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• Dewey Decimal books are on various floors. Check the Library Map to see where the specific number is.
• Library of Congress books are currently located on two floors:
  • A-BBV is on Level F
  • BX-BY is on Level E, in the Cornell Room.
  • C-ZHD is on Level D
  • HE-Z is is on Level C, behind the Atrium, on the far side of the Reference Collection.
• SuDoc is primarily on Level A, with some Congressional documents on Level D.

----How are the call numbers arranged on the shelf?

• Dewey Decimal:  Call numbers are arranged first numerically, and then, within a specific number, alphabetically.  Notice that decimals count!

  390

  390.04

  390.13

  390.3

  390.38

  Within a Dewey number, the second line is shelved alphabetically, and then numerically.  Even though there's not a decimal next to the Cutter number, it is implied in the order in which numbers are arranged on the shelf:

  390.3    B348j

  390.3     B42c

  390.3     B532j

  390.3     B619c

  390.3     B63a

• Library of Congress:  Call numbers are arranged first alphabetically, and then by the numbers that follow the letters.  On the first line, remember the rule, nothing comes before something:

  P

  PC

  PF

  PG

  After the initial letter(s), LC numbers are arranged by the value of the entire number:

  HQ     13

  HQ     35.2

  HQ     113

  HQ     734

  HQ     1073

  After the first two lines, call numbers are arranged first alphabetically, and then according to the decimal:

  HQ    1073    .F46    2008

  HQ      1073      .F557      2009

  HQ      1073      .F61

  HQ      1073      .J36      2004

• SuDoc:  Call numbers are arranged first alphabetically, with letters coming before numbers, and then numerically.  The only real tricks are to ignore "Senate Hearing" or "Senate Print," and to remember that what looks suspiciously like a decimal point in a SuDoc number is actually only a divider (as are any punctuation, such as / or :):  treat as whole numbers any numbers that follow punctuation:

  Y4.    F49:    Ai52

  Y4.      F49:      103-86

  Y4.      F49:      Senate Hearing 103-87

  Y4.      F49/20:     Z64

  Y4.      F49/20:      108-6

  Y4.      F76/1:      109-10

   

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