How to: How to Locate Items in the Library

For example:

Two pieces of advice:

1. Click on the link provided in the "Location" box.  The link may say Stacks, or Reference Room, or SpecColl Union Coll'n, or Oversize: q Stacks, or Periodicals - Basement, or Media Video: at Circ., etc., but in each case, the link will open up a map of the appropriate part of the Library you should head for.

   Reminder:
   Stacks means the Library's general, open shelving areas.

   Oversize: q Stacks(or f Stacks or ff Stacks ) means the tall books on the second floor whose numbers are prefaced by "q","f", or "ff". 

   Offsite: Ask at Circ means you must request the book's retrieval from the College's nearby warehouse.  See the Circulation Desk for prompt delivery.

2. Jot down the complete call number.  All parts of it are important.

   Reminder: If the "Status" box reads
   AVAILABLE, the item should be found on the Library's shelves.

   DUE (date) means that the item is checked out--see Circulation to request its recall.

   LIB USE ONLY indicates an item in Reference, Periodicals, or Special Collections that may not be borrowed but used at the Library only.

General locations of material are as follows (click on the floor name to see a detailed map):

• Basement       Call Numbers E-Z, Bound Periodicals, Compact Discs and Government Documents
• First Floor       Reference, Reserve Materials, Current Periodicals, Videos, Microforms
• Second Floor   Call Numbers A-D and Oversize collection.
• Third Floor      Special Collections

See our guide to Borrowing Materials for additional information from the Circulation Department.

For assistance with locating items, please ask at the Reference Desk or telephone X6281.
Created by:  David Fuller; Revised by: David Gerhan