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How do I find a book on the shelf? Answer Key

Answer, Example One

Catalog Book
TT23 .H67 TT
23 
.H67 
TT197 .S39 S21 TT
197 
.S39 
S21
TT848 .W534 1983 TT
848 
.W534
 1983

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Answer, Example Two:
The second line in a Library of Congress call number is a regular number, not a decimal number. 252 is bigger than75, and smaller than 650. Here is the correct order:

BF
75
.T44
BF
252
.T44
BF
650
.C3
BF
801
.K21

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Answer, Example Three: The number in the third line is treated as a decimal -- .6 is bigger than .22, and smaller than .8  (think of them as .60 and .80, if that helps). Here is the correct order:

DA
28
.L22
DA
28
.L6
DA
28
.L8
DA
28
.L91

Go back to Example Four

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer, Example Four: The number in the fourth line of these examples is not a year, therefore it's treated as a decimal -- .4 is bigger than .31 and smaller than .55 (think of it as .40, if that helps). Here is the correct order:

PS
128 
.M23
S29
PS
128 
.M23
S31
PS
128 
.M23
S4
PS
128 
.M23
S55

Go back to the Quiz.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer, Quiz yourself!

H2
.B25
H2
.E25 
H41
.P21 
H41
.P4
HD51
.Q12  
B6
HD51
.Q12 
B71
HM98
.S591 
B71
1975
HM98
.S591 
B71
2001
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