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ARCH 608/801: Historical Research for Indigenous Modernisms

This guide has resources for conducting historical research for ARCH601/801 with Maura Lucking

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Reading a Call Number

Books are grouped by subjects and assigned a unique 'call number' that will acts as its address on the shelf. Follow the steps in the chart below to read and locate a book by call number. 

Example Call Number: JK 723 .H6 J64 2004
Call Number Section How to Read It

JK		  

Read the 1st Letter(s) in alphabetical order:

A, B, C.... D, DB, DJ, DJK... J, JC, JK

The letter(s) will tell you which floor of the library the book is located on.

723		  

Read the 2nd line as a whole number:

1, 2, 3...45...100, 110, 111...723...2000...2433

.H6		  

The 3rd line is a combination of letters and numbers. Read the letter alphabetically, and read the number as a decimal 

D.25, .D3423, .D46 ... .H234, .H45, .H6

(Sometimes there’s a 4th or 5th line of letters and numbers. This is a Cutter number. Read the letter alphabetically and the the number as a decimal even if there is no period.)

2004		 Date of publication (not all call numbers have this)

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