Finding and Shelving Books

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Across
  1. 2. The unique serial number assigned to every published book. Some are ten digits long, while others are 13 digits.
  2. 4. What we call the books you can check out on the Concourse and ground floors.
  3. 6. This is the decimal system of organizing library books, mostly in public and school libraries.
  4. 8. What a book is named.
  5. 9. The Library of Congress subclass letter code for Slavic literature. Yes, go ahead and Google it. Or it might be on your phone!
  6. 12. The Library of Congress letters and numbers that tell you what the book is about and where it lives on the shelves. It's what's on the book's spine label (sticker).
Down
  1. 1. The system we use to keep books in order, named for the giant library in Washington, DC.
  2. 3. What a book is about.
  3. 5. The term we use in our catalog instead of "author"
  4. 7. The collection of dictionaries, encyclopedias and other books used to get started on a project. Located in back of the Front Desk.
  5. 10. The online source we use to find books, journals, and anything else our library owns
  6. 11. The Library of Congress subclass letter code for general sociology. Yes, you may google it