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Asterisks (historical reference only)

Asterisks (historical reference only)


Historically, asterisks were employed in call numbers for a number of purposes. Due to the asterisk being understood by most software as a wild card, these practices have stopped. However, many records still have them in the call numbers; a cataloger is encouraged to remove them.

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