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This FAQ will help you identify what classification system you are dealing with and how to decode the string of alphanumeric characters that make up its call number. Contents: – Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC) – Library of Congress Classification System (LCC) – Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) – OCLC Number (WorldCat)
29 Οκτ 2022 · What is a call number? The call number of an item acts like a house's street address. It is a unique identifier that locates the item sequentially within a larger group of similar objects (much like the other houses on a block usually have a similar design, shape, size, etc).
19 Μαΐ 2022 · What do call numbers mean? Books and journals are arranged on our shelves according to the Library of Congress (LC) classification system. These call numbers uniquely identify and organize items near other material on the same or similar subjects. Consider the call number: TK 7881.6 M29 1993.
8 Φεβ 2017 · A call number is like an address for a book. It tells you exactly where to go to find the book, or where the book should be returned. The call number is made up of letters, whole numbers, decimals, a publication date, and occasionally a volume and/or copy number.
9 Μαρ 2023 · Hiebert Library uses the Library of Congress Classification Schedule to establish call numbers for its books. Each call number has two distinct parts. The first part of the call number organizes the books by subject. The second part organizes the books within their subjects sequentially.
25 Μαρ 2020 · Call numbers are arranged using a numeric and alphabetic order. First find the number on the shelf, then get the specific location using the letter. The first numbers in a call number also stand for the main subject of the book.
What is a call number? Call numbers are like an address for a house or a URL for a web site. They provide a path to locating a book or other resource. At York Libraries we use the Library of Congress classification system to make our call numbers. Call numbers are on spines of books AND displayed in the online catalogue