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Understanding call numbers

Call numbers are like street addresses. They help you locate a book on the library shelf.

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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 locations

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    

Waldo Library Special Locations

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