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Library Locations, Call Numbers, and Floor Plans
Call Numbers:
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Locations:
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A-C
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Carrier Library Stack Level 4
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D
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Carrier Library 2nd Floor (Old)
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E-F
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Carrier Library 2nd Floor (New)
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G-GE
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Rose Library 2nd Floor
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GF-H | Carrier Library 2nd Floor (New) |
HA-HJ
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Rose Library 2nd Floor
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HM-K | Carrier Library 2nd Floor (New) |
L | Carrier Library 3rd Floor |
M
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ML | Carrier Library 3rd Floor |
MT
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Carrier Library 3rd Floor and Music Library
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N-P
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Carrier Library 3rd Floor
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Q
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Rose Library 3rd Floor
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R-Z
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Rose Library 4th Floor
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Juvenile
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Memorial Hall – ETMC |
Other Materials:
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Music Library: | ||
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Audio
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Ask the Library Desk | —– | Music Building |
Browsing Collections | 1st Floor | 1st Floor | —– |
Course Reserves
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Ask the Library Desk
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Ask the Library Desk
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Music Building |
DVD | Ask the LIbrary Desk | —– | —– |
Government Documents
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Stack Level 2A
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—–
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—– |
Microforms | Storage Request Form | —– | —– |
Music Scores | —– | —– | Music Building |
Music Special Collections | —– | —– | Music Building |
Periodicals* | Stack Level 3 | 2nd Floor | Music Building |
Reference Collection | 1st Floor | 2nd Floor | Music Building |
Special Collections | 2nd Floor | —– | —– |
Special Collections Storage | Stacks Level 5B | —– | —– |
Other Video Formats | Storage Request Form | —– | —– |
* Pre-1980 journals and other select materials available through our Storage Request Form. | |||
Special Locations: | Building: | ||
Educational Technology & Media Center (ETMC) | Memorial Hall |
Guide to Library Call Numbers
Most items in the JMU Libraries are cataloged according to the Library of Congress (LC)
classification system, using a combination of numbers and letters in a set order. The letters at the
beginning of each call number indicate subject area. The main categories in LC are:
A General Works | M Music & Books on Music |
B Philosophy, Psychology, Religion | N Fine Arts |
C Auxiliary Sciences of History | P Language & Literature |
D History: General & Old World | Q Science |
E History: America | R Medicine |
F United States Local History | S Agriculture |
G Geography, Anthropology, Recreation | T Technology |
H Social Sciences | U Military Science |
J Political Science | V Naval Science |
K Law | Z Library Science |
L Education |
Here is how to read a Library of Congress (LC) call number: