Call Number Browse (LC Classification No.)
Use this search to browse call numbers using the Library of Congress
Classification System. For all other types of shelving numbers,
Call Number Browse (Other Shelving Nos.).
A Call
Number Browse (LC Classification No.) locates materials by
their unique shelving numbers at the Library of Congress. |
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- Search complete or partial call numbers
- tk5103.59 .f5288 1990 {complete} for Fiber
optic communications handbook
- qa76.887 {partial} for catalog records relating to a
certain subject -- DNA based computers
- Call numbers obtained from other libraries using the Library of
Congress Classification system should be verified in the
Library of Congress Online Catalog since such libraries may modify
these numbers in response to local needs.
NOTE: Search limits
are not available. Boolean operators
(AND, OR, NOT) are not available.
Call Number Browse Search Examples:
To Browse the Call Number . . . |
Enter . . . |
PZ3.B8555 Go |
pz3.b8555 go |
QA76.6245 .M45 2004 |
qa76.6245 .m45 2004 |
Z4.A63 1951 |
z4.a63 1951 |
Search Tips:
- Punctuation and spacing matter. In general, punctuation
and spacing should be entered as they appear in the catalog
record.
- In searches for call numbers containing a decimal extension,
the . (period) must be included (e.g.,
tk5103.59)
- In searches for call numbers containing a "double cutter"
(that is, more than one letter/number combination appears after
the class number), a space must be included before the
second letter, (e.g., ps509.d6 c6)
- In searches for call numbers which contain a date, a space
must be included before the date. (e.g., sf426.c65
1991)
- Case does not matter.
- Searches are automatically truncated; do not use
the question mark (?) for truncation.
- If a search for a known number does not produce satisfactory
results, try entering only the first part of the call number.
Always include at least one numeric character in the search term.
Searches on partial call numbers that lack numeric characters
generally retrieve too many records to be useful. Instead of
searching under "P" or "PQ" try "PQ139." Note: An exception is
searching for materials which have call numbers without any
numerals, such as some Law Library materials and some special
collections.
- Do not use the Call Number search to locate U.S.
government documents in the LC depository collection. To search by
Superintendent of Document (SuDoc) number for publications that
may be in that collection, use the index code
K086 in Expert Search .
- Do not use the Call Number search method to search by
numbers from classification schemes that are not used to shelve
materials in the Library of Congress collections, e.g. the
Decimal Classification (Dewey) and the National
Library of Medicine Classification. Many Library of
Congress Online Catalog records contain numbers from these and
other classification schemes for the use of other libraries.
Expert Search offers special indexes
for searching the Online Catalog using numbers from these
classification schemes.
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