All books in Ricker Library are organized according to the Dewey Decimal Classification. Browse call number "areas" as an alternative to finding specific books on the catalog. The following numbers represent most of the important disciplines in Ricker:
624: Civil Engineering
690: Buildings
691: Building Materials
692: Auxiliary Construction Practices
693: Specific Materials & Purposes
694: Wood Construction Carpentry
711: Area Planning (Civic Art)
712: Landscape Architecture
720: Architecture
721: Architectural Structure
722: Architecture to ca. 300
723: Architecture from ca. 300 to 1399
724: Architecture from 1400
725: Public Structures
726: Buildings for Religious Purposes
727: Buildings for Education and Research
728: Residential & Related Buildings
729: Design and Decoration