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There are two major call number systems used in the libraries: the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification schemes. The first line of a call number, as it appears on a physical item, is a broad subject classification. The subsequent lines are combinations of letters and numbers that organize items into narrower, related categories.
Library of Congress | Dewey Decimal |
HB Alphabetically 615 Whole number |
573.3 Whole number, followed by decimal |
C518 Alphabetically, then decimals (may be followed by another letter) |
.W932A Alphabetically, then decimals |
2018 Publication Date, shelves chronologically | e.g., 573.3 W932A shelves before 573.3 W94A |
See How to Read Call Numbers from the University of Berkeley Library for more details about LC call numbers.
D | World History |
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D111-203 | Medieval history, 476-1453 |
D204-475 | Modern history, 1453- |
DB | Austria, Liechtenstein, Hungary, Czechoslovakia |
DC | France, Andorra, Monaco |
DD | Germany |
DK | Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland |
DP | Spain, Portugal |
DQ | Switzerland |
DS | Asia |
DT | Africa |
E-F | American History |
E11-143 | America |
F1201-3799 | Latin America, Spanish America |
H | Social Sciences |
HN | Social history and conditions, social problems, social reform |
HQ | The family, marriage, women |
HT | Communities, classes, races |
HX | Socialism, Communism, Anarchism |