Library Collection Description The library main circulating
collection is arranged according to the Dewey Decimal
Classification System (DDC) as outlined below. In a given call
number, each Dewey Decimal number represents a specific area of
knowledge. The Cutter number, a letter/number/letter combination
below the DDC number, further identifies the work by the
author's surname and the title. For example, the call number for
Thomas Watson's The Ten Commandments is as follows: 241.52 =
Christian moral and devotional theology, codes of conduct W338t
= "W338" is the numeric value given to the name Watson; "t"
represents the word "Ten" from the title of the book ("A", "An"
and "The" in any language are never considered when they are the
first word in a title). The .52 is a decimal number and thus is
a smaller number than .6 therefore, 241.52 would be shelved
before 241.6. Exceptions to the use of the DDC are periodicals,
which are shelved alphabetically by title and within each title
chronologically, oldest to mos