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Hello again. I’m Jaki the library tour guide. This is the third of four videos, in it we’ll
be focusing on the various collections at Cannell Library.
When you are looking for a particular book, let’s say a book on American history, the
catalog is going to tell you where that book is located.
So if it says, Cannell Reference, you know what type of book it is and where it is located.
If it says, Cannell Second Floor, you know where it is and that it is and that it’s
part of the borrowing collection. Meaning that you can check it out and take it home
for three weeks.
So what are all the collections that Cannell has, and where are they?
On the first floor, we have various collections, including: the CD and DVD collection, the
reference collection, the popular reading collection, and the transitional programs
collection; which includes ESL, ABE, and GED.
In the common area we have periodicals collection with journals, magazines, and newspapers.
We also have the popular periodicals collection. This has the most recent issues of magazines,
journals, and newspapers available for you to peruse.
On the second floor we have our borrowing collection. These are all the books that can
be checked out, including our oversize collection.
So to recap, the library is home to many different types of collections.
Some can be checked out, others like reference and periodicals, cannot. The library catalog
will tell you where an item is located, and if you’re having trouble a librarian can
point you in the right direction. However, how do you find one book that you are looking
for in an entire library?
Cannell Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to organize their collections.
This means that books are grouped by subject according to a system of letters and numbers.
See this chart. If Timmy wanted to find a book on World History
where do you think he should look? That’s right! The D’s!
Timmy really wants a specific book though. In the library catalog he find this as the
call number. The D means it’s in the World History subject area, but what about those
numbers. Once Timmy goes to the D section on the second floor he will use those numbers
to find the book by searching in numerical order.
Ahhh! There it is. Good job, Timmy!