Call numbers

Princeton University Ph.D. dissertations, M.A. and M.S.E. theses are cataloged according to specific Princeton cataloging procedures. There are two copies of each thesis. One copy goes to Mudd library. The second copy goes to a branch library. If there is no branch library assigned for the thesis, it goes to Annex A.

The call numbers are based on the PRIN sequence and assigned according to the following patterns:

Ph.D.
On screen: PRIN 685 [year degree awarded] .[cutter number]	On book: [Location] PRIN 685 [year degree awarded] .[cutter number]
M.A.
On screen: PRIN 6846 [year degree awarded] .[cutter number]	On book: [Location] PRIN 6846 [year degree awarded] .[cutter number]
M.S.E.
On screen: PRIN 6848 [year degree awarded] .[cutter number]	On book: [Location] PRIN 6848 [year degree awarded] .[cutter number]

The call numbers are determined by the degree and the year in which it was awarded plus a cutter number from the shelflisting table.

The numbers were never changed in the card catalog, and when the records are converted into the OPAC, the P numbers are not changed to PRIN.