Understanding Call Numbers
How to Read the Call Numbers - cont.
Let's put the following Library of Congress call numbers in order:
| PS 2552 .O874 A6 2001 |
PK 2198 .G4 A233 1999 |
M 1613.3 .B94 L6 1990Z |
PN 1994 .M78 1996 |
PS 3568 .A486 W56 2001 |
PS 3 .A47 1967 |
The first step is the easiest. Putting he first letters in correct order you get this:
| M 1613.3 .B94 L6 1990Z |
PK 2198 .G4 A233 1999 |
PN 1994 .M78 1996 |
PS 2552 .O874 A6 2001 |
PS 3568 .A486 W56 2001 |
PS 3 .A47 1967 |
The next step is a little more tricky. The first set of numbers you come to are treated as a WHOLE number, and shelved in order from smallest to largest. So... 3 is before 2552 which is before 3568, which means PS 3 is before PS 2552 which is before PS 3568.
| M 1613.3 .B94 L6 1990Z |
PK 2198 .G4 A233 1999 |
PN 1994 .M78 1996 |
PS 3 .A47 1967 |
PS 2552 .O874 A6 2001 |
PS 3568 .A486 W56 2001 |
