Learn how Quarto and Folio oversized books are shelved on 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors.
Browse Wilson Call Numbers by Subject
Browse the McCollister Popular Reading Collection title list on LibraryThing
View the Government Publications "What Shelf is My Book on?" for Government documents
Floor plan handout shows where call numbers are shelved on each floor.
Use Chart #1 for books with location TC Wilson
Use Chart 2 for books in specific collections within Wilson Library building (Ames, Annex, Business, Government Publications, James Ford Bell, Map Library, Newspaper Room, Periodicals, Reference or Reserve)
(TC means Twin Cities campus)
WHAT FLOOR HAS WHICH CALL NUMBER?
August 2008: BOOKS are being shifted on 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors. If you can't find the book you want, use a RED HELP PHONE to call the Circulation Desk at 612 624-3321.
| Chart 1: TC Wilson - General Collection | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CALL NUMBER |
SYSTEM |
LOCATION |
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| TC Wilson A - GV | Library of Congress | 3rd Floor | |||||||||||||
| TC Wilson H - Z | Library of Congress | 2nd Floor | |||||||||||||
| TC Wilson 001 - 824 | Dewey | 4th Floor | TC Wilson 825 - 999 | Dewey | 3rd Floor | ||||||||||
| TC Wilson 81 | Special Dewey* | 4th floor | |||||||||||||
| TC Wilson 87, 88 | Special Dewey* | 3rd Floor | |||||||||||||
Special Dewey numbers are all shelved as if there is an invisible 1 at the end of the number (ie 81 is like 811, 87 and 88 are like 871, 881).
| Chart 2: TC Wilson Specific Collections | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CALL NUMBER |
LOCATION |
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| AMES Library of South Asia | SubBasement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TC Wilson ANNEX | SubBasement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TC Wilson BELL | 4th Floor | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TC Wilson BORCHERT MAP | SubBasement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TC Wilson BUSINESS REFERENCE | Basement | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TC Wilson EAST ASIAN | SubBasement | TC Wilson GOV PUBS | Basement | TC Wilson NEW BOOK SHELF | First Floor | TC Wilson NEWSPAPERS | Basement | TC Wilson PERIODICALS & RESERVE | Basement | TC Wilson RARE BOOKS | Fourth Floor | TC Wilson REFERENCE | First Floor | TC Wilson RESERVE | Basement | ||||||
Understanding the Library of Congress call number system
Understanding the Dewey decimal system
Compare these two call number systems
Visit the LC and Dewey posters on 3rd floor
Go to Wilson Library Virtual
Tour
