Cataloging Guidelines

Author’s Last Name

Three letters of the author’s last name should be used in call numbers

All CAPS

Fiction

FIC

E

E

Story Collection

SC

Literary Criticism

LC

Non Fiction

Prime Dewey number should be used with the three letters of the author’s last name in ALL CAPS.

Reference

REF

Professional

PRO

Biographies

921- Individual Biographies

920- Collective Biographies

*Three letters of the subject’s name should be used in the call number.

Equipment

EQU

*This includes projectors, laptops, cameras, Chromebooks, overheads, DVD players, CD players

Digital Video Disc

DVD

Chart

CHA

Compact Disc

CD

Game

GAM

Kit

KIT

Manipulative

MAN

Map

MAP

Model

MOD

Picture

PIC

Playaway

PLA

Read-alongs

RDA