The spine of the book contains four sections of numeric information. Arranged in vertical order from top to bottom on the spine, a fictitious example of a 1990 Chemistry book written by Peter Hamlet might look like this:
QD-Introductory chemistry (LC Class Designation)
26.5-The Number for Alchemy (a sub classification within Chemistry)
H35-the Cutter Number (the H is the author’s last name)
1990-Publication Year
Arrangement of Book Collection
All books are arranged in a progressive alphanumeric order on the shelf.
Example of how they should appear on the shelf:
QA10, QA72, QA88, QA105, QA227, QA309, QA574, QA1009, QA2342, QA2571
It is not so important that you understand every category of the LC Class Scheme as much as you understand where to go in the library to find a particular book.
Arrangement of Journal and Periodical collections
Journal and Periodical holdings are displayed in Alphabetical order by title.