Call number guide

Call Number Guide

Busitema University Faculty of Science & Education (FSE) Campus library arranges books following the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme which subdivides knowledge in 10 main subject classes. The DDC scheme is used to assign Call Numbers which are used to organize and arrange books on the shelves.

The Dewey Decimal classification system groups together books on similar subjects by means of their class numbers. There are 10 main Dewey Decimal classifications classes as follows:
000         Computer Science, Information, & General Works    
100         Philosophy & Psychology    
200         Religion    
300         Social Sciences    
400         Language
500         Science
600         Technology (Applied sciences)
700         Arts & Recreation
800         Literature
900         History & Geography

At the FSE Campus Library, the DDC call number is made up of TWO elements which include the DDC class Number, and the Book Number. 

Examples: 
372 SSE Where:
372 is DDC class number for Primary Education (Elementary education)
SSE     is the Book number 

658.8 KOT where:
658.8 is DDC class number for Marketing
KOT is Book Number