Call numbers are like street addresses for items in a library. Each line of a call number has meaning.
Call numbers are written horizontally in our library catalog, but are written vertically on the spines of physical books. Vertical call numbers are what you see on our bookshelves.
Example: Body dysmorphia - RC569.5.B64
How to read a vertical call number:
Read the numbers in the third line as decimal numbers. Smaller decimal numbers are shelved before larger decimal numbers (so RC569.5.B545 is shelved before RC569.5.B64).
Find the call number range on the end of the stacks. Each general call number will have topic-specific material available in that immediate area. We invite you to browse those sections of CCC Library.
Our Tough Topics collection of material is still being built. Some topics don't have enough books in CCC Library yet; we're actively working on fixing that. Free free to let us know where we should put our energy next by filling out our anonymous survey linked on this page. Thanks for your patience, and for your interest in Tough Topics!
Topic (listed alphabetically) |
Call numbers (subtopics) |
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| Adoption |
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| Alcoholism / sobriety |
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| Anxiety |
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| Bias / implicit bias |
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| Body dysmorphia |
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| Child abuse |
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| Child sexual abuse / incest |
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| Consent / consensual relationships |
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| Death with Dignity / physician-assisted dying |
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| Depression |
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| Discrimination |
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| Divorce |
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| Domestic violence / intimate partner violence (IPV) |
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| Drugs (in general) |
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| Eating disorders |
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| Fentanyl / opioids |
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| Gender identity / gender dysmorphia |
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| Grief |
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| Incarceration / prison |
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| LGBTQIA2S+ |
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| Marijuana / cannabis |
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| Mental health |
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| Microaggressions |
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| Parenting |
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| Pregnancy |
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| Psychedelics / psilocybin |
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| Race / racism |
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| Rape / sexual assault |
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| Relationships |
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| Reproductive rights / abortion |
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| Sex |
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| Shame |
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| Stalking |
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| Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) |
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| Suicide |
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CCC Library wants our "Tough Topics" collection to be useful and meaningful to you. If there are topics you'd like to see reflected on this guide, please let CCC Library know. This link takes you to an anonymous Google survey. Feel free to answer any or all questions, with whatever answers feel right. Thank you.
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