Books
Shelved by call number
A - P Zuhl
Q - Z Branson
Archives/Special Collections
4th floor Branson
Atlases and Maps
1st floor Branson
Government Documents
1st floor Branson
Current Periodicals
1st floor Branson
Microforms
1st floor Branson
Reference
1st floor Zuhl
Reserves
1st floor Zuhl
Videos, DVDs, CDs
1st floor Branson
To obtain materials (books, articles, etc.) that are not available at the NMSU Library, use the Request It service.
Use the service if:
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To access Request It directly from a database, look for the Request It button or a link to Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Otherwise, go directly to the Request It form: https://nmsu.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/
If you need a book, start with the NMSU Library Catalog:
Reference | Zuhl 1st Floor | Q – QC | Branson 2nd Floor | |
A – J | Zuhl 2nd Floor | QD – SD | Branson 3rd Floor | |
K – PZ | Zuhl 3rd Floor | SF – Z | Branson 4th Floor |
Here are some additional resources for finding books:
Provides access to 243,158 titles in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and business.
Library of Congress Classification Outline w/ Political Science & Law (J-K) highlighted below. Most J call numbers are located on 2nd Floor in Zuhl Library; K call numbers are on 3rd Floor in Zuhl Library:
A General Works
AE Encyclopedias
AY Yearbooks & Almanacs
B Philosophy/Psychology/Religion
B-BD Philosophy
BF Psychology
BL-BX Religion
C: History: Related Fields
CC Archaeology
CT Biography
D History (except N & S. American)
E American History
F Local History/ Non-US History of N. & S. America
G Geography/Anthropology/Recreation
G-GF Geography
GN Anthropology
GV Recreation
H Social Sciences
HA Statistics
HB-HJ Economics, Business, & Finance
HM-HX Sociology
JA1-92 Political science (General)
JC11-605 Political theory. The state.
JF20-2112 Political institutions and public administration
JF1338-2112 Public administration
JJ1000-1019 Political institutions and public administration (North America)
JK1-9993 Political institutions and public administration (United States)
JL1-3899 Political institutions and public administration (Canada, Latin America, etc.)
JN1-9689 Political institutions and public administration (Europe)
JQ21-6651 Political institutions and public administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.)
JS39-8500 Local government. Municipal government
JK United States
JX International Law
K Law
L Education
M Music
N Fine Arts
P Languages and Literature
PA Classical Languages & Literature
PE English Language
PN Literary History
PQ Romance Languages Literature
PR English Literature
PS American Literature
Q Science
QA Mathematics & Computers
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
QD Chemistry
QE Geology
QH Natural History & General Biology
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QR Microbiology
R Medicine
RM Pharmacology
RS Pharmacy
RT Nursing
S Agriculture
T Technology
TA Civil Engineering
TJ Mechanical Engineering
TK Electrical Engineering
TP Chemical Engineering
U Military Science
V Naval Science
Z Bibliographies and Library Science
How do Library of Congress call numbers work?
What is a call number?
A call number is the group of letters and numbers found on the spine or front cover of a book. This number helps you find the book among all of the others in the library’s collection of materials. It also helps to keep material on the same subject in the same place in the library.
The NMSU Library uses the Library of Congress (LC) system, which is different than the Dewey Decimal system. You may be familiar with Dewey call numbers, as public and school libraries typically use them to organize books.
Each book has a unique call number, like an address, which is used to locate the book. Call numbers appear on the spines on books (read top-to-bottom) and in the online catalog (read left-to-right).
How do I find the call number for a book?
To find out a book’s call number, you need to consult the online library catalog. The catalog will list the book’s call number at the bottom of the record (all of the information about the book), along with the book’s location (Branson Library or Zuhl Library).
What does the call number mean?
The letter(s) and numbers in a LC call number represent different things. To “read” a call number, read from left to right. As you move along the number toward the right, you go from the general subject area to the specific.
For example QA 76.76 .H94 M88 1997 (HTML: The Definitive Guide) is a book located in the Mathematics section of the Qs:
As you see, the subject gets more specific as you read the call number (or, as the number gets longer.)
How do I locate a book using a
call number?
Putting Call Numbers in Order