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 **Library organisation** **Library organisation**
  
-Once you know what type of resource you need and the topic, how do you locate the materials in the library? Are the resources in your library arranged using Dewey Decimal Classification or another system?+Once you know what type of resource you need and the topic, how do you locate the materials in the library? Are the resources in your library arranged using Dewey Decimal Classification or another classification?
  
 Familiarise yourself with the organisation of materials in the library. This helps you locate a particular resource, but will also allow you to go quickly to the best area for browsing the shelves in the reference collection or throughout the library. Familiarise yourself with the organisation of materials in the library. This helps you locate a particular resource, but will also allow you to go quickly to the best area for browsing the shelves in the reference collection or throughout the library.
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 Libraries may use broader subject rooms or themes to arrange their collections, as used by some bookshops. Libraries may use broader subject rooms or themes to arrange their collections, as used by some bookshops.
  
-Some libraries, especially larger ones and academic libraries, use a different system developed by the [[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcc.html#:~:text=The%20system%20divides%20all%20knowledge,occasionally%20three%2Dletter%2C%20combinations.|Library of Congress]]. It uses a combination of letters and numbers and you may see this used on books you borrow from other libraries.+Some libraries, especially larger ones and academic libraries, use a different classification developed by the [[https://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcc.html#:~:text=The%20system%20divides%20all%20knowledge,occasionally%20three%2Dletter%2C%20combinations.|Library of Congress]]. It uses a combination of letters and numbers and you may see this used on books you borrow from other libraries.
  
  
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