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Call Number Exercises

See if you can put the following call numbers in the correct order. Correct answers are available! For a description of how to read the numbers, see Finding a Book on the Shelf--Library of Congress Classification.

    For example:

    a. TX
    349
    .C74
    b. TX
    349
    .C449
    c. TX
    349
    .A123

Correct order: c b a


    1. a. R
    184.7
    .N49
    b. R
    185
    .B52x
    c. R
    169.1
    .B59
    1990

    Correct order:_______________


    2. a. TX
    719
    .M613
    1977
    b. TX
    719
    .M613
    1983
    c. TX
    719
    .W47

    Correct order:_______________


    3. a. E
    185
    .E2x
    1982
    b. E
    185
    .T28
    c. E
    185
    .N58x

    Correct order:_______________


    4. a. R
    146.61
    .N49
    b. R
    146.93
    .B9
    c. R
    146.5
    .C196

    Correct order:_______________


    5. a. QA
    719
    .W47
    1994
    b. QA
    719
    .L783
    1996
    c. QA
    719
    .W5
    1995

    Correct order:_______________


    6. a. PR
    6084
    .E832
    K14
    b. PR
    6084
    .C44
    T98
    c. PS
    6083
    .M41
    N32

    Correct order:_______________


    7. a. QA
    349
    .L36
    1984f
    b. QA
    349
    .M316
    1961
    c. QA
    349
    .C74
    1984
    d. QA
    349
    .E821
    1973
    e. QA
    349
    .E983
    f. QA
    349
    .C448
    1985

    Correct order:______________________________________


    8. a. R
    241
    .F5
    B297
    b. R
    241
    .J18
    1990
    c. R
    2418
    .J42
    T14
    d. R
    418
    .P72
    P47
    e. R
    241
    .F5
    .B8
    f. R
    241
    .F2498
    1994

    Correct order:_______________________________________

Answers to 1-8.

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