Virtual Tour - Call Numbers

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Each item in the library collection is assigned a Call Number. The Call Number is like an address; it tells you exactly where the book or material is located in the library. When you find a book in the Catalog that you want to check out, be sure to write down the entire call number so that you can go directly to where that book is located.

Call Numbers are derived from the Dewey Decimal System, and allow items to be grouped by subject and arranged on the shelves in number order. To locate the area of the library where a particular number is located, look at the areas marked "000-399 Books", "400-635.9 T Books", "635.9 U-699 Books" and "700-999 Books" on the Library Map.

Sometimes the Call Number will have a letter in front of it, either an "R" "O" "XO" "XXO" "J" "F" or "SF".

The "R" stands for "Reference". These books are located in the Reference Book Collection and do not circulate (that means these books may not be checked out and must be used inside the library).

"O" "XO" "XXO" stand for "Oversize", "Extra Oversize", and "Extra Extra Oversize". These are located in the Oversize Books section.

"J" stands for "Juvenile". These are books for young or inexperienced readers and are located in the shelves along the north wall upstairs. (see "Juvenile Books" on the Library Map).

"F" is for "Fiction" and "SF" is for "Science Fiction". See the Library Map for the location of these sections.