Understanding Call Numbers
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 |
