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Call Number Help
In general, the more of a call number that is typed, the fewer the results there will be. Call numbers can be Dewey Decimal Numbers or collection designations and most are followed by an author’s or performer’s name, although some are followed by the first word of the title or other identifier.
| For example: | 641.5 – cookbooks |
| 641.5972 – Mexican food cookbooks | |
| DVD/Movie – DVD movies in alphabetical order | |
| DVD/Movie/Annie – DVD movies titles beginning with "Annie" | |
| jE/C – Picture books by authors whose last name begins with "C" | |
| jE/Carle – Picture books by authors with the last name "Carle" |
If you do not find what you need, please ask a librarian for assistance.
Below is a list of collection Call Number prefixes. To automatically perform a given call number search for a collection from the table below, click the underlined call number. A few searches can not be demonstrated in this manner and so have no link.
ADULT PRINT MATERIALS| Collection Call Number | Specific example | Type of material |
| Fiction/Austen |
Fiction |
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| Mystery/Christie |
Detective and mystery fiction |
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| Science Fiction/Asimov |
Science fiction and fantasy |
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| Large Print (followed by Dewey #, biography, fiction, mystery, or western) |
Large Print/Biography/Cronkite |
Large type materials |
| Young Adult Fiction/Cormier |
Young adult fiction |
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| Magazine |
Magazines |
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| Newspaper |
Newspapers |
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| Easy Reading/Fiction/Poe |
Easy Reading for adult learners |
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| [Language name] |
Spanish |
Mostly fiction titles in other languages – NOT how to learn the language |
| Dewey number (3 digits followed by a decimal point and other digits as needed for exact subject) |
530.11/Einstein ; or for more physics, just 530 |
Nonfiction |
| Biography (followed by subject’s name) |
Biography/Kennedy, John |
Biographies |
| Ref/423.1/Roget’s |
Reference books |
CHILDREN’S PRINT MATERIALS
| Collection Call Number | Specific example | Type of material |
| jFiction/Dahl |
Fiction |
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| jE/VanAllsburg |
Picture books |
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| jReader/LeSieg |
Easy readers |
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| jMagazine |
Magazines |
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| jHoliday (followed by Dewey #, E, or Fiction) |
jHoliday/E/Moore |
Books about major holidays |
| jCaldecott/Sendak |
Caldecott award winners |
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| jDewey number (3 digits followed by a decimal point and other digits as needed for exact subject) |
j551.553/Simon or for more weather, just j551.5 |
Nonfiction |
| jBiography (followed by subject’s name or Dewey #) |
jBiography/Tubman, Harriet |
Biographies |
| Parent/Teacher/Dewey number |
Parent/Teacher/790.1 |
Books for parents & teachers of preschool & primary age children |
| Ref/Children’s Room/jDewey number |
Ref/Children’s Room/j016.81 |
Reference books about children’s literature |
ADULT NON-PRINT MATERIALS
| Collection Call Number | Specific example | Type of material |
| Video/Movie/Psycho |
Movies on videotape |
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| DVD/Movie/Lord |
Movies on DVD |
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| Video/520/Sagan |
Nonfiction videos |
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| DVD/822.33/Hamlet |
Nonfiction DVD |
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| Fiction on Tape/Dickens |
Audiobooks on cassette tapes |
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| Fiction on Disc/Austen |
Audiobooks on compact disc |
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| Audio cassette/Dewey# (or Biography) |
Audio Cassette/817.54/Barry |
Nonfiction audiobooks on cassette tapes |
| Compact Disc (followed by abbreviations & usually performer or composer) |
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| /Dewey # |
Compact Disc/822.33/Hamlet |
Nonfiction books and information |
| /BL |
Compact Disc/BL/Stravinsky |
Ballet music |
| /BN |
Compact Disc/BN/Sousa |
Band music |
| /BU |
Compact Disc/BU/Howlin’ |
Blues |
| /CH |
Compact Disc/CH/Dvorak |
Chamber music |
| /CO |
Compact Disc/CO/Bach, J.S. |
Choral music |
| /CR |
Compact Disc/CR/Chipmunks |
Christmas |
| /CT |
Compact Disc//CT/Beethoven |
Concertos |
| /CW |
Compact Disc/CW/Haggard |
Country Western |
| /EL |
Compact Disc//EL/Tape-Beatles |
Electronic music |
| /FO:N |
Compact Disc/FO:N/Seeger |
U.S. folk music |
| /JA |
Compact Disc/JA/Jarrett |
Jazz music |
| /MU |
Compact Disc/MU/Annie |
Musicals and films |
| /NA |
Compact Disc/NA/Kitaro |
New Age music |
| /OP |
Compact Disc/OP/Mozart |
Operas |
| /ORC |
Compact Disc/ORC/Handel |
Orchestral music |
| /ORG |
Compact Disc/ORG/Bach, J.S. |
Organ music |
| /PE |
Compact Disc/PE/Kodo |
Percussion music |
| /PI |
Compact Disc/PI/Chopin |
Piano music |
| /PO |
Compact Disc/PO/Beatles |
Pop/Rock music |
| /RE |
Compact Disc/RE/Grant |
Religious music |
| /SO |
Compact Disc/SO/Spooky |
Sounds & sound effects |
| /ST |
Compact Disc/ST/Segovia |
Stringed Instrumental music |
| /SY |
Compact Disc/SY/Mahler |
Symphonies |
| /VO |
Compact Disc/VO/TeKanawa |
Vocal music |
| /WE |
Compact Disc/WE/Brides |
Wedding music |
| /WI |
Compact Disc/WI/Canadian |
Wind Instrumental music |
| /WO:A |
Compact Disc/WO:A/Nyman |
World music (general) arranged by performer |
| /WO:G |
Compact Disc/WO:G/Ireland |
World music arranged geographically |
CHILDREN’S NON-PRINT MATERIALS
| Collection Call number | Specific example | Type of material |
| jVideo |
jVideo/Arthur |
Videos for younger children |
| jVideo/Fiction/Shiloh |
Videos for older children |
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| jVideo/363.378/Firehouse |
Nonfiction videos |
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| jDVD |
jDVD/Clifford |
DVD for younger children |
| jDVD/Fiction/Matilda |
DVD for older children |
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| jDVD/567.9/Dinosaurs |
Nonfiction DVD |
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| jBooks on Tape/Avi |
Audiobooks on cassette tape |
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| jBooks on Disc/Cleary |
Audiobooks on compact disc |
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| jAudio/Book |
Cassette tape and book combination |
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| jCompact Disc/Diamond |
Music on compact disc |
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| jMultimedia (followed by Win or Win/Mac, then Dewey # or Fiction) |
jMultimedia/Win/Mac/Fiction/Pajama |
Computer CD-Rom discs |
| jToy/Game |
Toys and games |
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| Storytime Kit |
Storytime kits |