The roots and traditions of the Library of Congress of the United States are firmly embedded in eighteenth-century European ideals and practices, but specific to what was to become the United States.

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Imagine you wanted to find books or journal articles on a particular subject. Or find manuscripts by a particular author. Or locate serials, music or maps. You would use a library catalog that ...

Rev. ed. of: Classification. Class C. Auxiliary sciences of history. 4th ed. 1993.

Kept up to date by the Division's L.C. classification--additions and changes, and by 2 publications irregularly issued by Gale Research Company entitled: Library of Congress classification ...

The call number, the number placed on the spine of the book, is a code that provides valuable information about the book. SLU Libraries use the Library of Congress system to organize materials ...