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With almost 150,000 items stored on the 3rd<\/sup> floor of Smith Library, finding the book that you\u2019re looking for can be difficult.\u00a0 The public catalog<\/a> is the tool that we use to help us find the location of a book in the stacks.\u00a0 When you locate an item of interest, the item’s record<\/a> in the catalog will show the item\u2019s location, status, and call number.<\/p>\n

The call number is designed to take you right to the item.\u00a0 The Dewey Decimal Classification System is the tool we use to assign call numbers, and so organize our collection.<\/p>\n

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Dewey Demystified<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dewey is broken down into ten centuries, beginning with 000-099, and ending with 900-999. Philosophy and Psychology are classed in the 100\u2019s. Religion is classed in the 200\u2019s. The 300\u2019s contain Political Science, Economics, Law, and Education, among other things.\u00a0 Fine Arts are classed in the 700\u2019s, Literature in the 800\u2019s, and History in the 900\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\"howtolocateabook\"<\/p>\n

Each century is broken down into decades representing different subsets of the century\u2019s main subject.\u00a0 In the 500\u2019s, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Mathematics is 510-519, Astronomy is 520-529, Physics is 530-539, Chemistry is 540-549, and so forth.<\/p>\n

Each decade is broken down into years.\u00a0 Under the Subject of Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics is 521.\u00a0 Celestial bodies is 523.\u00a0 And here comes the decimal part of the classification.\u00a0 Our solar system can be found under 523.2; Planets of our solar system are classed at 523.41-523.48, with the exception of earth, which is 525.<\/p>\n

Once we get into a year in Dewey, the numbers after the decimal allow us to sub-divide the subject into increasingly more specific aspects.\u00a0 523.8 is stars, and Supernovas are classed in 523.84465.<\/p>\n

The Dewey portion of the call number deals specifically with subject.\u00a0 Following that is a “cutter,” which tends to organize materials by author, so that materials on a specific subject will be grouped together, sub-organized by the author\u2019s last name, then by the title of the book.\u00a0 And so we use the Dewey Decimal Classification System to bring like materials together, which increases the likelihood that if you find one book on your subject, you will find others shelved nearby.<\/p>\n

With all of these elements of organization, it\u2019s important to bring the whole call number with you to the stacks when you\u2019re looking for a book.\u00a0 With almost 2500 books classed in the 520\u2019s on Astronomy, you can find your book much quicker if you know the whole call number.<\/p>\n

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Navigating the Stacks
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Finally, we offer a map of the 3rd floor stacks<\/a> to help you estimate where each century starts.\u00a0 But if you get stuck, find a Librarian.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be happy to help.<\/p>\n

\u2013Michael Ingram, Technical Services & Systems Librarian<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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