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If you do visit a Federal Depository Library, chances are that you will not find their government information organized by the Dewey Decimal classification system -- or the Library of Congress classification system. Instead, you may encounter the "SuDocs" classification system. SuDocs is named from the Superintendent of Documents -- the person and office who heads the Federal Depository Library Program portion of GPO.
The SuDocs system classifies government publications by the agencies (and offices within an agency) who issue a particular publication. A SuDocs number begins with one or two letters which stand for the issuing agency. For example, publications issued by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture begin with the letter "A" -- those issued by the Dept. of Defense begin with the letter "D" -- those issued from the Dept. of Interior begin with the letter "I" etc.
After the letter(s), a SuDocs number will then contain arbitrary numbers which represent offices or sub-agencies within the main agency. For example, publications from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Forest Service will be classified and shelved with a stem that starts out A 13. Publications issued by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will begin with a stem of A 101. Publications issued by the Dept. of Interior's Geological Survey will begin with a stem of I 19.Publications issued by the Dept. of Interior's National Park Service will begin with a stem of I 29.
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MaxineBooks are classified on the shelves according to the Dewey Decimal System and according to Author's last name if the book is fictional. Some libraries will maintain sections of popular types of books such as mysteries or romance or bestsellers or new books. There are reference books with their classification (also part of the Dewey Decimal System). If you look inside the first few pages of a book you will see the Library of Congress ISB number that is assigned to published books. Then you will the Dewey Decimal System number, the genre of the book and the name of the Author and when it was published. This is true for both non-fiction and fiction books and reference books.
- 000 - Computer science, information & general works
- 100 - Philosophy and psychology
- 200 - Religion
- 300 - Social Sciences
- 400 - Language
- 500 - Science (including mathematics)
- 600 - Technology
- 700 - Arts and recreation
- 800 - Literature
- 900 - History, geography, and biography
The Library of Congress uses the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system to categorize and describe items within their collection. This system is also typically used in other larger libraries, such as national libraries, university libraries, and research libraries.
In sum, this classification system consists of 21 broad categories (each represented by a letter of the alphabet, with I, O, W, X and Y on "reserve" for later use). Each category (or "class") can be divided into more specific subclasses by adding one or two additional letters.
For example:
Class Z represents the subject areas of Bibliographyand Library Science
Subclass Z represents the subjects Books (General), Writing, Paleography, Book industries and trade, Libraries, and Bibliography.
Subclass ZA represents a more specific subject: Information resources (General)
These letters are then followed by numbers, which helps to further specify the topic of the item. Then, these are followed by a decimal point and a cutter number. Additional numbers may be added afterwards to indicate the volume or copy number of the item.
For example:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling has the classification number PZ7.R79835 Hal 2000
P refers to the class Language and Literature
Z refers to the subclass Fiction
7 refers to the subclass Juvenile Fiction
.R refers to the first letter of the author's last name (in this case Rowling)
79 refers to the cutter numbers, which reflect the next two letters in the author's last name
835 refers to further specification of the book
HAL refers to the alphabetical order of the book in the series (the Prisoner of Azkaban is given HAM and the Order of the Phoenix is given HALM, for example)
2000 refers to the publication date
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Classification of library?
The Dewy Classification System is how libraries sort out all the books.
The classification of nonfiction books in a library by numbers are called what?
the classifiaction of a nonfiction of a books in a library
The classification of nonfiction books in a library by number?
Non-Fiction books are classified by being divided into predetermined subject groups, according to the classification system being used by a library. The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system consists of ten main subject groups (called categories), which ranges from 000 to 999 (e.g. 020.11). The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system uses an alphanumeric scheme, which ranges from A to Z (e.g. PZ7.J684 Wj 1982).
What system does the Library of Congress use to sort its books?
The Library of Congress, which is the largest library in the world, uses the Library of Congress Classification System to classify and arrange it's books. This classification system, which was created by Herbert Putnam in 1897, is also used by most academic and research libraries both within and outside of the US.
What are the two types of systems of library classifications?
The two library classification systems are: The Dewey Decimal Classification System and the Library of Congress Classification System. hope this helped :P
