Central Access Services

Navigating the Stacks

Main Stacks Deck Directory

 

 

The most current Deck Directory can be found at the entrance to the main stacks.  Please ask for assistance at the circulation desk if you would like help locating material, or if you have any other questions.

Materials in the stacks, and all of the departmental libraries except the Literature and Languages, Music, Law, and Asian Libraries, are classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification. Use the information below to locate call numbers and the corresponding decks in the stacks where those numbers are shelved.

 

Important Locations

 

Regular (non-quarto) Call Numbers
001 - 051 2 East
052 - 299 3 East
300 - 329 4 East
330 - 338 6 East
339 - 399 10 East
400 - 599 Basement West
600 - 623.84 2 West - south
623.85 - 659 2 West - north
660 - 851 3.5 West
852-891 5 West
892 - 999 9.5West

 

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Quarto Call Numbers (deck and range given in some cases)
Q.001 - Q.340 Shelved with non-quarto materials;
see locations above.
Q.341-Q.499 6E, C8-A18
Q.500-Q.506BL 1 East South Alcove
Q.506BM-Q.657 1E, A20-E31
Q.658-Q.699 2 East, D18-D23
Q.700 - Q.720.7 1 East, E31-E2
Q.720.7 - Q.741 2 East Mezzanine, then B1-B7
Q.742 - Q.942V66g 2 East E's, then A's, then Mezzanine
Q.942V66h - Q.999 1 East, A3-A19

 

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Dewey Folio Call Numbers
F.001 - F.999 5 East, A2-B16,C16-C3, D3-D8, E8-E3

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Library of Congress Call Numbers
A-DS699 7E A20-B31
DS700-PL499 8E B32-C29
PL500-Z 9E E28-A19
LC Folio Materials A-Z 8E D11-E16

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Other Prefix Locations
A. Bibliographies 2 East B32-C29
C. College Catalogs 9E A20-B19
DOC. Government documents 5 West, C7-C33
UN. United Nations Documents 5 West, C6-C5

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Other Items
Stacks Reference 5East, A1-A34
Illios - U of I Yearbooks 5 East, C1
Great Britain Sessional Papers 5 West, C5-C1
Physics Fiche Basement East
U.S. Congressional Hearings 47-2-S E24r to 96-1-S V58vese 5 West, C33-C37
U.S. Serial Set 5 West, D-ranges

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