SuDoc Classification


Prepared by: J. Donovan
Submitted: December 8, 1994
Approved by: Documents Unit
Reviewed: May 1, 2001

The Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification system is based on the use of government organization authorship, i.e., agency, and uses the current organizational status of the government to assign classification. This classification scheme groups publications by the same agency together, and within an agency by subordinate departments. UCSD has used the Superintendent of Documents classification for all documents in the federal collection. A detailed description of the system may be found in the "GPO CLASSIFICATION MANUAL".

  1. General rules for formatting SuDocs in INNOPAC records:

    1. One space must be inserted between letters and numbers unless there is intervening punctuation:

      1. D 5.37:616 not D5.37:616
      2. Y 4.F 76/2:H 6 not 4.F76/2:H6
      3. Y 4.Ar 5/3:S.hrg.101-881 not Y4.Ar 5/3:S. hrg. 101881

    2. No spaces are used before or after parentheses (AN3/7/94).

    3. No spaces are used before or after symbols, such as "&" ampersand (AN3/7/94).

  2. UCSD SuDoc Variations:

    1. The UCSD practice of adhering to the use of GPO assigned SuDoc numbers has incorporated the following variations:

      1. No GPO number available--UCSD establishes a SuDoc following GPO guidelines described in the "GPO CLASSIFICATION MANUAL."

      2. Duplicate SuDocs assigned by GPO--When GPO assigns the same number to two separate publications, UCSD practice is to add an "x" following the Cutter number or series number, e.g., GP 3.2:P 88x. This number is changed when a correction is received from GPO.

      3. Serials within series--GPO frequently assigns series SuDocs to serial titles. To keep the serial issues together UCSD has established a variant number, a "99-no" is inserted following the stem, i.e., E1.28:99-1/no. A full explanation of this variation if found in the GPO Serials in Tech Reports/SuDoc changes procedure.

      4. Non-GPO assigned SuDocs are not entered in the 086 of the MARC bibliographic record.