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Xiang Li
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xiang.li@colorado.edu
(303) 492-7454

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Locate an Item

Library materials are arranged by collections which have their designated shelf locations in the library. Whithin each collection, items are arranged by Library of Congress call numbers.

Collection Locations

Books and journals in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean are located in the Asian Studies Stacks on the 2nd floor. There is a separated Asian Studies Reference Collection that is located next to the Asian Studies Stacks.

Most of your Western language books are located in the Norlin Stacks on the 3rd floor. You may also have materials in the Art & Architecture Collection, the Rare & Distinctive Collections, or the Music Library, and the Earth Sciences & Map Library.

This is understandably confusing, so feel free to ask us for help at the research desk or contact your librarian directly.

Library of Congress Call Numbers

  • Library of Congress call numbers are first arranged alphabetically.
  • Within the alphabetical section, items are arranged by the numbers that follow. These numbers are regarded as whole numbers. Example: PL899 before PL1074.8 before PL1074.85
  • The next lines are alphabetic, then numeric as a decimal. The numerical part of this section is a decimal number, not a whole number. Example: PL2250 .F8 before PL2250 .H36 before PL2250 .H7

Materials from PASCAL

Some library materials are stored in our off-site storage facility, PASCAL (Preservation and Access Service Center for Colorado Academic Libraries). If an item’s location is listed as “PASCAL Offsite” in the catalog, you can request it by clicking thein the catalog record and following the instructions provided. You will receive an email when the material arrives the library. 

Union Catalogs

Prospector

Unified catalog of academic, public, and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Through Prospector, borrow books, journals, DVDs, CDs, or other materials held in these libraries and have them delivered to the University Libraries. Prospector requests generally take around ten working days to arrive.

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If what you want isn’t available in Prospector, you may be able to find it in Prospector’s partner catalog MOBIUS. Look for the link within Prospector to take you there.

WorldCat is a union catalog that contains millions of bibliographic records from over 70,000 libraries in over 150 countries. It shows that a particular item is owned by a particular library.