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Title:
Classification and Shelflisting Manual
Format:
Web-based subscription service
Description:
Discontinued print publication.

Available in Cataloger's Desktop. See http://www.loc.gov/cds/desktop/

Provides guidelines for establishing Library of Congress classification numbers and assigning them to library materials, as well as for shelflisting materials collected by the Library of Congress.
Included in Cataloger's Desktop

Updates Available:
Classification and Shelflisting Manual, Update no. 1
Related links:

Introduction to Classification

The complete Library of Congress Classification system is available by subscribing to the web-based service, Classification Web (http://www.loc.gov/cds/classweb). Class Web also includes all Library of Congress subject and name headings.

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