Table of Contents

Call Numbers

Intro-Dewey Decimal

Intro-Library of Congress

Dewey Decimal-Table

Library of Congress-Table

Reading Call Numbers

Quiz-Dewey Decimal

Quiz-Library of Congress

Quiz-Shelving Order

This tutorial is intended to give a broad overview of Dewey Decimal

and Library of Congress classification systems.

 

You will learn:

  • How items are classified within each system.

  • What the call numbers mean.

  • How to find an item based on it's call number.

To navigate the tutorial, simply click the " Next " or " Previous "

arrow at the top of each page. This will walk you through the

tutorial sequentially. If you would like to move between or skip

around the sections of the tutorial, you may click on the "HOME"

and choose a topic from the "Table of Contents" . There will be

several quizzes to test your understanding.

 

This tutorial should take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

 

Jane Ampah
Catholic University
Created 11/15/2005