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How do you Locate Material Found in the Catalog?
- Material is arranged in each of the libraries on campus by location
within the library and by call number.
For most materials shelving in the general bookstacks, call numbers are assigned
based on their subject using classification systems which attempt to arrange
all of human knowledge in large subject categories. Sterling has used two
different classification systems:
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- Until 1970, it used the Yale system.
- Since then, the Library of Congress system (LC) has been used.
- The call number almost always appears in the upper left corner of the card.
Since the first element in both classifications systems is a series of letters
and numbers, Library of Congress call numbers are always clearly indicated
by having the designation "(LC)" follow them on the card.
Shelving in a location other than the Sterling stacks, whether in another
library or in a specific collection in Sterling, is indicated by the name
of the library or collection appearing above or below the call number. These
location symbols always take precedence over location by call number.
Shelving in the Sterling stacks is by size as well as classification.
Size indications include:
- In the Yale classification:
- Oversize works carry an initial "O" or a "+" as the first element
of the second or third line of the call number.
- Folio works carry a double initial "OO" as the first elelment of
the second or third line of the call number.
In the Library of Congress classification
- Oversize works carry an initial "+" as the first element of the
second or third line of the call number.
- Folio works have the word "Folio" printed above the call number.
- Use the Sterling
stack directory to translate the combination of classification and size
into a stack level location in the stacks.
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