MENP Writing: Call Numbers

At Millikin’s Library, we use a system called “Library of Congress” to organize our resources.

When you search in Millikin’s Online Catalog, to find if a book that is available for you to take home, look at the “Status,” the “Call Number,”and the "Location."

• Status lets you know if it is available, checked out, renewed, missing, etc. (If not available, make use of I-Share to request the item from another I-Share library.)
• The Call Number is where the book is located on the shelf.
• The Location is area of the library where it will be shelved (book stacks, reference stacks, etc.).  Most nursing books will be located in the "Book Stacks" on the 2nd floor (southwest area).  The "Reference Stacks" are on the 2nd floor, next to the central stairs. 

Here’s an example of a Call Number for Nursing Theorists and Their Work edited by Ann Marriner Tomey and Martha Raile Alligood. In the online catalog, the call number is listed as RT 84.5 .N9 2018 with a location of "Book Stacks."

How the call number will look on the book's label:

RT         (Find these letters using alphabetical order. RT comes after RS, but before RU)

84.5       (Treat this 84.5 just like any number. It comes after 84, and before 85.)

.N9        (After finding the RT section and the number 84.5 area, use the alphabet again to find the Ns on the third line

             of the call number. Treat the numbers paired with the letters as decimals... 0.9)

2018     (The date the book was published, in this case, 2018)