Library of Congress (LC) and Superintendent of
Documents (SuDoc)
Call Number Arrangement
The Library of Congress (LC)
Classification
Chesnutt Library uses the LC
classification system. Materials are organized into twenty-one broad
subject categories. Each subject category is identified by a letter
of the alphabet. Subclasses within
each subject category are
identified by a numerical notation. The next part of the call number
is the
book number and is unique to that work. The last part of the
call number is the date, used to
distinguish one edition from
another.
- A -- GENERAL WORKS
- B -- PHILOSOPHY.
PSYCHOLOGY. RELIGION
- C -- AUXILIARY SCIENCES OF HISTORY
- D --
HISTORY: GENERAL AND OLD WORLD
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E -- HISTORY:
AMERICA
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F -- HISTORY:
AMERICA
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G -- GEOGRAPHY.
ANTHROPOLOGY.
RECREATION
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H -- SOCIAL
SCIENCES
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J -- POLITICAL
SCIENCE
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K -- LAW
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L -- EDUCATION
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M -- MUSIC AND BOOKS
ON MUSIC
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N -- FINE
ARTS
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P -- LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE
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Q -- SCIENCE
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R -- MEDICINE
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S -- AGRICULTURE
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T -- TECHNOLOGY
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U -- MILITARY SCIENCE
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V -- NAVAL
SCIENCE
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Z --
BIBLIOGRAPHY. LIBRARY SCIENCE.
INFORMATION RESOURCES (GENERAL)
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Library of
Congress Call Number Arrangement:
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The letter(s) at the
beginning of each call number correspond to a main subject and a
subheading. For instance, books with call numbers beginning
with the letter L represents Education, LB represents Theory and Practice
of Education.
The
numbers that follow the first letter(s) further specify the subject
area. They are whole numbers; ones, tens, hundreds and
thousands. They may also be decimal numbers.
The
next part of the call number is a letter-decimal combination
designating the author and title of the book. Be Careful!
The decimal may not be printed as part of the call number!
Even though the decimal is sometimes not printed in the call number on the
spine of the book, you must think of the number that follows the
letter as a decimal. Therefore, T235 would precede T35.
Finally, a copyright date is often included in the call number to
distinguish different editions of the same book.
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Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) Call Number Arrangement
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C
61.34:987 |
The SuDocs
call numbers are assigned to government documents by the U.S..
Government Printing Office. These can be applied to paper documents,
CD-ROMs, or materials on microfilm or microfiche.
1. Author Symbol = C
represents the issuing agency (Commerce
Department)
2. Subordinate Offices = 61.
indicates the subordinate bureau within the issuing agency (International
Trade Administration)
3. Series Desigation = 34: is the number
of the specific publication U.S.
Industrial Outlook)
4. Book
Numbers = 987; after the colon, the
number that appears is usually a number that would identify a
specific book, or be a number representing the series or the
fact it was an annual; . 987 indicates the year of publication
(1987)
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1. Author Symbol.
Every
executive department and agency, the Judiciary, Congress, and other
major independent establishments have a unique alphabetical
identifier. Documents will be found on the shelf alphabetically by
this symbol.
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A
- Agriculture Department
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AE – National
Archives and Records
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C –
Commerce
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C 3
- Census Bureau
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CR – Civil
Rights Commission
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CS – Civil Service
Commission
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D
- Defense Department
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E - Energy
Department
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ED - Education
Department
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EP
– Environmental Protection
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FR
– Federal Reserve System
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FT
– Federal Trade Commission
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FTZ
– Federal Trade Zone Board
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GA
- General Accounting Office
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GP – Government
Printing Office
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GS
- General Services Administration
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HE - Health and
Human Services Dept.
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HH
– Housing and Urban Development
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I - Interior
Department
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I 19. - U.S.
Geological Survey
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I 28 -
Bureau of
Mines
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I 29 - National Park
Service
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IC – Interstate Commerce Com.
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J
- Justice Department
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JU - Judiciary
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L - Labor
Department
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LC
- Library of Congress
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NA – National Academy of
Sciences
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NAS
– NASA
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NS
– National Science Foundation
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P
– United States Postal Service
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PE
– Peace Corps
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PR
– President of United States
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S
- State Department
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SBA – Small
Business Adm.
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SE
– Securities and Exchange Commission
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SI - Smithsonian
Institution
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T
–
Treasury
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T 22
– Internal Revenue Service
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TD –
Transportation
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VA – Veterans
Administration
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W, X, Y
– Congress
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Y 1
– House and
Senate Reports and Documents
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Y 4
- Congressional Committees and Hearings
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2. Subordinate Offices.
Numbers are added to the alphabetic identifiers to distinguish
bureaus and offices within major departments. For example, the
Agriculture Department as a whole is designated as A 1, but the
Forestry Service is identified as A 13. The Interior Department is
I 1, but the Geological Survey is I 19, the Bureau of Mines is I 28,
and the National Park Service is I 29. The Treasury Department is T
1, but the Internal Revenue Service is T 22.
3. Series Designations.
Each type of publication has an identifying number, and a colon
follows this. Some of the more common types are:
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1: Annual Reports
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5: Laws (administered by the agency and published by it)
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8: Handbooks, manuals, guides
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10: Directories
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11: Maps and charts
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13: Forms
Note: Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the
SuDoc number is called the Class
Stem.
4. Book Numbers.
The number following the colon of the Class Stem identifies a
specific book, either by series number, annual number, or a number
based on the subject of the title.
5. Related Series.
A new series, which is closely related to an already existing
series, will be placed next to the original on the shelf and
differentiated from it with a slash mark and another letter or
number. This number also reflects the date of a title.
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