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Astronomy Call Numbers for print books:

The SCC Library Classic Catalog provides a call number and location for each item. The call number consists of an alphanumeric string based on the Library of Congress classification system. View an example of how to read a call number. Materials on Astronomy and Physics reside primarily in the QB and QC call number areas. Specific topics follow:

QB 1-139     General History
QB 349-453 Theoretical astronomy & celestial mechanics
QB 460-467  Astrophysics
QB 980-991  Cosmogony. Cosmology.

 

Physics Call Numbers for print books:

QC 1-114      General. Weights and Measures
QC 221-246   Acoustics. Sound
QC 350-467   Optics. Light
QC 501-766   Electricity and Magnetism
QC 770-798   Nuclear and Particle Physics. Radioactivity.
QC 851-999   Meteorology. Climatology.

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