Call number is a code that allows locating the specific place in the library where a book, journal... is at. Signatures being with an identifying letter of the section to which the document belongs. Thus we have:
( ) Basic bibliography
R Reference
i Specialised bibliography
H Newspaper library
A Old repository
Distribution of book in the sections of Basic bibliography, Reference and Specialised bibliography, is by subjects, following the UDC classification (Universal Decimal Classification). This assigns to each subject a numerical code. Subjects slowly assemble from the most general to the most specific by means of adding numbers to the right of the main code. The main subjects are:
| Subject | UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) | Subject | UDC (Universal Decimal Classification) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 657 | Labour. Labour economy | 331 |
| Administrative Law | 342.9 | Labour Law | 349.2 |
| Advertising. Public relations | 659 | Language | 8 |
| Canon law | 348 | Law philosophy | 340.12 |
| Civil law | 347 | Legal Law | 343 |
| Comerce. World economy | 339 | Linguistics | 8 |
| Commercial Law | 347.7 | Literature | 8 |
| Company economy | 658 | Macroeconomy Microeconomy | 330.10 |
| Computer Sciences | 004 | Marketing. Markets | 658.8 |
| Constitutional Law | 342 | Mathematical analysis | 517 |
| Construction Law | 349.44 | Mathematical statistics | 519.2 |
| Consume | 366 | Mathematics | 51 |
| Consumer Law | 366 | Occupational safety | 331.4 |
| Cooperativism. Social economy | 334 | Philosophy | 1 |
| Criminology | 343.9 | Politics. Political systems | 32 |
| Cultural anthropology | 39 | Procedural Law | 347.9 |
| Demography | 314 | Psychology | 159.9 |
| Econometry | 330.43 | Public administration | 35 |
| Economic situation | 338 | Roman Law | 34(37) |
| Economy | 330 | Social politics | 304 |
| Education | 37 | Social security | 369 |
| Environmental Law | 349.6 | Social situation | 308 |
| Financial and Tax Law | 336 | Social work | 364 |
| Financing system. Bank | 336.7 | Sociology | 316 |
| History. Geography | 9 | Tourism | 338.48 |
| History of economics | 338(091) | Urban planning | 711 |
| History of Law | 34(091) | Women | 396 |
| Human resources | 658.3 | ||
| Industry and commerce | 65 | ||
| Insurances | 368 | ||
| Internacional Law | 341 |
When we search for a book or magazine in the Trobes catalog, the location of the book or journal is facilitated by the call number.
The call numbers of the books have the following format:
S R34(038) DES
- S: "Gregori Maians" Library of Social Sciences
- R: reference work (orange book label, on ground 0 north)
- 34(038): numeric code assigned to the subject (UDC)
- DES: alphabetical order after each subject
S i364 PER
- S: "Gregori Maians" Library of Social Sciences
- i: monograph (blue book label, in grounds 0 and 1)
- 364: numeric code assigned to the subject (UDC)
- PER: alphabetical order after each subject
S 681.3 AMB
- Basic bibliography (white or yellow book label, in ground -1)
- S: "Gregori Maians" Library of Social Sciences
- 681.3: numeric code assigned to the subject (UDC)
- AMB: alphabetical order after each subject
The distribution of the journals is carried out by correlative numbers. Thus, the subjects will have the following format:
S H 534
S H 1254
Once you know the call number, you should look in the map for the location of the document inside the library.
