Organization of Materials

1. Organization of Materials Roberts-LaForge Library and the Instructional Resources Center

2. Four Classifications • Library of Congress Classification (general books and reference) • Dewey Decimal Classification (IRC) • Superintendent of Documents Classification (Federal Government Documents) • Mississippi Government Documents Classification

3. Library of Congress Classification General and Reference Books

4. Characteristics of Library of Congress Classification • Resources have alphabetical call numbers • Resources are arranged by subject • (for example, a book with a call number beginning with the letters “AY” would be in the “Yearbooks, Almanacs, and Directories” section)

8. Example of a LC Call Number Occupational Outlook Handbook HF 5381 .A1 O36 Ref 2002-03

9. Example of a List of LC Call Number Prefixes in Correct Order N 81.2 G28 N 81.2 G7 NA 72.7 NC 2

10. Dewey Decimal Classification Resources in the IRC

11. Characteristics of Dewey Decimal Classification • Resources have numerical call numbers • Resources are arranged by subject • (for example, resources pertaining to general physics have call numbers beginning with the numbers “530.”)

12. 000 Computers, Information and General 100 Philosophy & Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Sciences 400 Language 500 Science 600 Technology 700 Arts & Recreation 800 Literature 900 History & Geography The 10 Main Classes of DDC

13. 500 Science 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Earth Sciences & Geology 560 Fossils & Prehistoric Life 570 Biology & Life Sciences 580 Plants (Botany) 590 Animals (Zoology) Subclasses of Class 500: Science

14. Some Sub-subclasses of Subclass 530: Physics • 530 General works on physics • 531 Classical mechanics • 532 Fluid mechanics • 533 Gas mechanics

15. Example of a DDC Call Number Holt Physics (textbook) 530 H758hS 2002 gr. 9-12 TEXTRS

16. Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) Classification Federal Government Documents

17. Characteristics of SuDocs Classification • Federal documents have alphabetical call numbers. • Federal documents are arranged by issuing government agency, not subject. • SuDocs classification is used for federal documents only. State documents have their own classification.

18. Call # Begins With A C CR FT GA I PR Issuing Agency Agriculture Dept. Commerce Dept. Civil Rights Comm. Fed. Trade Comm. General Accounting Interior Dept. President of the U.S. SuDocs Classification Examples

19. Example of a SuDoc Call Number An Overview of OJP Bureaus, Offices, and COPS Information Technology Initiatives (U.S. Dept. of Justice) J 26.2:IN 3/2

20. Mississippi Government Documents Classification

21. Characteristics of Mississippi Government Documents Classification • Call numbers begin with a number. • State documents are arranged by the government agency which issued them, not by subject.

22. Call # Begins With 821 071 252 451 111 Issuing Agency Aeronautics Commission Attorney General Delta State Univ. Forestry Commission Secretary of State Examples of Ms. Gov. Docs. Classification

23. Example of a Mississippi Government Document Call Number MAFES Research Highlights (Published by the Ms. Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station) 422.2:RH 67/4