THEA 1100 Theatre Appreciation: How to Find a Play in the Library

The Roberts Library uses the Library of Congress classification system to arrange books on our shelves.

The first two lines describe the subject of the book.  The third line often represents the author's last name. The last line represents the date of publication.

Tips for Finding Books on the Shelf

Read call numbers line by line.

LB
Read the first line in alphabetical order:
A, B, BF, C, D... L, LA, LB, LC, M, ML...

2395
Read the second line as a whole number:
1, 2, 3, 45, 100, 101, 1000, 2000, 2430...

.C65
The third line is a combination of a letter and numbers. Read the letter alphabetically. Read the number as a decimal, eg:
.C65 = .65 .C724 = .724

Some call numbers have more than one combination letter-number line.

1991
The last line is the year the book was published. Read in chronological order:
1985, 1991, 1992...