Instructors put textbooks, journal articles and media in the Library for student use. Most course reserve material can be checked out for 2 hours. Go to the 2nd floor Help Zone to get these materials.
Search the course reserves.
Search the Catalog for books, e-books, streaming video, government documents, magazines, journals, and newspapers, and course reserves.
Books are arranged on the shelves by call number. The Library of Congress Classification system uses alphabetical letters for organizing books. Most colleges and universities use this system. Each book has a unique call number on the label on the outside of the book.
Using call numbers to arrange the books groups books about the same subject together. Even if the book you want is missing, just look around—there may be another book on the same subject nearby. To find a book on the shelf you must “read” all of the lines of the call number.
EXAMPLE:
QH - First, letters are arranged alphabetically.
581.2 - This line is arranged by numbers beginning with the lowest.
.C83 - This line is arranged alphabetically and numerically preceded by a decimal.
| Q 121 .B86 2000 |
QA 5 .D69 2009 |
QH 45 .B35 1990 |
QH 45.2 .B32 1999 |
QH 366.2 .S4945 2009 |
