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Guide to Information Resources Chapter 1: Call Numbers

Guide to Information Resources Chapter 1: Call Numbers. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS. The Call Number on the spine of the book tells you where to find the book on the shelves. TR 178.83 .B35 1992. Press space bar to continue. Press “P” to back up. Press “esc key” to end.

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Guide to Information Resources Chapter 1: Call Numbers

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  1. Guide to Information Resources Chapter 1: Call Numbers LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS The Call Number on the spine of the book tells you where to find the book on the shelves. TR 178.83 .B35 1992 Press space bar to continue. Press “P” to back up. Press “esc key” to end.

  2. Guide to Information Resources Chapter 1: Call Numbers Academic Libraries usually use the Library of Congress Classification System, not the Dewey Decimal system. The first line is shelved in alphabetical order. On the library shelves you’d find books with the call number HAshelved before HB, TR would be before TS, etc... TR 178.83 The second line is a real number. You’d find 1 before2, and 178.83 before 178.9, etc...

  3. Guide to Information Resources Chapter 1: Call Numbers This line is both alphabetical and decimal. A number with .A-- would be found on the shelf before 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 and before.B4 (tip: you might think of this as money. 35 cents is less than 21 cents. [.B35 comes after .B214] 21 cents is less than 40 cents. [.B214 comes before .B4]) TR 178.83 .B35 1967 This number is usually the date of the publication of the book. 1967 would be found on the shelf before 1968, 1968 before 1969, etc...

  4. Guide to Information Resources Chapter 1: BS 23.5 .F578 Where should this book go in this sequence? Think of the answer before you advance the slide. BR 23 .F466 BS 23 .H4 BS 23.243 .F578 BS 23.5 .F578 BS 23.7 .F571 PS 3711 .I76 Where should this book go in this sequence? Think of the answer before you advance the slide. PS 3711 .F18 PS 3711 .I7 PS 3711 .76 PS 3711 .I8 PS 3711 .I975 If you got either of these wrong review this section of chapter one.

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