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Print Book Catalog
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Prep's Nonfiction Library Books
The Nonfiction books in our library are organized by The Library of Congress Classification System. The ONLY exception to this is our Biography/Autobiography/Memoir section. The Library of Congress Classification system uses a series of letters and numbers to represent different subject matter. To learn more about how the Library of Congress Classification System works check out this website. Here is some basic information to get you started
| Subject Matter | Start of Library of Congress Classification System |
| Philosophy, Psychology, Religion | B |
| World History and History of Europe | D |
| History of the Americas | E |
| History of the Americas Continued | F |
| Geography, Anthropology, Recreation (Sports | G |
| Social Sciences (Sociology, Social History, Economics Family and Marriage, Criminology) | H |
| Political Science | J |
| Law | K |
| Music | M |
| Fine Arts | N |
| Languages and Literature (Literary Criticism) | P |
| Sciences | Q |
| Medicine | R |
| Agriculture | S |
| Technology | T |
| Military Science | U |
| Naval Science | V |
| Information Resources | Z |
| Biography/Autobiography/Memoir | BIO + first few letters of the subject of the biography/autobiography/memoir |
Prep's Fiction and Graphic Novel Section
The fiction books in our library are first organized in sections by genre, then within each genre section they are organized by the first few letters of the authors last name. The ONLY exceptions to this are our comics (DC and Marvel) and MANGA sections. Our comics section is organized by hero and hero groupings and our Manga section is organized alphabetically by title.
| Prep's Book Genres | Library Call Number |
| Adventure |
AD + first few letters of author's last name |
| Classics | CL+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Comics (Marvel and DC) | Hero grouping |
| Drama | Dr + first few letters of author's last name |
| Dystopian | Dy + first few letters of author's last name |
| Fantasy | FA + first few letters of author's last name |
| Graphic Novels | GRA+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Horror | HR + first few letters of author's last name |
| Humor | HU+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Manga | MA+ first few letters of book title |
| Military | MI+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Poetry | PO+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Realistic Fiction | RF+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Science Fiction | SF+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Sports Fiction | SP+ first few letters of author's last name |
| Story Collection | SC+ first few letters of editor's last name |
| Thriller | TH+ first few letters of author's last name |
Ebooks, Audiobooks and Digital Magazines Catalog
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