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Veterans' Services Library Resource Guide: Finding Books

Using Library of Congress Call Numbers

Library of Congress call numbers are arranged by subject. The first letter in the full call number corresponds to a subject area. The list below includes call numbers you may want to consider browsing when looking for books. For example, the book The Encyclopedia of military history: from 3500 B.C. to the present has the call number D25.A2 D8 1986, so it has to do with World History, because it belongs to "class D." More on Library of Congress Call Numbers.

C History (Auxiliary Sciences-Archaeology, Genealogy) 

D History (World History) 

E History (General U.S.)

F History (Local U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America)

G Geography, Anthropology, Folklore, Dance, Sports

H Social Sciences

J Political Science

K Law

L Education

R Medicine

S Agriculture

T Technology

U Military Science

Using the Library Catalog

 

To find books in Reese Library, use GIL, our library online catalog:

Search for books by author, title, or subject, e.g.,

 

To find books on your topic in other collections, you may use

  • Galileo Discover - Using Galileo Discover allows you to cast the widest net possible, and is helpful in initial searching. It will pull books, academic journal articles, videos, popular magazine articles, and more, on a given topic. 

 

  • GIL Universal Catalog - a union catalog of all 35 institutions in the University System of Georgia. To search within all USG institutions, choose "University of Georgia" from the drop down menu next to the search bar.

 

  • WorldCat - the world's most comprehensive bibliographic database, with records representing information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries worldwide, and contains descriptions and locations of books, software, web sites, and many other types of publications.

Using Galileo

Do some searching in Gil-find on your own, using the search box below!

 

To locate books in Reese Library:

 

1st floor: Reference & Circulation. Books can be checked out at the circulation desk (front desk) on the first floor of the library.

2nd floor: Hard copy journals and Government Info.

3rd floor: A-Z books, Richmond County Historical Society (RCH books) and Special Collections (SC books).