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HIST 2C: World History from 1700 to the Present (Spickard, Spring 2024): Call Numbers

Survey of the peoples, cultures, and social, economic, and political systems that have characterized the world’s major civilizations in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania from 1700 to present

How to Find Books and Journals on the Library Shelves

Books on the shelves are arranged by their Library of Congress (LC) call number, which is their unique "address." Think of call numbers as individual tags assigned to every item on the shelf. Here is a page that identifies call number locations at the UCSB Library.

LC call numbers begin with letters of the alphabet. These describe the broad subject heading that the book has been assigned.

The letters and numbers that follow serve to narrow down the subject. If you click the H link in the below list of subject headings, you'll see that HD 9114 is the broad category of Agricultural industries.

 

HD 9114

.C89

C87

2001

 

 

HD 9114

.C89

C79

1998

HD 9114

.C89

I38

1998

 

HD 9114

.C89

M613

c.2

HD 9114

.C89

M62

2001

1. Read line 1 alphabetically

2. Read line 2 in straight numerical order

3. Line 3 is tricky: it is a DECIMAL number, so M613 comes before M62

4. All subsequent numbers are also treated as decimals, even if there is no decimal point

5. The final c.2 means that  we have 2 copies of the same book, and this is Copy 2.

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