Search for Books
Find materials here at Fitchburg State; including items at the Reserve Desk.
Use Worldcat.org to search for your item in all libraries (local and worldwide).
This joint catalog contains items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide including Fitchburg State College.
Locate Books within the Library
Books in the Library's Main Book Collection are located on the 3rd and 4th floors.
The following list details where to find Collections and Call Numbers.
4th Floor
- Main Book Collection: Call Numbers begin with DC - Z.
3rd Floor
- Children's Books: Call Numbers begin with C.L.
Young Adult Books: Call Numbers begin with Y.A.
- Main Book Collection: Call Numbers begin with A - DC.
1st Floor
- Reference Books: Call Numbers begin with REF.
- Audio Discs: Call Numbers begin with AV/CD .
Classification
Books in our library are organized according to the Library of Congress classification system:
- A - General Works
- B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- C - Auxiliary Sciences of History
- D - History: General & Outside the Americas
- E - History: United States
- F - History: United States Local & America
- G - Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- H - Social Sciences
- J - Political Science
- K - Law
- L - Education
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- M - Music
- N - Fine Arts
- P - Language and Literature
- Q - Science
- R - Medicine
- S - Agriculture
- T - Technology
- U - Military Science
- V - Naval Science
- Z - Library Science & Information Resources
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Call Numbers
Each record in the Library catalog is assigned a Call Number. This serves as the location for the book within the library.
Reading a Call Number :
DS
559.45
.H35
1986
The first two lines describe the subject of the book.
Call Numbers can begin with one, two, or three letters.
THe letters refer to the general subject:
DS = History of Asia
These are followed by numbers, which refer to the specific subject matter:
DS559.45 = Vietnamese Conflict
The third line often represents the author's last name: H = Hallin
The last line represents the date of publication: 1986
Locate Books on the Shelf
Items are shelved by Call Numbers in both alphabetical and numerical order.
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