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Library of Congress Call Numbers | Dewey Call Numbers | Other Call Numbers & Locations

Library of Congress Call Numbers

Call Number
Floor/Section
Notes
A – BV
MAIN Library
 and
A - AR: Floor 1B, Compact Shelving.
AS-AZ:  Moving to Floor 3A, Compact Shelving.
B - BV:  Floor 3A, Compact Shelving
BX
MAIN Library
 
C – CT
MAIN Library
 
D – DT 61.B68 1999
MAIN Library
 
DT 73.A4.R513 – DZ
MAIN Library
 
E – EX (including E9791)
MAIN Library
 
ED numbers                        
(ERIC documents on microfiche)
MAIN Library
Compact Shelving
EJ numbers (ERIC Journals)
Refers to a journal citation; look up the journal title listed in the citation "source" field
F – FU, G – GA
MAIN Library
 
GB, GC, GE
SCIENCE Library
 
GF – GV
MAIN Library
 
H – HF 1385
MAIN Library
 
HF 1401 – HX
MAIN Library
 
J – JZ
Note: all J301.K81's are in Special Collections; Reference, MAIN (Research West); and the
Law Library.
MAIN Library
 
K1 – LA
MAIN Library
 
LB – LT
MAIN Library
 
M – MT
Fine Arts Library (Music Bldg, Rm 233)
N – NA 1034.5
SCIENCE Library
 
NA  1035 – ND 511.5 .B38      
SCIENCE Library
 
ND 511.5 .B46 – NX
SCIENCE Library
 
P – PR 879
MAIN Library
 
PR 880 – PZ
MAIN Library
 
PZ (Children's Literature)
MAIN Library

Q - QA 76.9 .Q4
SCIENCE Library
 
QA 76.9 .S54 – QD 1 I615 June 1993
SCIENCE Library
 
QD 1 I615 July 1993 – QD 549 C57 Jan-June 1979
SCIENCE Library
 
QD549 C57 July-Dec 1979 – QL719
SCIENCE Library
Floor 4 North  
QL 720 – QR
SCIENCE Library
 
R – RZ 
SCIENCE Library
 
S – S 21 .A75 v.23
SCIENCE Library
 
S 21 .A75 v.24 – SB 612 .A2 P27 1993
SCIENCE Library
 
SB 612 .A2 P27 1994 – SZ
SCIENCE Library
 
T – TJ
Note: TH also at the Fine Arts Library
SCIENCE Library
 
TK – TN 860 .P398 v.22 Sept-Oct 1982
SCIENCE Library
 
TN 860 .P398 v. 22 Nov-Dec 1982 – TZ

SCIENCE Library
 
U – V
SCIENCE Library
 
Z – ZA
Note: Z and ZA also at the Science-Engineering Library ,
Floor 1 North
MAIN Library
 

 

Dewey Decimal Call Numbers

Call Number
Floor/Section
Notes
010 - 400
MAIN Library
 
Already Re-classed to LC call number
500 - 699
SCIENCE Library
Compact Shelving
700 - 799
MAIN Library
 
Already Re-classed to LC call number
800 - 899
MAIN Library
 
Already Re-classed to LC call number
900 - 999
MAIN Library
 
Already Re-classed to LC call number

 

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Other Call Numbers & Locations

Call Number
Floor/Section
Notes
 
A9791-D9791, F9791-Z9791
MAIN Library
Separate entrance
 
AHSL
 
 
 
MAIN  and SCIENCE Libraries
Being moved
Being integrated into regular collection at the Main and Science-Engineering Libraries. Please check on the top shelves of the book stacks at the beginning of floors 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 5B and with the corresponding call numbers at the Science-Engineering Library.
 
ASUA (textbooks )
MAIN Library
 
 
Cat #
MAIN Library
Compact Shelving
 
Children's Literature (no call no.?  See International Children's Literature.)
MAIN Library
East side of ground floor
 
MAIN Library
and
Being Moved to Floor 1B
Compact Shelving

A - DS 798 and Chinese Reference: Floor 3A, Compact Shelving.

DS 798.45 - Z and Harvard Yenching Collection: Floor 1B, Compact Shelving.
 
CCP Volkerding Rare Book Collection
   By Appointment Only. Please call (520) 621-7968.  
CCP Volkerding Reference Collection


By Appointment Only. Please call (520) 621-7968.
 
Current Periodicals, MAIN
MAIN Library
East side of ground floor
NOTE: Current journals with calls numbers N-NX and SB are now located in the Science Library.
Current Periodicals, SCIENCE
SCIENCE Library
South side of ground floor
 
DVD/VHS Closed Stack
MAIN Library
VHS and DVD in locked compact shelving on 1st floor. Only available for UA faculty, staff, and students via Express Retrevial. Fine Arts N-NX videos relocated here.
 
ED numbers                    
(ERIC documents on microfiche)                       
MAIN Library
Floor 3C, Microfiche Collection
Moved to temporary location on Floor 3C.
 
EJ numbers (ERIC Journals)
Refers to a journal citation; look up the journal title listed in the citation "source" field
   
Film
MAIN Library
Compact Shelving
 
Fine Arts
Fine Arts Library (Music Bldg, Rm 233)
   
Government Documents (MAIN)
MAIN Library
Compact Shelving
 
NOTE: E1-E6, EP1-11, Td, Y3
might say in the catalog that they are located in the Main Library but are really located in the Science Library
 
Government Documents (SCI)
SCIENCE Library
Compact Shelving
 
NOTE: E1-E6, EP1-11, Td, Y3
might say in the catalog that they are located in the Main Library but are really located in the Science Library
 
Herb Coll (Herbarium Collection)
 
 
 
Information Commons Ref
MAIN Library
 
 
International Children's Literature
College of Education, Education Bldg. #69
Rm. 104
 
 
MAIN Library
Compact Shelving
 
Law
 
 
 
Map Collection
MAIN Library
Compact Shelving
 
Media Arts Library
Rm. 220
Access by appointment only: contact Beverly Seckinger.
 
Media Film
MAIN Library
Compact Shelving
 
Media (other than Film, DVD, & VHS)
MAIN Library
 
 
Microfiche/Microfilm (MAIN)*
MAIN Library
and
All Microfiche and Microfilm call numbers 24 - 572 temporarily moved to Floor 3C
 
Compact Shelving
 
*government documents microfiche only are in microform cabinets on Floor 3A. See Government Documents (MAIN) above.
 
Microfiche/Microfilm (SCIENCE)*
SCIENCE Library
South side of ground floor
 
*includes goverment documents microfilm/microfiche
 
Newspapers, MAIN
MAIN Library
East side of ground floor
 
Oversize, MAIN
MAIN Library
 
 
Oversize, SCIENCE
SCIENCE Library
 
 
MAIN  and SCIENCE Libraries
Being Moved
Being integrated into regular collection at the Main and Science-Engineering Libraries. Please check on the top shelves of the book stacks at the beginning of floors 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 5B and with the corresponding call numbers at the Science-Engineering Library.
 
Poetry Center
 
 
 
MAIN Library
Being Moved
Being integrated into regular collection at the Main and Science-Engineering Libraries. Please check on the top shelves of the book stacks at the beginning of floors 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 5B and with the corresponding call numbers at the Science-Engineering Library.
 
Reference, MAIN
MAIN Library
Research West, west side of ground floor
 
N-NX and SB reference is now located with Reference, SCIENCE
 
Reference, SCIENCE
SCIENCE Library
Fine Arts N-NX reference relocated here
 
MAIN Library
Separate entrance
 
Storage, MAIN
Ask at Main Libary Information Desk, 2B
 
 
 
Super Folio, MAIN
MAIN Library
South Wall, metal shelves behind compact shelving
 
Super Folio, SEL
SCIENCE Library
   
MAIN and SCIENCE Libraries

Integrated into Regular Collection
 
UA Museum of Art
 
 
 

 
 

 

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