NORTH CAROLINA TEXTBOOK CODES

The textbooks adopted by the North Carolina Public Schools for elementary and secondary public school students are found in the Textbook Collection of our Curriculum Lab, located on the second floor in our library. These textbooks are assigned a unique "call number" or code by the North Carolina Public Schools and are shelved according to that number within our Textbook Collection.

• Explanation of Textbook Codes


• NC Textbook Subject Area Codes


• Using the Catalog to Find Textbooks in the Curriculum Lab

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Explanation of Textbook Codes

The number consists of three distinct parts separated by dashes, as illustrated in the example below:

Example: 2-41-025

• The first digit , in this example the 2, denotes the grade level of the intended audience: second grade. (Exceptions: In the case of Kindergartners, the first part of the code is actually a letter rather than a digit: "K"; and all secondary grades 9 through 12 are represented by the number "9".)
• The second set of digits, in this example the 41, denotes the subject area: English, in this example. Each subject area has its own number. For more information on subject areas and their corresponding numbers, see the NC Textbook Subject Area Codes table below.
• The third set of digits, in this example the 025, is unique to each title for the specific grade level and topic.

NC Textbook Subject Area Codes

The middle digits in the NC Textbook Code denote the subject areas covered by the textbooks. See the following table for specific subject areas and the codes that correspond to them as used in the NC Textbook Code system:

01	Handwriting
02	Reading (Language Arts & Literature)
03	Spelling
11	Elementary Arts Education
12	Music Survey (Appreciation & Survey of Music, Choral, and Theory)
13	Visual Arts (Art Appreciation, History, and Studio)
14	Theater Arts
21	French
22	Latin
23	Spanish
24	German
31	Elementary Healthful Living
32	Secondary Healthful Living
41	English
42	Literature Anthologies I, II, III, and IV
44	Literature Special Interest Course (Journalism, Speech)
51	Elementary Mathematics
52	Advanced Mathematics (AP Calculus, Probability & Statistics, Trigonometry)
53	Algebra
54	Consumer Mathematics
61	Agricultural Education
62	Business & Office Education
63	Marketing Education
64	Health Occupations Education
65	Home Economics Education
66	Technology Education
67	Trade & Industrial Education
71	Elementary Science
72	Biology
73	Chemistry
74	Physical Sciences
75	Physics
76	Anatomy & Physiology
77	Earth Science
78	Special Interest Courses--Science (Applied Science, Environmental Science, Marine Science, Oceanography)
81	Elementary Social Studies
82	World Geography
83	U.S. History
84	Economic, Legal, & Political Systems
85	World History
86	Sociology
87	Economics
88	Government (Law and Justice)
89	Psychology
90	World Cultures

Last updated February 18, 2008