On this page on instructions on how to find a book using the Catalog. There are also some subtabs on Finding Reference books and finding eBooks that you can access by moving your mouse pointer over the Finding Books tab above, and when you do that, you will be able to see the subtabs below the Finding Books tab.
To find books, you need to use the Library catalog. The Library Catalog can be used to locate books by title, author, and subject. It contains records for books in the West Library, electronic books (eBooks), and multimedia resources (DVD, CD, other audio recordings)
Where is the Library Catalog?
| On the main library page, select Books & More, then enter a search term in the search box. |  |
Searching the Library Catalog
Once you have clicked on the Books & more tab, you can type in your topic in the search box, In this case I limited my search to the Library of Congress subclass CT (which is the subclass for Biography) by selecting call number field and typing "CT" in the search box and the number 105 means general collective biography, as is shown below
Then you click on the Search Button to the right of the search box.
The search results page then displays, as is shown below.
The book that I will choose will be number 8, History's People: Personalities of the Past. Go to the next box to find out what to do next.
Once you have found a book on the results list that you wish to find, you need to do the following.
How Books are arranged on the shelves
The books on the 3rd floor are arranged in a specific manner. Our Library uses the Library of Congress Classification system, which assigns a letter or letters to specific subjects, as you can see in the example below.
Here is where books on different religions falls in this classification system: