LSU Libraries - Understanding Call Numbers Tutorial

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Dewey Call Numbers
LC Call Numbers
SuDocs Call Numbers
How to Read the Call Numbers

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ADDITIONAL MATERIAL:
Library of Congress Classification System
Dewey Decimal Classification System
Superintendent of Documents Classification System

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Here is a comparison of another work classified using both Dewey and LC systems. The work, Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, would be classified as follows:

in DC, as 813 AL355L 1987 and
in LC, as PS 1017 .L5 1987

Dewey Decimal		Library of Congress
Classification Number	813	Classification Number	PS 1017
Author and Book Number	AL355L	Author and Book Number	.L5
Year of publication (for this issue)	1987	Year of publication (for this issue)	1987

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