Locate physical materials at the library | University of Arizona Libraries

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