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Library of Congress
Type as much or as little of the call number as you want. For example:
Government Documents, Microfiche/Microfilm, Dewey Decimal, Slide, and Sound Recording number Searches
Type as much or as little of the number as you want. Type punctuation for SUDOC numbers exactly as it appears. For example:
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| Library of Congress | The Library of Congress Call Number is a series of letters followed by numbers and is used to determine shelf order. Example : QA 402.6 R65 1986 or Qa 402 |
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| Government Documents |
A classification system developed for government documents that contains letters and numbers and is shelfed together as a collection. Put a space between the first letter(s) and the number that follows. Example : HH 1.2:H |
| Dewey Decimal Classification numbers |
This is an early classification system that uses only numbers. Books are no longer being added to our collection with Dewey numbers. WE are in the process of converting items classified with the Dewey number to the Library of Congress classificaiton system. However, there are many items in the collection that still use Dewey. Example : 749.2An26 Example : 301.52 |
| Microfiche and Microfilm numbers |
These use a combination of format designation, letter and number. Put a swpazce before and after the letter part of the number.. Example : MFILM B 1551 Example : MFICHE B 108 |
| Sound Recordings |
These use a combination of format, and numbers. Put a space between the format word and the number. Example : DISC 3046 Example : CDISC 5205 |
