The Library of Congress classification system distributes biographical works throughout the collection, a result of questionable desirability for reference collections. A practical method for bringing biographical dictionaries together in one section of the reference shelves is the use of alternative class numbers printed in the CT schedule. The application of this method by the Library of the University of Wisconsin- Parkside is discussed as a case study.
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Lawrence N. Crumb (1983) studied this question.