The Augustana College Thomas Tredway Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system.  LC classification is alphanumeric; i.e. it uses letters and numbers to find a location for the book on a shelf.  The Dewey Decimal classification system uses mostly numbers to place a book on the shelf (000-999.999).

An example of  LC call number:  PL856.U673 S4513 1991

If these 6 books were an entire collection, this is how they would be arranged on the shelf from left to right.

Some call numbers at Augustana are preceded by special letters, for example:

REF, Reference Collection, located on the 2^nd floor
Index, located on the 2^nd floor
Childrens, located on the 5^th floor
Map Room, located on the 1^st floor

The following special letters indicate that the item is in Special Collections, located on the 1st floor of the library:

Charles XV, Faculty, Gustav VI, Miss Vly, Rare Book, Spec Coll, Alumni, Aug Insts

The following special leters indicate that the item is in the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, located in Denkmann Hall:

NWO, Scandinaviana, SSIRC Ref., Swan, CWM, Immig, Linder

Last updated Febraury 15, 2005
 

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