How to Do Library Research

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
 

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Answers to 1-8.

See if you can put the following documents numbers in the correct order. Answers are provided! See Finding a Document on the Shelf (finddoc.txt) for information on reading SuDocs numbers.

For example:

correct order: a c b

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[same set, different layout]
a. ED 1.2:AP 6/SKILLS
b. ED 1.2:AM 3/8/DESIGN
c. ED 1.2:AM 3/8/GOAL NO. 5
d. E 46.4: 737
e. C 1.102:M 66
f. ED 1.2:AS 7/2/V. 1

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Answers SuDoc

1. c a b second line numbers 161.1 < 184.7 < 185
2. a b c M before W
3. a c b E before N before T
4. c a b 146.5 < 146.61 < 146.93
5. b a c L before W; .47 < .5
6. b a c first line PR before PS; third line C before E
7. f c d e a b .C448 < .C74; .E821 < .E 983
8. f a e b d c whole numbers 241 < 418 < 2418; third line numbers .F2498 < .F5;
   fourth line numbers .B297< .B8

1. b a c                    2 < 12; N before R
2. c b a                    14 < 28 < 36
3. c b a                    A before T before Y
4. b a c                    2 < 3; 31 < 357
5. c b a                    1 < 3; AG before AL
6. c b a                    INS(TRUCTOR) before INT(RO) before S(KETCHING)
7. e d b c a f             C before E before ED; AM before AP before AS; DESIGN before GOAL
8. a b f c e d            TD before Y; 4 < 7; 13 < 728: EL before H