LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS

1. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS City College Library The Call Number on the spine of the book tells you where to find the book on the shelves. Click the down or up arrows on your BROWSER to move forwards or backwards. TR 178.83 .B35 1992

2. Academic Libraries usually use the Library of Congress Classification System, not the Dewey Decimal system. City College Library The first line is shelved in alphabetical order. On the library shelves you’d find books with the call number HAshelved before HB, TR would be before TS, etc... TR 178.83 The second line is a real number. You’d find 1 before2, and 178.83 before 178.9, etc...

3. This line is both alphabetical and decimal. A number with .A-- would be found on the shelf before a number with .B--, B before C, etc…. But don’t forget this is a decimal number, so .B35 would be found on the shelf after.B214 City College Library TR 178.83 This number is usually the date of the publication of the book. 1967 would be found on the shelf before 1968, 1968 before 1969, etc... .B35 1967

4. BS 23.5 .F578 Where should this book go in this sequence? Think of the answer before you advance the slide. BR 23 .F466 BS 23 .H4 BS 23.243 .F578 BS 23.5 .F578 BS 23.7 .F571 City College Library PS 3711 .I76 Where should this book go in this sequence? Think of the answer before you advance the slide. PS 3711 .F18 PS 3711 .I7 PS 3711 .76 PS 3711 .I8 PS 3711 .I975 If you got either of these wrong return to pageone or go to Research Resources to exit.

5. Additional research assistance • When you begin your research in the City College library stop by the Reference Desk and a librarian will be glad to assist you. Was this tutorial helpful? Click here PowerPoint Tutorials