What's on Fourth Floor:
University Libraries Administration and Human Resources offices,
a large study area
books with Dewey call numbers 001 - 824
Please call Circulation from the red Help Phone if you can't find the book you need.
Dewey call numbers beginning 001 through 824 are located in the front (east) section of fourth floor. Enter the floor through the glass doors outside the elevator and staircase.
Note that the first two sections are oversized books. Be sure to check your call number carefully. Computers in the lobby are available for you to look up titles in MNCAT.
For current call number information, please consult the Finding Books by Call Number in Wilson guide.
As you enter the 4th floor books area:
QUARTO 001- 824
The first books are Quarto (tall oversized) books beginning with Dewey call numbers 001 through 810.
These only take up a few rows. If the call number you want doesn't say quarto,
keep going. The Quarto shelves have BLUE labels.
FOLIO 001- 824
Then you'll see a few rows of Folio (very tall oversized) books beginning
with Dewey call numbers 001 through 810.
These also only take up a few rows. If the call number you want doesn't say
folio, keep going. The shelves for Folio books have ORANGE labels.
REGULAR SIZE 001- 824
-These shelves
The rest of the room has regular size books with Dewey call numbers 001 through 810. These regular sized books fill most of the front or north room of 4th floor
-These shelves have YELLOW labels.
Dewey classification -- is a call number system that was applied to those materials added to the library before 1984 --- and arranges books by numbers from 001— 999. Dewey books are housed on the 3rd and 4th floor of the library. For an explanation of how subjects are grouped in the Dewey Decimal system visit the Dewey Summaries pdf and go to page 10.
Call number systems are used by libraries to group books together by subject. Newer books have call numbers that begin with letters.
Folio, quarto and regular size books