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Location of Books by Call Number

Location of Books by Call Number
Call numbers: Floor #:
A - E 4
F - N 3
M (musical scores) Presidents Room (1st Floor)
ML Music Reading Room (3rd Floor)
Oversized N Fine Arts Reading Room (3rd Floor)
P - PS 699 2
PS 700 - PZ Level A
Q - Z Level B

Location by Material Type

Location by Material Type
Archives Ask at Circulation Desk
Government Documents 5th Floor
Honors Projects Ask at Circulation Desk
Microforms Level B
Periodicals Level A
Reference Books 1st Floor (Main Floor)
Sound Recordings 1st Floor (Main Floor)
Videos 1st Floor (Main Floor)

Location of Oversized Books

Location of Oversized Books
Call numbers: Floor #:
A - E 4 (A/B Section)
G - M (except scores) 3 (A/B Section)
N Fine Arts Reading Room (3rd Floor)
P 2 (A/B Section)
Q - Z Level B (B Section)

Browsing Guide

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

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Media Literacy Week 2023: "Coded Bias" Documentary Screening

The Department of Communication, Denison Libraries, & Denison Forward will host a screening of "Coded Bias" as part of National Media Literacy Week 2023.

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