1. LCSH to LCC Exercise You’re going to do this in pairs.
Today we’re going to do an in-class exercise in which you’ll draw upon your knowledge of the Big Red Books in order to find an LCC classification.
You’re going to do this in pairs.

2. Smart but deadly creature of the deep: the cuttlefish. By Diverman
Let’s say we have a book about the cuttlefish.
Let’s consult LCSH to see where we might be able to classify our book.

3. Go to ClassWeb to look up QL430.3.S47
Smart but deadly creature of the deep: the cuttlefish. By Diverman
Cuttlefish (May Subd Geog)
[QL430.3.S47]
UF Sepiidae
Sepiophora
BT Sepiida
NT Sepia
Go to ClassWeb to
look up
QL430.3.S47
The most logical place to start in the Big Red Books would be under “cuttlefish.” [click]
And we find that our subject heading is, indeed, cuttlefish. [click]
And we also find that LCSH gives us a recommendation as to where to classify a book on cuttlefish. [click]
So we write down our recommended classification number and head to ClassWeb to look up that number. [click]

4. Smart but deadly creature of the deep: the cuttlefish. By Diverman
Here we are at the main menu.
We select “Classification Search.” [click]

5. Smart but deadly creature of the deep: the cuttlefish. By Diverman
QL430.3.S47
On our search screen we type in our classification number in the appropriate text box. [click]
Then we select entire hierarchy so that we can be sure that any number we select is in the appropriate section of the schedule. [click]
Then we hit our Search button.

6. Smart but deadly creature of the deep: the cuttlefish. By Diverman
The search engine brings up our classification number.
We click on the number. [click]

7. Smart but deadly creature of the deep: the cuttlefish. By Diverman
QL430.3
.S47
And here we are.
Here is the beginning of our call number.
We have only one cutter at this point.
So we cutter main entry.
Our main entry is Diverman.
So our cutter is .D5
Now we add our publication year.
In this exercise, we’re going to do one more thing. We’re going to write down the hierarchy.
Then each pair of students is going to come up in front of the class and show us how they found their classification and created their call number, as well as the hierarchy of the classification number they found.
.D5
2007
Zoology--Invertebrates--Mollusca--Systematic divisions--Cephalopoda--By family, A-Z--Sepiidae

8. Bakaonde  Kaonde (African people)
The Bakaonde people of Africa by Wendy Widetraveler. Published in 2005.
In LCSH:
Bakaonde  Kaonde (African people)
Kaonde (African people)
[DT3058.K36]
Search for this in ClassWeb

10. The Bakaonde people of Africa by Wendy Widetraveler. Published in 2005.
DT3058
.K36
.W5
2005
History of Africa--Zambia. Northern Rhodesia--Ethnography--Individual elements in the population, A-Z--Kaonde

11. There’s another way…

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