Books & eBooks 8-2019

1st floor – Find encyclopedias, thesauri, and other authoritative reference sources that usually have bibliographies pointing to more in-depth resources. Reference books can be used anywhere within the library. We are transitioning our reference materials to electronic format, nevertheless print reference books can still be useful for background information. Note: most music reference books are not included in this collection (see below).

1st floor – Go to the Central Service Desk to check out these items. Locate reserve items by using CLICsearch - Here's how. Or use our handy reserve searches.

1st floor – main floor entrance. The books in this changing display are focused on a specific subject or topic. These items can be checked out.

2nd floor – Print items that have been recently added to the collection are located on the short shelves on the west side (on the way to room 202); newer books are organized by Library of Congress (LC) system call numbers.

2nd floor – Juvenile books are grouped into fiction and nonfiction. Picture books (Children's Easy Readers) are shelved against the wall, back side of the main elevator shaft.  Fiction is organized alphabetically by author's last name. Nonfiction is organized by the Dewey System as is common in many public and K-12 school libraries. There is a children's book display near the west side of the main elevator.

2nd floor – organized by subject/topic on separate shelves (look for the globes): ESL/ELL, Foreign Language, Health, and Science; Music and Language Arts; Math; and Social Studies.

2nd floor – Pleasure reading items are organized by author's last name and are located next to the new books.

2nd floor – these displays support various teaching and learning topics, located outside the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) along the back hall.

3rd floor – Hamline student scholarship organized by degree name, then year, and finally by author's last name, located at the beginning of our 3rd floor book collection near the A call letters. More recent Capstones, Dissertations and Honors Projects are available on DigitalCommons@Hamline.

3rd floor – music books and sheet music located in the gallery area - may be checked out.

3rd floor – against the wall, back side of the main elevator shaft. These books cannot be checked out but can be used anywhere in the building.

3rd floor – larger art and architecture books, atlases and special encyclopedias that don't easily fit well on our standard shelves. Oversized books are located next to the Capstones/Dissertations, at the beginning of the A call letters.