Your Task
You are now in Hunt Library. Follow this guide to explore the stacks, learn about call numbers, find a book to check out, and bring it to your next class / back to classroom 308 in Hunt.
📚 Understanding Call Numbers:
Before you explore the stacks, you need to know how call numbers work.
Call numbers help you find an item's physical location in the library, similar to a postal address. They allow you to find a specific book, journal, or media item in a very large collection. Can't find a book? Stop by the circulation desk and ask, staff are always happy to help.
📖 On Book Spines (4 lines):
In The Catalog (one line):
This is how it appears in search results in the libraries catalog
📚 Call Number Order on Shelves:
Books are arranged in a specific order, the Library of Congress Classification System (it's like the Dewey Decimal System, but for academic libraries).
Follow these steps to locate any book:
- Find the Letter Section (e.g., LB, Q, T) - look for shelf signs
- Next, the First Number (e.g., 1028, 334, 58) - numerical order
- Then Decimal Numbers (e.g., .5, .64) - read as decimal
- Then Author/Title Code (e.g., .S55) - alphabetical
- Finally Publication Year (e.g., 2023)
Books are shelved in this exact order