to the proper place on the shelf. THE SOUL OF THE NIGHT RAYMO QB 43.2 .R39 2005 Example: QB This line describes the main subject of the book. Astronomy 43.3 This line describes the precise subject of the book. General Astronomy .S425 This line represents the author. Seeds, Michael A. 2004 This line states the year the book was published. 2004 The Scientific American Book of ASTRONOMY QB 43.2 .S38 1999 LYONS PRESS UNDERSTANDING NATURE’S TRUTHS ACROSS TIME AND CULTURE UNCOMMON SENSE ANTHONY AVENI QB 43.3 .A94 2006 UNIVERSE THE SOLAR SYSTEM ROGER A. FREEDMAN WILLIAM J. KAUFFMAN III QB 43.3 .F743 2002 KIDGE R Astronomical Enigmas QB 43.3 .K54 200 Seeds Astronomy The Solar System and Beyond Third Edition QB 43.3 .S425 2003 Unsöld Baschek 5 th Edition QB THE NEW COSMOS 43.3 .U5713 2001 Updated Sep-09 Page | 1 THE STARS KRUSE and DIECKVOSS QB 44 .K713 QB 44 .N73 NOURSE NINE PLANETS HARPER & ROW ISAAC ASIMOV Jastrow UNTIL THE SUN DIES THE UNIVERSE REVISED EDITION WALKER QB 44.2 .A84 1971 QB 44.2 .J37 1977 STRANGE UNIVERSE BOB BREMAN QB 44.3 .B37 2003 TWELFTH EDITION SIR PATRICK MOORE THE AMATEUR ASTRONOMER QB 44.3 .M658 2006
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Introduction to Call Numbers<br />
The <strong>Butte</strong> <strong>College</strong> Library uses the Library of Congress classification system for shelving books. The Library of<br />
Congress classification system assigns a unique call number to a book which acts like an address which tells us<br />
the book’s exact location on the shelf. Just as a piece of mail needs all of the correct information (i.e. house<br />
number, apartment number, zip code, etc.,) in order to be delivered, a book has multiple lines that must be<br />
read correctly in order to “deliver” it to the proper place on the shelf.<br />
THE SOUL OF THE NIGHT RAYMO<br />
QB<br />
43.2<br />
.R39<br />
2005<br />
Example: QB This line describes the main subject of the book. A<strong>stronom</strong>y<br />
43.3 This line describes the precise subject of the book. General A<strong>stronom</strong>y<br />
.S425 This line represents the author. Seeds, Michael A.<br />
2004 This line states the year the book was published. 2004<br />
The Scientific American Book of ASTRONOMY<br />
QB<br />
43.2<br />
.S38<br />
1999<br />
LYONS<br />
PRESS<br />
UNDERSTANDING NATURE’S TRUTHS ACROSS TIME AND CULTURE<br />
UNCOMMON SENSE ANTHONY AVENI<br />
QB<br />
43.3<br />
.A94<br />
2006<br />
UNIVERSE<br />
THE SOLAR SYSTEM<br />
ROGER A. FREEDMAN<br />
WILLIAM J. KAUFFMAN <strong>III</strong><br />
QB<br />
43.3<br />
.F743<br />
2002<br />
KIDGE<br />
R<br />
A<strong>stronom</strong><strong>ical</strong> Enigmas QB<br />
43.3<br />
.K54<br />
200<br />
Seeds A<strong>stronom</strong>y The Solar System and Beyond Third Edition<br />
QB<br />
43.3<br />
.S425<br />
2003<br />
Unsöld<br />
Baschek<br />
5 th Edition QB<br />
THE NEW COSMOS<br />
43.3<br />
.U5713<br />
2001<br />
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THE STARS<br />
KRUSE and DIECKVOSS<br />
QB<br />
44<br />
.K713<br />
QB<br />
44<br />
.N73<br />
NOURSE<br />
NINE<br />
PLANETS<br />
HARPER & ROW<br />
ISAAC<br />
ASIMOV<br />
Jastrow UNTIL THE SUN DIES<br />
THE UNIVERSE<br />
REVISED EDITION WALKER<br />
QB<br />
44.2<br />
.A84<br />
1971<br />
QB<br />
44.2<br />
.J37<br />
1977<br />
STRANGE UNIVERSE BOB BREMAN<br />
QB<br />
44.3<br />
.B37<br />
2003<br />
TWELFTH EDITION<br />
SIR PATRICK MOORE THE AMATEUR ASTRONOMER<br />
QB<br />
44.3<br />
.M658<br />
2006
I. Lines 1 & 2 –Items are shelved according to alphabet<strong>ical</strong> and numer<strong>ical</strong> order.<br />
In order to put items on the shelf correctly, the first step is to put the items into alphabet<strong>ical</strong> and numer<strong>ical</strong><br />
order. Do this by comparing the first two lines with items that are already shelved.<br />
H<br />
91<br />
.D78<br />
Harper<br />
& Row<br />
HB<br />
501<br />
.B235<br />
2005<br />
HC<br />
102.5<br />
.A2<br />
S43<br />
Dial<br />
Press<br />
HD<br />
38.5<br />
.S547<br />
2005<br />
HE<br />
38.5<br />
.F25<br />
1994<br />
HF<br />
1008<br />
.N33<br />
1987<br />
ama<br />
com<br />
The first two lines are straightforward, but once we get to the third line the decimal system comes into play.<br />
II. Line 3 – This line is considered a decimal point.<br />
The third line of the call number is to be treated as a decimal which means that longer, larger numbers are not<br />
always last. In addition to the decimal, the third line number is also accompanied by at least one letter. These<br />
letters are to be put into alphabet<strong>ical</strong> order and then the number afterwards is taken into consideration.<br />
WALKER<br />
PS<br />
3525<br />
.A14<br />
PS<br />
3525<br />
.A1435<br />
Z368<br />
Z9 HARDCOURT<br />
BRACE<br />
JOVANOVICH<br />
PS<br />
3525<br />
.A144<br />
Z4<br />
Coward<br />
PS<br />
3525<br />
.A7<br />
Z55<br />
Often items will have the same or very similar call numbers. When this happens the fourth or fifth line will<br />
determine the placement of the item.<br />
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lic Girlhood<br />
PS<br />
3525<br />
.A712<br />
Z40<br />
Alfred A. Knopf<br />
SECOND<br />
EDITION<br />
HF<br />
5548<br />
.A45<br />
2006<br />
PS<br />
3525<br />
.A72<br />
Z4<br />
HG<br />
179<br />
.M24<br />
A
<strong>III</strong>. Line 4 and Beyond<br />
The fourth line and beyond of a call number are dictated by two rules.<br />
The first rule is that nothing comes before something. This means that when reading a call number on the spine<br />
of a book and discovering that the first three lines of the call numbers are ident<strong>ical</strong>, the fourth line will dictate<br />
the placement of the item on the shelf. When deciding where to place an item with a call number that has no<br />
fourth line versus an item that does have a call number with a fourth line, the item with no information will<br />
come first.<br />
The second rule when reading the fourth line and beyond is that these numbers are still read like decimal points<br />
even though there is not a visible decimal point printed on the call number.<br />
HC<br />
91<br />
.B235<br />
E2<br />
Harper<br />
& Row<br />
N<br />
553<br />
.D4<br />
RAZILLER<br />
HC<br />
91<br />
.B235<br />
E265<br />
N<br />
553<br />
.D4<br />
F6<br />
ABRAMS<br />
HC<br />
91<br />
.B235<br />
F27<br />
Dial<br />
Press<br />
ND<br />
553<br />
.D33<br />
P7<br />
HD<br />
38.5<br />
.S547<br />
2005<br />
Z82<br />
ND<br />
553<br />
.D33<br />
P7<br />
c. 2<br />
Remember to keep basic rules in mind, work carefully from line to line or digit to digit, and follow standard<br />
alphabet<strong>ical</strong> and numer<strong>ical</strong> order. If you keep these rules in mind accurate shelving should be easy.<br />
Please see the following page for specific examples.<br />
HD<br />
38.5<br />
.S547<br />
2005<br />
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ND<br />
553<br />
.P5<br />
E5<br />
HF<br />
1008<br />
.N33<br />
1987<br />
Z9 ama<br />
com<br />
ND<br />
553<br />
.P5<br />
E5<br />
1975<br />
SECOND<br />
EDITION<br />
HF<br />
1008<br />
.N33<br />
HF<br />
1008<br />
.N33<br />
A312<br />
2006 A
IV. Specific Call Number Examples<br />
Example 1 – Volumes and Indexes Example 2 – Decimal Points in the middle of a line.<br />
ND<br />
653<br />
.S2<br />
v. 1<br />
ND<br />
653<br />
.S2<br />
v. 2<br />
ND<br />
653<br />
.S2<br />
Index<br />
Volumes are shelved in numer<strong>ical</strong><br />
order with Indexes at the end.<br />
Example 3 – One trick for reading decimals correctly.<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K183<br />
1964<br />
Example 4 – Another trick for reading call numbers correctly is to read the number line by line until a<br />
difference is encountered.<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2002<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K19<br />
1956<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K2<br />
2006<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K29<br />
1984<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K183<br />
1964<br />
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QA<br />
76.73<br />
.P2<br />
K44<br />
1982<br />
QA<br />
76.74<br />
.I9<br />
S42.5<br />
2009<br />
QA<br />
76.74<br />
.I9<br />
S42.7<br />
2009<br />
When decimal numbers appear in<br />
the middle of a line, order the<br />
numbers in regular numeric order.<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K190<br />
1956<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K200<br />
2006<br />
TX<br />
34<br />
.K290<br />
1984<br />
Sometimes adding zeros to the decimal in question will clarify where the item should be.<br />
QH<br />
199<br />
.L421<br />
1985<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2003<br />
QK<br />
474.4<br />
.M2<br />
1999<br />
In this example the first<br />
line is enough.<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2002<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2003<br />
QK<br />
494<br />
.S23<br />
1985<br />
QK<br />
494.1<br />
.T9<br />
1965<br />
QK<br />
494<br />
.S23<br />
1985<br />
QK<br />
494.1<br />
.T9<br />
1965<br />
In this example the second line is needed.<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2002<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2003<br />
In this example the deciding line turns out to be the last line.<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2002<br />
QH<br />
301<br />
.Y22<br />
E7<br />
2003
V. Library of Congress Classification Descriptions<br />
Class A – General Works<br />
AC Collections, Series, Collected Works<br />
AE Encyclopedias<br />
AG Dictionaries and other General Reference Works<br />
AI Indexes<br />
AM Museums, Collectors and Collecting<br />
AN Newspapers<br />
AP Period<strong>ical</strong>s<br />
AS Academies and Learned Societies<br />
AY Yearbooks, Almanacs, Directories<br />
AZ History of Scholarship and Learning. The Humanities<br />
Class B – Philosophy, Psychology, Religion<br />
B Philosophy (General)<br />
BC Logic<br />
BD Speculative Philosophy<br />
BF Psychology<br />
BH Aesthetics<br />
BJ Ethics<br />
BL Religions, Mythology, Theosophy, etc<br />
BM Judaism<br />
BP Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, etc<br />
BQ Buddhism<br />
BR Christianity<br />
BS The Bible<br />
BT Doctrinal Theology<br />
BV Pract<strong>ical</strong> Theology<br />
BX Denominations<br />
Class C – Auxiliary Sciences of History<br />
C Auxiliary Sciences of History (General)<br />
CB History of Civilization<br />
CC Archaeology<br />
CD Diplomats, Archives, Seals<br />
CE Techn<strong>ical</strong> Chronology, Calendar<br />
CJ Numismatics<br />
CN Inscriptions, Epigraphy<br />
CR Heraldry<br />
CS Genealogy<br />
CT Biography<br />
Class D – World History and History of Europe,<br />
Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc.<br />
D History (General)<br />
DA Great Britain<br />
DAW Central Europe<br />
DB Austria, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Czechoslovakia<br />
DC France, Andorra, Monaco<br />
DD Germany<br />
DE Greco-Roman World<br />
DF Greece<br />
DG Italy, Malta<br />
DH Low Countries, Benelux Countries<br />
DJ Netherlands (Holland)<br />
DJK Eastern Europe (General)<br />
DK Russia, Soviet Union, Former Soviet Republics – Poland<br />
DL Northern Europe, Scandinavia<br />
DP Spain, Portugal<br />
DQ Switzerland<br />
DR Balkan Peninsula<br />
DS Asia<br />
DT Africa<br />
DU Oceania (South Seas)<br />
DX Romanies<br />
Class E-F – History of the Americas<br />
E 11-143 America<br />
E 151-904 United States<br />
F 1-975 United States Local History<br />
F 1001-1145.2 British America (Canada)<br />
Dutch America<br />
F 1170 French America<br />
F 1201-3799 Latin American, Spanish America<br />
Class G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation<br />
G Geography (General), Atlases, Maps<br />
GA Mathemat<strong>ical</strong> Geography, Cartography<br />
GB Phys<strong>ical</strong> Geography<br />
GC Oceanography<br />
GE Environmental Sciences<br />
GF Human Ecology, Anthropogeography<br />
GN Anthropology<br />
GR Folklore<br />
GT Manners and Customs (General)<br />
GV Recreation, Leisure<br />
Class H – Social Sciences<br />
H Social Sciences (General)<br />
HA Statistics<br />
HB Economic Theory, Demography<br />
HC Economic History and Conditions<br />
HD Industries, Land Use, Labor<br />
HE Transportation and Communications<br />
HF Commerce<br />
HG Finance<br />
HJ Public Finance<br />
HM Sociology (General)<br />
HN Social History and Conditions, Problems, & Reform<br />
HQ The Family, Marriage, Women<br />
HS Societies: Secret, Benevolent, etc.<br />
HT Communities, Class, Race<br />
HV Social Pathology, Social and Public Welfare, Criminology<br />
HX Socialism, Communism, Anarchism<br />
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Library of Congress Classification Descriptions Continued…<br />
Class J – Polit<strong>ical</strong> Science<br />
J General Legislative and Executive Papers<br />
JA Polit<strong>ical</strong> Science (General)<br />
JC Polit<strong>ical</strong> Theory<br />
JF Polit<strong>ical</strong> Institutions & Public Administration<br />
JJ Polit<strong>ical</strong> Institutions & Public Administration<br />
(North America)<br />
JK Polit<strong>ical</strong> Institutions & Public Administration<br />
(United States)<br />
JL Polit<strong>ical</strong> Institutions & Public Administration<br />
(Canada, Latin America, etc)<br />
JN Polit<strong>ical</strong> Institutions & Public Administration<br />
(Europe)<br />
JQ Polit<strong>ical</strong> Institutions & Public Administration<br />
(Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc)<br />
JS Local Government, Municipal Government<br />
JV Colonies and Colonization, Emigration and Immigration,<br />
International Migration<br />
JX (Obsolete) International Law, see JZ and KZ<br />
JZ International Law and International Relations<br />
Class K – Law<br />
K Law in General, Comparative and Uniform Law,<br />
Jurisprudence<br />
KB Religious Law in General, Comparative Religious<br />
Law, Jurisprudence<br />
KBM Jewish Law<br />
KBP Islamic Law<br />
KBR History of Cannon Law<br />
KBU Law of the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy See<br />
KD-KDK United Kingdom and Ireland<br />
KDZ America, North America<br />
KE Canada<br />
KF United States<br />
KG Latin America, Mexico and Central America,<br />
West Indies, Caribbean Area<br />
KH South America<br />
KJ-KKZ Europe<br />
KL-KWX Asia and Eurasia, Africa, Pacific Area, Antarctica<br />
KZ Law of Nations<br />
Class L – Education<br />
L Education (General)<br />
LA History of Education<br />
LB Theory of Practice of Education<br />
LC Special Aspects of Education<br />
LD Individual Institutions – United States<br />
LE Individual Institutions – America (Except United States)<br />
LF Individual Institutions – Europe<br />
LG Individual Institutions – Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands,<br />
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands<br />
LH <strong>College</strong> and School Magazines and Papers<br />
LJ Student Fraternities and Societies, United States<br />
LT Textbooks<br />
Class M – Music<br />
M Music<br />
ML Literature on Music<br />
MT Instruction and Study<br />
Class N – Fine Arts<br />
N Visual Arts<br />
NA Architecture<br />
NB Sculpture<br />
NC Drawing, Design, Illustration<br />
ND Painting<br />
NE Print Media<br />
NK Decorative Arts<br />
NX Arts in General<br />
Class P – Language and Literature<br />
P Philology, Linguistics<br />
PA Greek Language and Literature, Latin Language<br />
and Literature<br />
PB Modern Languages, Celtic Languages<br />
PC Romanic Languages<br />
PD Germanic Languages, Scandinavian Languages<br />
PE English Language<br />
PF West Germanic Languages<br />
PG Slavic Languages, Baltic Languages, Albanian Language<br />
PH Uralic Languages, Basque Languages<br />
PJ Oriental Languages and Literatures<br />
PK Indo-Iranian Languages and Literatures<br />
PL Languages and Literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceana<br />
PM Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial Languages<br />
PN Literature (General)<br />
PQ French Literature, Italian Literature, Spanish Literature,<br />
Portuguese Literature<br />
PR English Literature<br />
PS American Literature<br />
PT German Literature, Dutch Literature, Flemish Literature<br />
since 1830, Afrikaans Literature, Scandinavian Literature,<br />
Old Norse Literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian,<br />
Modern Icelandic Literature, Faroese Literature, Danish<br />
Literature, Norwegian Literature, Swedish Literature<br />
PZ Fiction and Juvenile Belles Letters<br />
Class Q – Science<br />
Q Science (General)<br />
QA Mathematics<br />
QB A<strong>stronom</strong>y<br />
QC Physics<br />
QD Chemistry<br />
QE Geology<br />
QH Natural History, Biology<br />
QK Botany<br />
QL Zoology<br />
QM Human Anatomy<br />
QP Physiology<br />
QR Microbiology<br />
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Library of Congress Classification Descriptions Continued…<br />
Class R – Medicine<br />
R Medicine (General)<br />
RA Public Aspects of Medicine<br />
RB Pathology<br />
RC Internal Medicine<br />
RD Surgery<br />
RE Ophthalmology<br />
RF Otorhinolaryngology<br />
RG Gynecology and Obstetrics<br />
RJ Pediatrics<br />
RK Dentistry<br />
RL Dermatology<br />
RM Therapeutics, Pharmacology<br />
RS Pharmacy and Materia Medica<br />
RT Nursing<br />
RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and Electric Medicine<br />
RX Homeopathy<br />
RZ Other Systems of Medicine<br />
Class S – Agriculture<br />
S Agriculture (General)<br />
SB Plant Culture<br />
SD Forestry<br />
SF Animal Culture<br />
SH Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling<br />
SK Hunting Sports<br />
Class T – Technology<br />
T Technology (General)<br />
TA Engineering (General), Civil Engineering<br />
TC Hydraulic Engineering, Ocean Engineering<br />
TD Environmental Technology, Sanitary Engineering<br />
TE Highway Engineering, Roads and Pavement<br />
TG Bridge Engineering<br />
TH Building Construction<br />
TK Electr<strong>ical</strong> Engineering, Electronics, Nuclear Engineering<br />
TL Motor Vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics<br />
TJ Mechan<strong>ical</strong> Engineering and Machinery<br />
TN Mining Engineering, Metallurgy<br />
TP Chem<strong>ical</strong> Technology<br />
TR Photography<br />
TS Manufactures<br />
TT Handicrafts, Arts and Crafts<br />
TX Home Economics<br />
Class U – Military Science<br />
U Military Science (General)<br />
UA Armies: Organization, Distribution, Military Situation<br />
UB Military Administration<br />
UC Maintenance and Transportation<br />
UD Infantry<br />
UE Cavalry, Armor<br />
UF Artillery<br />
UG Military Engineering, Air Forces<br />
UH Other Services<br />
Class V – Naval Science<br />
V Naval Science (General)<br />
VA Navies: Organization, Distribution, Naval Situation<br />
VB Naval Administration<br />
VC Naval Maintenance<br />
VD Naval Seaman<br />
VE Marines<br />
VF Naval Ordnance<br />
VG Minor Services of Navies<br />
VK Navigation, Merchant Marine<br />
VM Naval Architecture, Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering<br />
Class Z – Bibliography, Library Science,<br />
Information Resources (General)<br />
Z Books (General), Writing, Paleography, Book Industries<br />
and Trade, Libraries, Bibliography<br />
ZA Information Resources (General)<br />
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