Step 1: Set Library to be searched to Pius Library.
Step 2: If your are looking for books on a specific topic, begin with a keyword search such as The Raven and Criticism, Transcontinental Railroad, Brave New World and science, or "A Handmaid's Tale".
Step 3: Once you locate some books on your topic, look at the Subject Headings listed for a particular book such as
Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th Century.
Hawaii -- Annexation to the United States.
Science Fiction -- History and criticism.
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Step 4: Use these Subject Headings to find more books on your topic.
Use the boxes below to search for books using the library catalog or click this link: Library Catalog.
Or do an Advanced Keyword Search in the library catalog.
Read the call number line by line
E
Read first line in alphabetical order
A, B, BF, BS, C, D, E, F, G, GN, ...L, LA, LB, LC, ... M, ML, MT, N, P, PA, PN, Q, QA, QB, QC, QD, ..., Z
184
Read the second line as a whole number
1, 2, 3, 10, 55, 100, 142, 184, 201, 2000, 2450, 3000, ... 9999
.A1
Read the letter on the third (and possibly fourth) line first, then read the number as a decimal
.A1 = A, then .1
.M45 = M, then .45
1992
Finally, read the year the book was published
1984, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2008,...