Friday

Assigning Call Numbers “from scratch”Wrap-up

Instructor: Heidi Lee Hoerman

Email: hoerman@sc.edu

Phone: (803) 777-0285

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/hoerman/basepage.htm

Assigning LCC from scratch1st choose subject headingsIf LCSH suggests a call number

Check in LCC to see if it is in the right place for your book

If LCSH does not suggest a call number Try searching the UT catalog to find a call number Check in LCC to see if it is in the right place &

“well built”

Assigning LCC from scratch

If there is no call number in LCSH & no record in the catalog Determine the discipline of the item Determine which class to look in Go to LCC and do, do, do, what we done, done,

done before.

A = General Works

B = Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

C = Aux. Science of History

D = History: Eastern Hemisphere

E & F = History: Western Hemisphere

G = Geography, Folklore, Recreation

H = Social Sciences

J = Political Science

K = Law

L = Education

M = Music

N = Art

P = Languages and Literatures

Q = Science

R = Medicine

S = Agriculture

T = Technology

U = Military Science

V = Naval Science

Z = Bibliography & Library Science

Practice