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Locating Material in Wilson Library
Location Names for Collections in Wilson Library as They Appear in MNCAT
| Name |
Library/Collection |
| Wilson |
Wilson Library (see section 2 below) |
| Wilson Ames |
Ames Library of South Asia, Sub-basement |
| Wilson Annex Sub-basement |
Sub-basement, Room S50 |
| Wilson Bell |
James For Bell Collection 4th floor |
| Wilson Borchert Map |
John R. Borchert Map Library, Sub-basement |
| Wilson Business Reference |
Business Reference Service, Basement |
| Wilson East Asian |
East Asian Library, Sub-basement |
| Wilson Gov Pub |
Government Publications Library, Basement |
| Wilson Machine Readable Data Ctr |
Machine Readable Data Center, Room 2, Basement. Call for an appointment,
(612) 624-4389 |
| Wilson New Books Shelf |
Circulation Desk, 1st Floor, Wilson Library, West Bank |
| Wilson Newspapers |
Reserve/Periodicals, Basement |
| Wilson Periodicals |
Reserve/Periodicals, Basement |
| Wilson Reference |
Reference Room, 1st floor |
| Wilson Reserve |
Reserve/Periodicals, Basement |
Mfiche, Mfilm call numbers: Many microforms (Microfiche, Microfilm)
are located in Reserve/Periodicals, Basement.
Theses: Some University of Minnesota theses with MnU-D call numbers
are on the third floor, those with MnU-M call numbers are on third floor,
and some with 378.7M66 call numbers are in the Wilson Annex Sub-basement.
Check with Circulation Desk for theses not on shelf.
Finding Books in Wilson Library
When the book you need is located in Wilson Library, check its call number
against the chart below to determine where it is shelved. The call number
will begin with a letter or letters (A to Z) or with three numbers (000
to 999).**
| Call
Number |
Floor |
Classification
System |
| A-Z |
Second floor |
Library of
Congress (LC) |
| 000-341 |
Fourth floor |
Dewey Decimal |
| 342-999 |
Third floor |
Dewey Decimal |
| Exceptions** |
Floor |
Where
to look for these |
| 81 |
Third floor |
81 numbers
are filed after 810.9 |
| 87 |
Third floor |
87 numbers
are filed after 870.9 |
| 88 |
Third floor |
88 numbers
are filed after 880.9 |
**Quarto and Folio Books. If a call number begins with the word
"quarto" or "folio," the book is oversized. Oversized
books are shelved separately to save shelf space. Be sure to find the
separate folio or quarto shelving area on the floor where books with that
call number are located, e.g., quarto N7425. Z44x 1988 would be on the
second floor.
See Wilson Library floor
plans for more information.
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Library
of Congress Call Numbers
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Dewey Decimal
Call Numbers
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PS
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Alphabetical
order. P is between N and Q. PS is between PR and PT
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345.22
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Between 345.2
and 345.3 (between 345.21 and 345.23)
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2367.4
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Numerical
order with decimals: 2367.4 is between 2367 and 2368
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M665
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Between M6
and M7 (between M66 and M67; between M664 and M666)
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.B35
A32
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Alphabetical
order with any numbers after the decimal point read as decimals.
.B35 is between .B3 and .B4; .B352 would be between .B35 and .B36
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1997
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Year of publication
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Quarto
and Folio Books. If a call number begins with the word quarto
or folio, the book is oversized. Oversized books are shelved separately
to save shelf space. Be sure to find the separate folio or quarto
shelving area on the floor where books with that call number are
located.
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