{"id":33971,"date":"2013-10-28T14:03:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T14:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/understanding-call-numbers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:23:30","slug":"comprendre-les-cotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/comprendre-les-cotes\/?lang=fr","title":{"rendered":"Comprendre les cotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qu'est-ce qu'une cote ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Les cotes sont en quelque sorte l'adresse d'un livre. Elles permettent de trouver un livre ou toute autre ressource dans la collection des biblioth\u00e8ques. Aux biblioth\u00e8ques YorkU, nous utilisons le syst\u00e8me de classification du <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/catdir\/cpso\/lcco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library of Congress<\/a> pour attribuer les cotes. Vous trouverez ces cotes \u00e0 la fois sur le dos des livres et sur le site web des biblioth\u00e8ques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Dos du livre<\/th><th>Fiche du livre sur le site web des biblioth\u00e8ques (OMNI)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"58\" height=\"119\" class=\"wp-image-33980\" style=\"width: 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6773-rotated-e1776197979245.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"131\" class=\"wp-image-33978\" style=\"width: 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/French-Omni-Record-for-Comprendre-les-cotes.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/French-Omni-Record-for-Comprendre-les-cotes.png 646w, https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/French-Omni-Record-for-Comprendre-les-cotes-300x61.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comment lire les cotes ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisez chaque \u00e9l\u00e9ment ou ligne de la cote s\u00e9par\u00e9ment. Regardons l'exemple ci-dessus (<strong>P 93.5 J653 2021<\/strong>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>P<\/strong><\/td><td>Lisez cette ligne par ordre alphab\u00e9tique : A, B, BF, BK, BP, C ... jusqu'\u00e0 Z.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>93<\/strong><\/td><td>Lisez cette ligne comme un nombre entier : 1, 2, 3, 100, 101, 1000, 5001, 5980 ... jusqu'\u00e0 9999.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>.5<\/strong><\/td><td>Lisez cette ligne come un nombre d\u00e9cimal : 0,1, 0,10, 0,100, 0,1260, 0,2, 0,23, 0,4, 0,4590, 0,6, 0,600, 0,9&nbsp;<br>Cela peut sembler contre-intuitif, car vous aurez des d\u00e9cimales avec des nombres plus grand (0,1567) suivies de d\u00e9cimales avec des nombres plus petits (0,2), mais prenez-les une par une.<br>Toutes les cotes ne comportent pas de d\u00e9cimale ; dans ce cas, passez cette \u00e9tape.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>J653<\/strong><\/td><td>Cette ligne est compos\u00e9e d'une lettre et d'un chiffre. Lisez la lettre dans l'ordre alphab\u00e9tique. Lisez le chiffre comme un nombre d\u00e9cimal.<br>Quelques exemples dans le bon ordre : A20, A200, A23, B30, B450, B55&nbsp;<br>Certaines cotes peuvent comporter deux de ces combinaisons de lettres et de chiffres. Suivez la m\u00eame proc\u00e9dure pour les lire.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>2021<\/strong><\/td><td>Il s'agit de l'ann\u00e9e de publication, ce qui est important lorsqu'il existe plusieurs \u00e9ditions d'un m\u00eame livre. Lisez cette ligne dans l'ordre chronologique : 1988, 1995, 2003, 2010, 2025&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vous voulez vous entra\u00eener davantage ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mettez vos connaissances \u00e0 l'\u00e9preuve ! R\u00e9pondez \u00e0 notre quiz pour classer ces ouvrages des biblioth\u00e8ques YorkU selon leur cote :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e521072e-40dd-447d-943f-78da943a456a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Markham-Shelf-Reading-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Call Number Quiz + Answer Key<\/strong> (PDF en anglais)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qu'est-ce qu'une cote ? Les cotes sont en quelque sorte l'adresse d'un livre. Elles permettent de trouver un livre ou toute autre ressource dans la collection des biblioth\u00e8ques. Aux biblioth\u00e8ques YorkU, nous utilisons le syst\u00e8me de classification du Library of Congress pour attribuer les cotes. 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