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Call numbers

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Every item in the library is given a unique call number. The call number appears on the record for that item in GIL and it's also pasted on the item itself. The call number tells you the exact location of the item in the library. [How to read call numbers.] The GIL record will also tell you which library it is in, what floor it is on and whether or not it is checked out.

GIL record for a book.

 

GIL record for a journal

GIL records for journals will look similar, except they will also have 'holdings' information, telling you which issues of the journal we own.

 

Journal Locations in the Main and Science Libraries:

Main Library
Science Library
Recent Issues are in the Reading Room on the first floor of the Main Library, arranged alphabetically. Recent Issues are on the same floor as the bound volumes, on the shelves to your right as you exit the elevator or stairs. [Show me.]
Volumes Owned are bound in hardcover and on the shelves at the floor and call number indicated. Volumes Owned are bound in hardcover and on the shelves at the floor and call number indicated.

Sometimes the GIL record will show that an item is held at the Repository, an off campus warehouse in Athens where rarely used library items are kept. You can still retrieve these items; just fill out a form online or at the checkout desk and they will be brought back to the library for your use by the next business day.

 

 


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