The Library of Congress classification system organizes books and other library materials by subject, to make it easier for you to browse the shelves for materials on a specific topic. Library of Congress call numbers always begin with letters of the alphabet. The letters identify the subject of the work. For example, the letter P at the beginning of a call number indicates that the subject of the work is language or literature.
The call number also functions as a location code. You will find it taped to the bottom of the spine of each book. It also appears in FALCON Millennium [Falcon's Automated Library Catalogue On-line] the library's computer catalog, as part of the catalog entry representing the physical item.
The title of the work with this call number is Mark Twain's Languages: Discourse, Dialogue and Linguistic Variety
In the following outline of Library of Congress classification, the major classes, indicated by a single letter, are subdivided into narrower categories, indicated by a double letter. For example, works in English literature are assigned call numbers which begin with the letters PR.
The title of the work with this call number is David Copperfield, written by the English novelist Charles Dickens.
For a more comprehensive explanation of the LC call numbering scheme go to the Using Call Numbers web page.
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