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Books in the Library are organized according to location and call number.
Location:
Reference (2nd floor, top level)
Reference Law (2nd floor, south side of building near bound periodicals)
Stacks (books that circulate, see below)
Call number beginning with A-H are on the 2nd floor
Call number beginning with J-Z are on the 1st floor
Reserve (1st floor, Reserve desk)
Call number:
Every book in the Library has a unique call number
Check out How to read a call number (right) to find out how call numbers work
Books are in ALPHANUMERICAL order (alphabetical by letter then by number)
Media, communication and journalism call numbers
(use these call numbers to guide you when browsing for books in the library stacks)
Subject area |
Call no. range |
Communication, mass media |
P87-97 |
Broadcast |
PN1990-1992 |
Periodical press, general |
PN4699-5650 |
Relation to the state, government and the press, freedom of the press |
PN4735-4748 |
Technique, practical journalism |
PN4775-4784 |
Amateur journalism |
PN4825-4830 |
Magazines and other periodicals |
PN4832-4836 |
By region or country |
PN4840-5648 |
Photojournalism |
TR820 |
Media and Society; Propaganda; Persuasion; Public Opinion |
HM1206-1236 |
Technology; New Media and Society |
HM851 and T58.5 |
Specific Communication Technologies (Telecommunications, Postal Service, Telegraph, etc.) |
HE6000-9756 |