Rose Library - Cleveland Community College

 

 

 

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Library of Congress (LoC) Classification is a standard system of organization used by college and university libraries to categorize their materials.

 

 

Line 1a) HF - Describes the general subject of Book. ex) Commerce Line 1b) 5415.13 - Describes the specific Subject. ex) Marketing, DistributioLine 1a) HF - Describes the general subject of Book. ex) Commerce Line 1b) 5415.13 - Describes the specific Subject. ex) Marketing, Distribution of Products Line 2) .D52 - Represents the last name of author or the name of group. ex) Dib, Allen Line 3) 2018 - Represents the publication

 

Image of a call number example. Written at top of image is the word "Example", then leading down the left side of image are the words "Line 1a" pointing to "HF", "Line 1b" pointing to "5415.13", "Line 2" pointing to ".D52", and "Line 3" pointing to 2018

 

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Below are our quick links to the Library of Congress (LoC) Classifications. Browse through all the classes or jump to specific ones.

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