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  • The ? character or * character (asterisk) may be placed at the left, right or middle of a portion of a word, but it can never be used more than once in a text string.

  • The # symbol can be used to find varient spellings in cases where one version of the word has one more chararacter than another version. For example, colo#r will find both color and colour ; and arch#eology will find both archaeology and archeology .

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    • Library Call Number System


    General


    Generally we use Dewey number space 2-figure cutter for our call numbers. For a different edition of a work an alphabetical character in lowercase is appended to the cutter number. If the call number has already been used we append a slash then a running number.
    (1) 330 J72
    (2) 330 J72a A different edition of (1)
    (3) 330 J72-1 A different work of (1)
    (4) 330 J72-1a A different edition of (3)

    Biographical Works


    Biographical works generally follow the same format, but use two cutters. The first is for the person under discussion. The second is for the person writing the biography.
    500.92 F77 H65

    Literary Authors


    For literary authors works, a running number from 1 to 199 is used; for critical works a running number from 200 is applied, as shown in the examples below:
    (1) 823.912 A 855 1
    (2) 823.912 A 855 2
    (3) 823.912 A855 2a A different edition of (1)
    (4) 823.912 A855 200
    (5) 823.912 A855 200a A different edition of (4)
    (6) 823.912 A855 201
    (7) 823.912 A855a 1 A different author than (5)

    Works by E. G. White


    Works by Mrs E. G. White have call numbers W followed by a 2-figure cutter of the titles first word.
    W Ac9 Acts of the apostles
    There are a few variations on this. Critical works about Mrs White are entered at 286.73092.

    Australian Bureau of Statistics


    Publications from the Australian Bureau of Statistics are given a call number ABS followed by their respective code.
    ABS 1216.0

    College Theses


    Theses of the College are given a call number Thesis .
    Thesis 1997 CUR

    Special Collections


    For collections other than the Main Collection, a prefix is added, followed by a space and then the call number. The following prefixes are used:

    C - cassette
    F - folio
    Map - map
    MFM - microfilm
    MIC - microfiche
    R - reference
    S - serial
    TMC - Teaching Materials Collection
    TMC BB - Teaching Materials Collection big book
    TMC Chart - Teaching Materials Collection chart
    TMC Game Draw - Teaching Materials Collection games
    TMC F - Teaching Materials Collection Folio
    W - Ellen G. White books