Locating Materials

Location of books by call number

FOLIO-sized books can be found on the shelves directly across from the elevator on each floor and in the following areas:

1st floor	2nd floor	3rd floor	Atrium	Basement
Circulation Desk	Faculty Reading Room	Music Reading Room	Viewing Room	E-Classroom
Reference Desk	One-button recording studio	Fine Arts Reading Room	Center for Learning & Teaching	Archives & Special Collections
Presidents Room			Multilingual Learning office	Map room
Video & CD collections			Periodicals & Microfilms
Reference collection
New York Times bestsellers
Library offices

2nd floor
Faculty Reading Room
One-button recording studio

3rd floor
Music Reading Room
Fine Arts Reading Room

Atrium
Viewing Room
Center for Learning & Teaching
Multilingual Learning office
Periodicals & Microfilms

Basement
E-Classroom
Archives & Special Collections
Map room

For access to Government Documents and the fifth floor, please see the Circulation Desk
Restrooms are available on the first through third floors, Atrium, and Basement levels.
Quiet study rooms are available on every level except the first floor.
Water refill stations are located on every floor.

4th Floor
A: General Works
AC	Collection. Series
AE	Encyclopedias
AG	General Reference Works
AY	Yearbooks, Almanacs, Directories
AZ	History of the science in general
B: Philosophy & Religion
B-BJ	Philosophy
BF	Psychology
BL-BX	Religion & Theology
C: History
CB	History of Civilization (General)
CC	Antiquities & Archaeology
CJ	Numismatics & Coins
CR-CS	Heraldry & Genealogy
CT	Biography
D: History & Topography (except the Americas)
D	General History
DA	Great Britain
DB-DR	Europe
DS-DT	Asia & Africa
DU	Australia & Oceania
E-F: History & Topography of the Americas
E 1-135	Americas (General)
E 151-810	United States (General)
F 1-970	United States (Local)
F 1001-3799	Americas (except United States)

3rd Floor
G: Geography & Anthropology
G	Geography (General)
GA	Mathematical geography & Cartography
GB	Physical geography
GC	Oceanology & Oceanography
GN-GT	Anthropology, Folklore & Customs
GV	Sports & Amusements; Games
H: Social Sciences
H	Social Sciences (General)
HA	Statistics
HB-HJ	Economics
HM-HX	Sociology
J: Political Sciences
J-JA	Documents (General)
JC	Political Science & Theory of State
JF-JX	Constitutional Theory & International Law
K: Law
KF	United States Law
L: Education
L-LA	General Works; History of Education
LB	Theory & Practice
LC	Special Forms; Relations & Applications
LD-LJ	Universities & Colleges
M: Music (*except where noted)
M	Music (Scores) Presidents Room, 1st Floor
ML	Literature on Music Music Reading Room, 3rd Floor
MT	Musical Instruction & Study
N: Fine Arts (Oversized items in Fine Arts Reading Room, 3rd floor)
N	Visual Arts (General)
NA	Architecture
NB	Sculpture
NC	Drawing, Design & Illustration
ND	Painting
NE	Print Media
NK	Decorative Arts
NX	Arts in General

2nd Floor
P: Language & Literature
P	Philology & Linguistics (General)
PA	Classical Languages & Literatures
PB-PH	Modern European Languages
PJ-PL	Oriental Languages & Literatures
PN	Literature History & Collections (General)
PQ	Romance Literatures
PR	English Literatures
PS	American Literatures
PT	Teutonic Literatures
PZ	Fiction & Juvenile Literatures

Level B
Q: Science
Q	Science (General)
QA-QB	Mathematics & Astronomy
QC-QD	Physics & Chemistry
QE-QH	Geology & Natural History
QK-QL	Botany & Zoology
QM-QP-QR	Human Anatomy, Physiology & Bacteriology
R: Medicine
S: Agriculture; Plant & Animal Industry
T: Technology
T	Technology (General)
TA-TH	Engineering & Building Group
TJ-TL	Mechanical Group
TN-TR	Chemical Group (incl. Photography)
TS-TX	Composite Group
U: Military Science
V: Naval Science
Z: Bibliography & Library Science