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UNDERSTANDING
CALL NUMBERS
John B. Cade Library uses the
Library of Congress Classification
The Library of Congress Classification System
(LC System) is used to organize books in
many academic and university libraries.
How to Read Call Numbers
1. First, look at Line 1:
Books are arranged in alphabetical order, by the letters on the first line of the call
number.
Example: first come all the D call numbers, then all the DA call numbers, then DB, etc.
2. Next, look at Line
Within the DA call numbers, books are arranged in
number order. The numbers are arranged in numerical
order, from low to high.
3. Then look at Line 3:
Line 3 of the call number has a letter and a number. The letters are in
alphabetical order. Then read the numbers-but REMEMBER!
The numbers are not WHOLE numbers, they are DECIMAL numbers!

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Understanding call numbers

  • 2. John B. Cade Library uses the Library of Congress Classification The Library of Congress Classification System (LC System) is used to organize books in many academic and university libraries.
  • 3. How to Read Call Numbers 1. First, look at Line 1: Books are arranged in alphabetical order, by the letters on the first line of the call number. Example: first come all the D call numbers, then all the DA call numbers, then DB, etc.
  • 4. 2. Next, look at Line Within the DA call numbers, books are arranged in number order. The numbers are arranged in numerical order, from low to high.
  • 5. 3. Then look at Line 3: Line 3 of the call number has a letter and a number. The letters are in alphabetical order. Then read the numbers-but REMEMBER! The numbers are not WHOLE numbers, they are DECIMAL numbers!

Editor's Notes

  1. Expanded, beveled text and shadow (Basic) To reproduce the text effects on this slide, do the following: On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then on the slide, drag to draw the text box. Enter text in the text box, select the text, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, select Calisto MT from the Font list and then select 60 from the Font Size list. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Center to center the text in the text box. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click Character Spacing, and then click More Spacing. In the Font dialog box, on the Character Spacing tab, in the Spacing list, select Expanded. In the By box, enter 22. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click the arrow next to Text Fill, and then under Theme Colors click Tan, Background 2, Darker 50% (fourth row, third option from the left). Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the bottom right corner of the WordArt Styles group, click the Format Text Effects dialog box launcher. In the Format Text Effects dialog box, click 3-D Format in the left pane, and then do the following in the right pane: Under Bevel, click the button next to Top, and then under Bevel click Soft Round (second row, second option from the left). Next to Top, in the Width box, enter 4 pt, and in the Height box, enter 6 pt. Under Depth, click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Tan, Background 2, Darker 50% (fourth row, third option from the left). In the Depth box, enter 6 pt. Under Contour, click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left). In the Size box, enter 0 pt. Under Surface, click the button next to Material, and then under Translucent click Powder. Click the button next to Lighting, and then under Warm click Morning. Also in the Format Text Effects dialog box, click Shadow in the left pane, and then do the following in the right pane: Click the button next to Presets, and under Perspective, click Perspective Diagonal Upper Left (first row, first option from the left). In the Transparency box, enter 85%. To reproduce the background on this slide, do the following: Right-click the slide background area, then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the right pane, and then do the following: In the Type list, select Radial. Click the button next to Direction, and then click From Corner (first option from the left). Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until three stops appear in the slider. Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows: Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 45%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left). Select the next stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 80%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 223, Green: 219, Blue: 211. Select the last stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 100%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 213, Green: 208, Blue: 197.