Locate physical materials at the library

Library search is the best place to find books, ebooks, and journals. View our search tips for strategies and best practices for finding materials. Once you find what you need and it's a physical book or piece of material, use the guide below to locate it in one of our library locations.

Locate materials by call number

The library organizes most of its books and materials by call number, while we keep some formats and collections together. Here's a list of call numbers and where you can find them at the library. Learn how to read call numbers.

Call number

Location & floor map

A – B

Main 3A

C – CT

Main 3B

D – DS

Main 3B

DT – DZ

Main 3C

E – EX, F – FU, G – GA

Main 3C

GB, GC, GE

Weaver floor 5 (5th floor closed)

GF – GV

Main 3C

H – HF 1399

Main 3C

HF 1400 – HX, J – JZ

Main 4B

K – KZ, L – LA

Main 4B

LB – LT

Main 4A

M – MT

Fine Arts

N – NX

Weaver floor 5 (5th floor closed)

P – PQ

Main 4A

PR – PZ

Main 5B

Q – QA 76.9 Q4

Weaver floor 5 (5th floor closed)

QA 76.9 S54 – QL 719 Weaver floor 4
QL 721 – QR Weaver floor 3
QS – QZ Health Sciences
R – RZ Weaver floor 3
S – SZ Weaver floor 3
T – TJ Weaver floor 3
TH Fine Arts
TK – TZ Weaver floor 1
U – V Weaver floor 1
W – WZ Health Sciences
Z – ZA (Main) Main 5B
Z – ZA (Science)

Weaver floor 1  

A9791 – D9791
F9791 – Z9791

Special Collections

Locating materials by format

Materials of certain formats are kept together. Here's a list of formats at the library.

Format

Library location

Current Journals

Main 3B
Weaver floor 5 (5th floor closed)

DVD/VHS

Main (closed stacks)
Request via express retrieval

Films

Special Collections

Government Documents

Main 3A

Maps Main 1B
Special Collections

Media (other than Film, DVD, & VHS)

Main 1B

Microfiche/Microfilm

Main 3A & 3C
Special Collections
Weaver floor 1

Oversize

Main 1B
Weaver floor 1
Fine Arts

Super Folio

Main 1B
Weaver floor 1

Locate materials by collection

Some materials are kept together in a collection. Here's a list of collections at the library.

Collection

Library location

Browsing Collection (Books that Matter) Main 2A

Children's Literature

Main 3B

Chinese Studies Collection

Main 1B

CCP Volkerding Rare Books

Center for Creative Photography
By private appointment, (520) 621-7968

Desert Laboratory Library By private appointment, (520) 621-6945

Japanese Studies Collection

Main 1B

Map Collection

Main 1B

Music Collection

Fine Arts

Reference Collections

Main 3B
Weaver floor 5 (5th floor closed)
Fine Arts

Special Collections (Archives) Special Collections
Worlds of Words

Education Building, room 453