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USING LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS

Books are shelved left to right, following the alphabet
and numbers. To get this book from CUNY+:




The first line represents the subject area. The P’s are Language and Literature. Most books have one or two letters. The order of the P’s will be P, followed by PA, PB, PC, etc., up to PZ.