Research
Location of Library Materials
General Floor Plan
Each floor of the library is divided into three sections:
- A - toward the front of the building; elevator access located here
- B - between two main stairwells (which go from 1st to 6th tier on north and south sides)
- C - toward the rear of the building, the section closest to West Wing study area
| Location by Material Type | |||||||||||
| Archives | Ask at Circulation Desk | ||||||||||
| Government Documents | 3rd Floor (Main floor) | ||||||||||
| Honors Projects | Ask at Circulation Desk | ||||||||||
| Microforms | 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| Periodicals | 2nd Floor | ||||||||||
| Reference Books | 3rd Floor (Main Floor) | ||||||||||
| Sound Recordings | Ask at Circulation Desk | ||||||||||
| Videos | Ask at Circulation Desk | ||||||||||
| Location of Books by Call Number | |||||||||||
| Call numbers: | Floor #: | ||||||||||
| A - F | 6 | ||||||||||
| G - N | 5 | ||||||||||
| M (musical scores) | Presidents' Room (3rd Floor) | ||||||||||
| ML | Music Reading Room (5th Floor) | ||||||||||
| Oversized N | Fine Arts Reading Room (5th Floor) | ||||||||||
| P | 4 | ||||||||||
| Q - Z | 1 | ||||||||||
| Location of Oversized Books | |||||||||||
| Call numbers: | Floor #: | ||||||||||
| A - F | 6 A/B | ||||||||||
| G - M | 5 A/B | ||||||||||
| N | Fine Arts Reading Room (5th Floor) | ||||||||||
| P | 4 A/B | ||||||||||
| Q - Z | 1B | ||||||||||
| Location of Items by Floor | |||||||||||
| 1st Floor |
Section A: Q - QE 645 Section B: QE 651 - R 489 Section C: R 505 - Z | ||||||||||
| 2nd Floor Atrium |
Current Periodicals, alpabetized by title Bound/Single Issue Periodicals Newspapers Microfilm & Microfilm Readers | ||||||||||
| 2nd Floor Stacks |
Back issues of Periodicals in call number order begin in Atrium & continue into stacks area | ||||||||||
| 3rd Floor (Main Floor) |
Services:
Circulation, Interlibrary Loan, Reference, Reserves,Library Offices Presidents' Room (Musical Scores) Section A: Audiovisual Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) Sections B, C: Government Documents | ||||||||||
| 4th Floor |
Section A: P - PN 4121 Section B: PN 4129 - PR 3533 Section C: PR 3534 - PZ | ||||||||||
| 5th Floor |
Section A: G - HC 502 Section B: HC 503 - HQ 1870 Section C: HQ 1904 - N Music Reading Room: ML 1 - ML 3655 Fine Arts Reading Room: Oversized (folio) N | ||||||||||
| 6th Floor |
Section A: A - BL 2530 Section B: BL 2532 - DC 271 Section C: DC 272 - F | ||||||||||