1. Finding Books in the City College Library

2. How to find a book Searching the Catalog
To find a book in the City University Library system, use CUNY+, the libraries online catalog.
To get to CUNY+, go to the City College Library Home Page, and select CUNY+ Catalog.

3. How to find a book
Step One: If you want to view all books located in the City University (CUNY), then begin your search at the opening page, which is the CUNY UNION CATALOG.
If you want to locate only books at the City College library, catalog click "Select Individual CUNY Libraries" and select City.
You will be on the "Basic Search" page.

4. How to find a book Step 2: Preparing the search query.
On the Basic Search page under “Select search type " you can select your search query.
Under  “Search For ” type your search query. Examples of search queries are noted under the search box.

5. How to find a book Result List
How to find a book
Result List
Titles are listed by most recent date of publication.
Each title is numbered. Click the number link to view detailed information about the book.

6. How to find a book Step 3: Viewing the record - Result List
How to find a book
Step 3: Viewing the record - Result List
Click this link to view the call number.

7. How to find a book Step 4: Call Number
How to find a book
Step 4: Call Number
On the call number page take note of the Call number, as well as Item status, and Due Date.
Item status will tell you if it is circulating or non-circulating.
Due date will tell you if the book has been checked out, or if it is on the shelf.

8. Location Chart
Step 5: Location of the book -  Floor Location Chart - Call Numbers
These are charts posted around the catalog area that gives directions to floors where books can be located.
On the chart the first letter of the call number is noted. It will also give directions to the floor on which the book is located.

9. How to find a book Step 6: Understanding Call Numbers: a Tutorial
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10. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBERS City College Library
The Call Number on the spine of the
book tells you where to find the book
on the shelves. TR
178.83
.B35
1992
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11. TR 178.83 City College Library Academic Libraries usually use the
Library of Congress Classification System,
not the Dewey Decimal
system.
City College Library
The first line is shelved in alphabetical order.
On the library shelves you’d find books with the
call number HA shelved before HB, TR would
be before TS, etc... TR
178.83
The second line is a real number. You’d
find 1 before 2, and before 178.9,
etc...

12. TR 178.83 .B35 1967 City College Library
This line is both alphabetical and decimal.
A number with .A-- would be found on the shelf
before a number with .B--, B before C, etc….
But don’t forget this is a decimal number, so
.B35 would be found on the shelf after .B214
and before .B4
City College Library TR
178.83
.B35
1967
This number is usually the date of the
publication of the book would
be found on the shelf before 1968,
1968 before 1969, etc...

13. Where should this book go in this sequence? City College LibraryBS
23.5
.F578
Where should this book go in this sequence?
Think of the answer before you advance the slide. BR 23
.F466 BS 23
.H4 BS
23.243
.F578 BS
23.5
.F578 BS
23.7
.F571
City College Library
Where should this book go in this sequence? PS
3711
.I76
Think of the answer before you advance the slide. PS
3711
.F18 PS
3711
.I7 PS
3711
.76 PS
3711
.I8 PS
3711
.I975
If you got either of these wrong return to page one or continue.

14. How to find a book Step 7: Finding books on the shelf
On each floor there are direction signs.

15. How to find a book
Go to the area where you will find the book

16. How to find a book
As you walk down the aisle you will notice that each book has a label with letters and numbers. Make sure the call number that you copied from the CUNY+ catalog corresponds with the number on the book.

17. How to find a book Step 6: Check-out
Circulating books are noted in the CUNY+ catalog as stacks. These books may be taken to the Circulation Desk for check-out.
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