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Cataloging: GHP Call Numbers

Subject areas and abbreviations
Arrangement within disciplines

GHP materials housed in Odum Library are assigned abbreviated subject designations (i.e., COM for Communication Arts) and accession numbers.

Call numbers are entered in the MARC record in an 099 field.

Subject Area
Abbreviation
Art (Visual arts)
Communication Arts (includes English literature)
Computers
Counseling (Self-help, Harassment, etc.)
Dance
French language materials
German language materials
Industrial Design
Latin language materials
Mathematics
Music
Personnel Management 
Professional Development (for GHP instructors)
Science
Social Studies (History, Sociology, Ecology, Archeology, etc.)
Spanish language materials
Technology (Lasers, Robotics; Internet-related topics are in SOC)
Theater (Includes some plays; most plays are in COM)


Arrangement Within Disciplines

In some GHP subject areas materials are accessioned but also arranged roughly by sub-topic.  In other subject areas, materials are arranged alphabetically by main entry (although this arrangement is seldom consistent).  Try to identify an established arrangement and follow it as closely as possible.

Gaps have been left in accession number sequences to allow for additions to the collection; however, unused and available accession numbers may be difficult to identify without going to the shelf. Our shelf list for GHP materials is incomplete and therefore inadequate for determining whether an accession number has already been used; also, a call number search in the online catalog may not retrieve a complete list of used accession numbers.

Follow established practice for series, sets, etc.

The collection is haphazardly arranged and breakdowns shown below are approximate.

ART     Fine arts; Crafts; Pictorial works

General (Drawing, Design, etc.)
Cartooning
Individual artists
Crafts

COM    Communication Arts

Alphabetized by main entry
Shelve title main entries before author main entries?

   1-8         Poetry
   9-26       Short stories; Collections including Science fiction
   27-47     Children’s books
   48-100?  Reference; Almanacs
   101-114  Study and teaching of literature
   115-119  Videorecordings
   120-121  Sound recordings
   122-215  Dictionaries; Thesauri
   216-255  Mythology
   256-265  Poetry
   266-280  Short stories
   281-290  Ancient epics
   291- end  Literature by author main entry

COU     Counseling, Psychology

Inconsistent, but most are alphabetical by main entry

CPT     Computers

Alpha by main entry

FRE     French

France
Children’s books
Readers
Literature (alpha by main entry - 2 ranges)

GER      German

Dictionaries
Readers
Children’s books; Comics
Study and teaching
250- Videorecordings

MAT     Mathematics

Puzzles and games; Recreations
Mathematics and civilization/society, etc.
Theory?

MUS     Music [in Odum Library]

Accessioned as received

PRO     Professional Issues; Teaching

Alpha by main entry

SCI     Science

Accessioned as received
Arranged very roughly as follows:

    1-11    General
    12-15    Astronomy (also nos. 106-110)
    16-20    Physics
    21-30    Chemistry
    31-35    Evolution; Genetics
    36-100    Physical sciences; Environment (Environment also nos. 122- )
    101-105    Biographies (also nos. 111-115)
    106-110    Astronomy (also nos. 12-15); Life on other planets
    111-115    Biographies (also nos. 101-105)
    116-121    Energy; Atomic energy
    122-         Biology; Environment (Environment also nos. 36-100)

SOC     Social Sciences

Group by subject
Alphabetize by main entry

           1-4   World religions
         5-10   Individual religions
       11-40   World issues (Alpha by country or region)
       41-95   United States social issues (violence, immigration, poverty, racism,
                   etc.); Gov Docs?
     96-100   Newspapers
   101-115   U.S. Government (Constitution/Supreme Court/Congress)
   116-230   Videorecordings
   231-365   U.S. and Global politics
   366-395   Reference (Address resources; Almanacs)
   396-455   Mix of U.S. Politics/Religions

TEC     Technology (Lasers, Robotics)

(Internet-related topics are in Social Studies)

 200-220 Alpha by main entry?

THR     Theater

Acting, Technique, Scenery, etc.
Plays (accessioned as received; some alpha by author)

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