By Popular Demand: Call Number Searching in MNCAT Plus
We are pleased to announce that it is now possible to search for call numbers in MNCAT Plus. You can search for either a single complete call number or for all titles with the same classification number or part of a classification number. Since call number searching isn't as simple as other types of searching, we encourage you to review the searching hints and examples at: https://netfiles.umn.edu/ul/Divisions/InfoTech/LibEntOps/Primo/HowTo/Call%20Number%20Searches.pdf . This document is intended for staff. We'd appreciate any suggestions for clarification. We'd also like to produce a more succinct version for users to include in the MNCAT Plus help. Volunteers for this writing task are welcome.
- Christina Meyer
Here's a handy list showing which letters translate to which issuing departments in the US Superintendent of Documents classification system:
http://www.mesastate.edu/msclibrary/resources/sudocs.htm
The following is a partial list of issuing agencies by letter:
A ..............Agriculture Department
AE............National Archives and Records Administration
C..............Commerce Department
C3............Census
CR...........Civil Rights Commission
CS...........Civil Service Commission
D..............Defense Department
E...............Energy Department
ED............Education Department
EP............Environmental Protection Agency
FR............Federal Reserve System
FT.............Federal Trade Commission
GA............General Accounting
GP............Government Printing Office
GS............General Services Administration
HE............Health and Human Services Department
HH............Housing and Urban Development Department
I.................Interior Department
I 19...........U.S. Geological Survey
IC..............Interstate Commerce Commission
J................Justice Department
Ju..............Judiciary (Courts of the United States)
L.................Labor Department
LC..............Library of Congress
LR..............National Labor Relations Board
NA..............National Academy of Sciences
NAS...........National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NS.............National Science Foundation
P................United States Postal Service
PE..............Peace Corps
Pr................President of the United States
PrEx............Executive Office of the President
S..................State Department
SBA.............Small Business Administration
SE................Securities and Exchange Commission
SI..................Smithsonian Institution
T....................Treasury Department
T 22...............Internal Revenue Service
TD..................Transportation Department
VA...................Veterans Administration
X and Y......... Congress
Y1...................House and Senate Reports and Documents
Y4...................Congressional Committees, Hearings
Since I can never find this online when I need it in a hurry (and since we're almost out of the paper copies):
Browsing Guide to Call Numbers in Wilson Library
http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/browsing.html
(this is Gwen's guide that tells you quickly that, fo instance, "Urban Studies" is mostly Ht166 in LC and 300.8 in Dewey etc)
Denny