Finding State Geological Survey Documents
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State documents in the EPSc Library are shelved in order by Library of Congress call number; the call number for all state documents begins with QE2 and contains a series of additional codes which are explained below.
Here is an example of a state document:
Caves of New Jersey
And here is its call number:
QE2 N5.G2:70
| What does this number mean? | |
| QE2 | simply indicates that this is a state document. |
| N5 | indicates the first letter and alphabetical ranking of the state of issue, in this case New Jersey. |
| G2 | indicates the specific type of document, in this case a bulletin of the New Jersey Geological Survey. Note: a listing of these document-types is available for each state; please consult the librarian. |
| 70 | simply indicates the number of the specific document. In this case the document is New Jersey Geological Survey Bulletin 70. |
How do I find this document on the shelf?
State documents are first arranged by state code, in alphabetical and then numerical order.
QE2 I2.G9S: 1
is shelved before
QE2 N5.G2: 70
State documents from a given state are then arranged according to the document-type code, in alphabetical and then numerical order.
QE2 N5.G2: 70
is shelved before
QE2 N5.G4: 3
State documents of a given type are then arranged in order according to document number.
QE2 N5.G4: 43
is shelved before
QE2 N5.G4: 70