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Franklin D. Schurz Library

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LC Classification Outline

A GENERAL WORKS

  • AE Encyclopedias
  • AY Yearbooks

B PHILOSOPHY,PSYCHOLOGY,RELIGION

  • BF Psychology
  • BL-BX Religion

C HISTORY (AUXILIARY SCIENCES)

  • CC Archeology
  • CR Heraldry
  • CT Biography

D HISTORY: GENERAL & OLD WORLD

  • DA Great Britain
  • DC France
  • DD Germany
  • DK Russia
  • DP Spain & Portugal
  • DS Asia
  • DT Africa

E-F HISTORY: AMERICA

G GEOGRAPHY,ANTHROPOLOGY,RECREATION

  • G Geography
  • GN Anthropology
  • GR Folklore
  • GV Sports, Games

H SOCIAL SCIENCES

  • HA Statistics
  • HB-HJ Economics
  • HF Commerce
  • HG Finance
  • HM Sociology
  • HQ Family, Marriage, Women
  • HV Social Pathology

J POLITICAL SCIENCE

  • JA General Works
  • JC Political Theory
  • JF Constitutional History & Administration
  • JK United States
  • JX International Law

K LAW

  • KD English Law
  • KF United States Law

L EDUCATION

  • LA History of Education
  • LB Theory and Practice
  • LD-LG Individual Institutions

M MUSIC

  • ML Literature of Music
  • MT Musical Instruction & Study

N FINE ARTS

  • NB Sculpture
  • NC Graphic Arts
  • ND Painting
  • NK Decorative Arts

P LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

  • PC Romance Languages
  • PD Germanic Languages
  • PE English Language
  • PG Slavic Languages
  • PN Literary History
  • PQ Romance Literatures
  • PR English Literature
  • PS American Literature
  • PT Germanic Literature
  • PZ Juvenile Literature

Q SCIENCE

  • QA Mathematics
  • QC Physics
  • QD Chemistry
  • QK Botany
  • QL Zoology

R MEDICINE

  • RK Dentistry
  • RT Nursing

S AGRICULTURE

T TECHNOLOGY

U-V MILITARY & NAVAL SCIENCE

Z BIBLIOGRAPHY, LIBRARY SCIENCE

 


INTERPRETING AN LC CALL NUMBER
Schurz Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) Classification System. An LC call number consists of a combination of letters and numbers. For example:
HF 5359
.C68

The first letter on the first line represents a major subject. The major subject area is made more specific by adding a second letter to the first line. H designates the Social Sciences; HF represents Commerce.

Further subdivisions of the subject are designated by the numbers: HF 5359 is used for Business Administration.

The next line is a combination of a letter and a number preceded by a decimal point. This makes the call number unique to that specific book.

FINDING THE BOOK

Books with LC call numbers are shelved alphabetically by the letter(s) on the first line: A B BD BF BZ C DA E

Then in order by number: E43 E167 F8 GV72 GV688 H57

Next in order by the letter and number on the following line. This number is always read as if it were a decimal:

HV 27
.B7		 HV 27
.G33		 HV 27
.G4

IUCAT, the computerized catalog, gives the location of each item as well as the call number. Locations include:

Government Documents Ground Floor
Microfilm / Microfiche Ground Floor
Hammes Information Commons First Floor
Reserve First Floor
Casaday Second Floor
Periodicals Second Floor
Special Collections Second Floor
Lincoln Room Third Floor
Stacks A-G Third Floor
Stacks H-N Fourth Floor
Stacks P-Z Fifth Floor
Oversize Fifth Floor

If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please contact Julie Elliott at 520-4410 for assistance.