2007-03-28 02:11:00 · 5 answers · asked by oklake62 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ Other - Taxes
They arrange non-fiction books by subject. To make it easier to keep them in order, each subject is assigned a number (or in the case of the "Library of Congress" system, letters). The most frequent system you will encounter in your school or public library is the Dewey Decimal System. Large libraries such as college and university libraries may use the Library of Congress system.
Biographies are frequently organized alphabetically by the last name of the biographee (the person about whom the book was written).
Fiction books are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author.
That's about it. Keep the numbered books in numerical order, the lettered books in alpha order, and you end up with a very orderly organized collection.
2007-03-28 05:42:50 · answer #1 · answered by Kraftee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 05:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-12 20:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the U.S. there are two main systems. The Library of Congress classification system is mainly used by college and university libraries and uses letters followed by numbers. You can see a breakdown of the LC classifications at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/ .
The other system is the Dewey Decimal System, mainly used by public libraries and school libraries (some large academic libraries still use this system because they never changed to LC, probably because of the cost to change). You can see the Dewey system at http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html .
2007-03-28 02:23:23 · answer #4 · answered by LibrarianinPurple 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Dewey Decimal System for non-fiction.
Alphabetically by author and title for fiction.
2007-03-28 03:33:41 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alphabetical and numbers on the books too
2007-03-28 02:15:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two cataloging schemes are the Dewi-decimal and the Marc.
2007-03-28 02:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by Alex 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋