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How to Read Call Numbers (to help you find books)
Kathleen ReisOctober 2010
A call number is a book’s address. It tells where a book can be found just like you can be found at your
address.
B CYR
F WHI
E BER
Everybody Books
E everybody
CARFirst 3 letters of the authors last name.
Fiction Books
F fiction
WHI First 3 letters of the author’s last name.
Biographies
B biography
OBA First 3 letters of the subject’s last name.
Non-fiction Books
Non-fiction (information books) are organized by subjectand the first 3 letters of the author’s last name.
Subjects are divided into ten main categories.
000 – Computer science, information and general works100 – Philosophy and psychology200 – Religion300 – Social sciences400 – Language500 – Math and science600 – Technology and applied science700 – Arts and recreation800 – Literature900 – History and geography
796FOR
609MCL
822.3SHA
This is an example of how the books are ordered in the non-fiction section by call number.
599RAN 599.09 BRE 599.3 COU 599.34 AND 599.9 ADA 599.91 ACH
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