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Library of Congress: Reading Call Numbers

This guide will explain how the R-CCC Learning Resource Center is arranged in the Library of Congress Classification System

Reading a Call Number

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Note how the books represented below are shelved in correct call number order:

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Reading a Call Number Line by Line

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