Guide to Library Call Numbers

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Call numbers are like street addresses: They are printed on the spine of the book and tells you where to find the book on the shelf.

Call Number Guide for Waldo Library

Childrens' books have a different call number system called the Dewey Decimal Classification (Dewey Decimal example: 398.2 or FIC). Children's books can be found in the Children's Collection, 2nd Floor, Waldo Library, and in the Curriculum Enrichment Collection, Education Library.

Bound periodicals are also shelved by call number with the books in Waldo Library and the Archives. Bound periodicals are shelved separately by call number in the Education and Music Libraries.

Children's Literature
Second Floor
Current Periodicals
Lower Level
Government Documents
Second Floor
Maps and Atlases
Third Floor
Microfilm: General
Second Floor
Microfilms: Periodicals
Lower Level
New Books
Lower Level
Newspapers
Lower Level
Reference Collection
First Floor
Reserves (at Circulation Desk)
First Floor
Science Reference Collection
Lower Level
Special Collections & Rare Books
Third Floor

Call Number Guide

A
First Floor
B
Third Floor
C
Third Floor
D
Third Floor
D
Second Floor
E
Second Floor
F
Second Floor
G
Second Floor
H
Second Floor
J
Second Floor
K
First Floor
L
First Floor
N
First Floor
P
First Floor
Q
Lower Level
R
Lower Level
S
Lower Level
T
Lower Level
U
Lower Level
V
Lower Level
Z
First Floor

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