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Government documents are housed in Main and Science Libraries. Their call number depends upon the government organization
issuing the information--federal, state, Canadian, etc .
Federal Documents
Federal publications are arranged on the shelf by an alphanumeric system called the Superintendent of Documents Classification
Scheme (SuDocs). Letters stand for the publishing agency, for instance
- A for Agriculture
- C for Commerce
- L for Labor
- Pr for President
- and so forth
The numbers on the top line of the call number file differently than the Dewey or LC collections. The number following the
period is a whole number NOT A DECIMAL.
| C 3.9 |
nine files before |
| C 3.44 |
.forty-four, which files before |
| C 3.223 |
.two hundred-twenty-three |
For more details about the numbering system, click on:
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Ohio Documents
Ohio publications are arranged by the Ohio Documents Classification Scheme, a system that was modeled after SuDocs. All Ohio
publications began with the letter O followed by letters and numbers designating the publishing department or agency.
For Example:
- OAT Ohio Attorney General
- OED Ohio Department of Education
- ONR Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Canadian Documents
The Canadian call number system, like the federal SuDocs and Ohio Class numbers, reflect the publishing agency provenance.
The system is alpha-numeric and the letters represent the parent department while numbers reflect the sub-agency or bureau.
For Example:
- H13- Health Canada
- J12- Justice Canada
- R61- Parks Canada
- SN2- National Library
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