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Call Numbers
What's a call number?
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The book's address on the shelf.
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It helps you locate one book among the hundreds of thousands in the FSU Library.
How do I use it?
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Look at the letters at the beginning - these represent the subject section and the floor you need to go to. Call Numbers that begin with A-F are on the 3rd floor, G-Z are on the 4th floor.
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Each shelf has a Call Number range. Match the letter(s) to the shelf and then the first set of numbers. Read the first set of numbers as a whole number. e.g. BF1456 = 1,456 and would come after BF145.6
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Then match the rest of the Call Number to the labels on the spines of each book.
