HOW TO FIND SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS (SUDOC) CALL NUMBERS
Each segment of a Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) call number is read as a whole number. The period does not represent a decimal point. The proper order for filing a SuDoc number appears in the example below:
HE 5.75HE 5.123:C30HE 5.214:
N93/2A7
This is different from the Library of Congress (LC) call number system used for most of the rest of the UK Libraries’ collections. LC call numbers treat the period as a decimal. The proper order for filing the same three call numbers in the LC collection appears in the example below:
HEHEHE
555
.123.214.75
C30A7N93/2
Note how differently the highlighted number (75) files in each system.
Also, note that the call numbers are recorded on the pieces in slightly different ways in these two collections (LC and SuDoc).
You can also distinguish between the two classification systems by watching for colons and slashes. The LC classification never uses colons or slashes, while SuDoc numbers may include one or both of these punctuation marks.
(revised 10/29/2004--smc)
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS CLASSIFICATION OUTLINE
A=Agriculture, Forestry, Entomology, Nutrition, Conservation,
Animal Science, Rural Studies
AC=Arms Control
AE=Archives
C=Commerce, Fisheries, Patents, Trademarks, Census, Standards,
Meteorology, Telecommunications, Oceanography
CC=Communications
CR=Civil Rights
D=Defense, Engineering, History, Warfare, Medicine (formerly W)
E=Energy
ED=Education
EP=Environment
FA=Fine Arts
FEM=Emergency Management
FHL=Home Loans
FM=Mediation
FMC=Merchant Marine
FR=Federal Reserve Bank
FT=Trade Regulations
GA=Accounting Regulations, Government Studies
GP=Printing, Publications, Libraries
GS=Procurement Regulations
HE=Public Health, Human Services, Food/Drug Regulations, Children, Aging,
Medicine, Nutrition (formerly FS)
HH=Housing, Urban Development, Urban Planning
I=Parks, Railroads, Indian Affairs, Geology, Mines, Wildlife,
Historic Preservation, Geography
IC=Interstate Commerce Regulations
ITC=International Trade Regulations
J=Criminal Justice, Drug Enforcement, Prisons, Immigration,
Law Enforcement
JU=Courts, Legal Decisions
L=Labor, Occupational Safety, Unemployment, Training, Mine Safety,
Compensation
LC=Libraries, Maps, Photographs, Copyrights, Rare Books, Motion Pictures,
Folklife, Music
LR=Labor Relations
NA=Scientific Councils
NAS=Space, Aeronautics, Astronomy
NC=U. S. Capital
NCU=Credit Unions
NF=Arts and Humanities, Museums
NMB=Mediation
NS=Sciences
OP=Overseas Investment
P=Post Office
PE=Peace Corps
PM=Personnel Management
PR=Presidential Studies
PrEx=Presidential Commissions, National Security, Translations,
Federal Budget
PrVP=Vice-Presidential Studies
RA=Railroad Regulations
RR=Railroad Retirement Regulations
S=Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Treaties, International Development, Laws
SBA=Small Business
SE=Securities and Company Regulations
SI=Ethnology, History, Space, Museums, Art, Natural History
SSA=Social Security
T=Treasury, Monetary Studies, Customs Regulations, Internal Revenue,
Secret Service, Alcohol/Tobacco/Firearms Regulations
TD=Transportation, Coast Guard, Traffic Safety
VA=Veterans Services
X=Congressional Debates
Y 1=Congressional Reports
Y 3=Independent Agencies
Y 4=Congressional Committees
Y 7=Memorial Addresses in Congress
Y 10=Congressional Budget Studies
Z=Colonial History
(revised 5/10/2000--smc)