Shelf List Filing 

Shelf list reflects the arrangement of documents in the library. That is to say, the classificatory arrangement of the documents in a library can be seen through the entries in its shelf list. Entries in a Shelf list are, therefore, Class Number and Call Number entries. 

Some examples of filing shelf list entries when Dewy Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme is used, are given below: 

Example 1: DDC Class Number Order 

001 Knowledge 

001,424 Operations research 

001.43 Research 

001.5  Information and Communication 

001.51 Communication Theory 

001.534 Perception theory. 

001.575 Artificial Intelligence 

017 Subject Catalogues 

018 Author Catalogues 

027 Central Libraries