Fourth floor is home to the Libraries Administration and Human Resources offices,
the James Ford Bell Library, a large study area, and restrooms.
Also on 4th floor are books with Dewey call numbers beginning 001 through 810. Enter the floor through the glass doors outside the elevator and staircase.
Take a left.
QUARTO 001- 810
The first books on your left 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- 810
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- 810
-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.
Click on the shaded areas on the map to the left to explore this area of the library, or use the links below to select another floor.
