LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS

TR178.83.B351992

The Call Number on the spine of the book tells you where to find the bookon the shelves.

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Academic Libraries usually use the Library of Congress Classification System, not the Dewey Decimal system.

TRThe first line is shelved in alphabetical order.On the library shelves you’d find books with the call number HA shelved before HB, TR wouldbe before TS, etc...178.83

The second line is a real number. You’dfind 1 before 2, and 178.83 before 178.9,etc...

TR178.83.B35

This line is both alphabetical and decimal. A number with .A-- would be found on the shelfbefore 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

1967

This number is usually the date of the publication of the book. 1967 wouldbe found on the shelf before 1968, 1968 before 1969, etc...

Where should this book go in this sequence?

Where should this book go in this sequence?

BS23.5.F578

BR23.F466

BS23.H4

BS23.243.F578

BS23.7.F571

PS3711.I76

PS3711.F18

PS3711.I7

PS3711.I8

PS3711.I975

BS23.5.F578

PS3711.76

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