To Read a Call Number, you first need to know how it is constructed:
Parts of a Call Number
Each Library of Congress call number begins with 1-3 letters. In the catalog, the call number looks like this: NC890.M3713 2016
On the book's spine, the call number looks like this:
NC
890
.M3713
2016
Reading a Call Number
- Items are arranged alphabetically first.
- Once you've found the NC section, find 890.
- The first number is always to be read as a whole number. 890 comes after 89 and before 8900.
- The cutter number refers to the author and/or location.
- Items are arranged alphabetically and then numerically.
- .M3713
- The last number is the publication year.
- This book was published in 2016.
- For a Map of the John M. Flaxman Library with general call number areas, ask at the front desk!