Briggs Library uses three different systems of call numbers to organize our collections:
Books: Library of Congress Classification (LC)
Journals & Curriculum: Dewey Decimal Classification
Government Documents: Superintendent of Documents Classification (SuDoc)
Books are organized according to the Library of Congress system. The following video explains how LC call numbers work and how to use them.
Journals are organized according to the Dewey Decimal system. The following slideshow explains how to use Dewey call numbers.
Federal government documents are organized according to the Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) system. The follwing video explains the meaning of the SuDoc numbers and how they are organized.
