Chapter 13. Library

13.4. Locating and Borrowing Materials

General Information

Library patrons obtain and use materials by going to the location and serving themselves. To do this easily, a system of notation or classification is used. This system is the Library of Congress Classification system; commonly referred to as "call numbers." Books are shelved by Library of Congress Call Numbers in all collections except Government Documents, which uses SuDocs Call Numbers. To find a book, a patron needs to know its Call Number and its location ("location" is the collection in which a book is shelved); Voyager (an on-line public catalog) gives this information.

The most common locations are:

• Circulating Collection - Second and third floor shelves where all the circulating books and the bound periodicals dated after 1970 are kept. Material is shelved by Library of Congress call number as follows:




Call numbers A - P	Third Floor
Call numbers Q - Z	Second Floor



• U.S. Documents - Shelved by SuDocs call number in Government Documents on the ground floor.



• Reference Stacks - Located east of the computer workstations behind the Reference/Information Desk on the first floor.



• Reference and Government Information Desk - Shelved behind the Reference/Information Desk on the first floor.



• Print Indexes and Abstracts - Shelved along the windows on the south side of the first floor.



• Oversize - Shelved following the main collections on the second and third floors as follows:

Procedure

For technical assistance, problems connecting to resources, or system requirements, contact the Library's Automation Office during campus business hours at 7-2504.

For general assistance, help with selecting and searching databases, information on acquiring journal articles and related issues, contact the Reference and Government Information Desk at 7-2507 or send e-mail to wwwlib@mtu.edu.