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Want a general idea of where various types of library
materials are shelved? Click
here for a map of the library.
Found the book in the catalog, but wondering where
to find it in the library? Here's how!
Each item in the library is assigned a call number, which gives
the "shelf address" of that particular item. The call number is
shown in the catalog record for that item.
It's highlighted here:
The call number is also typed on a spine label
affixed to the actual book.
(graphic image of catalog record with call number
highlighted)
If the call number for a book you've chosen starts
with a J (for "juvenile"), that means it's in the children's collection
and is located in the children's wing.
Specifically:
JPB
children's picture books in picture book room shelved alphabetically
by author's name
JRA
children's picture books with readalong CDs or cassettes in picture
book room in green bins
JVE
children's very easy readers (two blue dots on spine label ll)
in long low bookcase near entrance shelved alphabetically by author's
or series name
JER
children's easy readers (one blue dot on spine label l) also in
long low bookcase near entrance shelved alphabetically by author's
name
JBC
children's beginning chapter books ("abc" sticker on spine ) on
other side of easy reader bookcase near entrance
J
children's chapter books/novels in tall bookcases against wall
JMYS
children's mysteries in tall bookcases against wall, at the end
of the J collection
JNF 001-999
children's non-fiction in low bookcases in the large room of the
children's wing NOTE: nonfiction books are assigned numbers from
001-999 in the Dewey Decimal library classification system, according
to their subject. The nonfiction books are then shelved in strict
numerical order. As a result, books on a given subject are shelved
in the same location. (Want to know more about the Dewey Decimal
system? Click here.)
The children's nonfiction collection starts in the bookcase nearest
the story time room.
JNF 398.2-398.4
children's folk and fairy tales this genre of children's literature
has always been considered "non-fiction" in libraries and is located
separately from the rest of the non-fiction collection; in our
library, these books are located in the alcove just outside the
picture book room
JB
children's biographies located at the end of the children's non-fiction
collection
if the call number for a book you've chosen starts
with a Y, the book is in our Teen/Young Adult collection, shelved
in the tall bookcases adjacent to the DVD collection.
YA
fiction for readers in the sixth to twelfth grades
YNF
non-fiction for readers in the sixth to twelfth grades (this is
where our college guides are shelved)
if the call number does not start with either a
J or a Y, the book is in one of our adult collections, and can be
found in the following (approximate) locations
FIC
adult fiction (spine label shows only the first initial of author's
last name) the first half of this collection is shelved along
the curving back wall, and then moves to the three tall bookcases
nearby
book club: books with call numbers
ending in the words (book club) are in the book club collection
located at the beginning of the adult fiction collection
paperback: books with call numbers
ending (pbk) are shelved in the popular paperback spinners next
to the adult fiction bookcases
new fiction: books added to the library's
collection within the last 6 months are located in the bookcase
opposite the front desk (identified in the catalog as "adult new
fiction"
large print: books with a call number
ending in LP are shelved in the bookcase next to new fiction
MYS
adult mysteries (spine label MYS) adult mysteries are shelved
next to adult new fiction
001-999
adult non-fiction (shelved by Dewey Decimal number) shelved in
the tall bookcases to the left of the center tables
travel: books with Dewey Decimal
nos. 914-919, and the collection code "travel" in their catalog
records are located in the tall bookcase near the DVD collection
and have orange dots l on their spine labels
CT Shelf: books on Connecticut (call
number ends with "CT shelf") low bookcase near adult computers
PS: books on parenting of young children
(call number starts with PS) located in children's wing, just
outside picture book room
B
adult biography (B is followed by subject of biography, and books
are shelved alphabetically by subject's last name) low bookcase
near exhibit circle
media collections: children's (call number starting
with J)
JVR
children's videorecordings on DVD and videocassette located at
end of curving wall opposite front desk
JBT
children's/teen audio books on CD and audiocassette also located
at end of curving wall opposite front desk
JMU
children's music on CD located in children's picture book room;
right wall
JST
children's storytelling CDs and audiocassettes located in children's
picture book room; right wall
media collections: general/adult
BOT
"books on tape": audio books on CD, audiocassette and playaway
on curving wall starting near copier
DVD
movies for adults and children previously released in theatres
bookcase near front desk
DVD (in series)
movies for adults and children originally broadcast on television
bookcase near front desk
CD
music on CDs for adults stone wall near adult reading room
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