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Most materials in the library are organized according to the <html><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Classification" style="color:#FFFF33"> Library of Congress classification system</a></html>. If your call number starts with a letter, you've come to the right place. \n\n[[A-D|Fifth Floor]]\n[[E-N|Fourth Floor]]\n[[P-PS 3515|Fourth Floor]]\n[[PS 3517-ZA|Second Floor]]\n\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

Hi! I'm [[Hannah]], and yes, if you're looking for something at the <html><a href="http://lib.uiowa.edu" style="color: #FFFF33"> University of Iowa Main Library</a></html>, I can help you find it.\n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n\n[[Sixth Floor]] \n[[Fifth Floor]]\n[[Fourth Floor]]\n[[Third Floor]]\n[[Second Floor]]\n[[First Floor]] \n[[Basement]]

If the thing you're looking for doesn't have a call number, it's most likely a periodical. The main library is home to: \n\n[[Main periodicals|Third Floor]]\n[[Math periodicals|Math]]\n[[East Asian periodicals|East Asian]]\n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

If your call number starts with REF, head here! \n\n[[Head back|First Floor]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

The University of Iowa houses its Music library in the middle of the west side of the [[Second Floor]]. It's organized according to the [[Library of Congress|LOC]] classification system. \n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

Nothing to see here... move along...\n\n<html>\n <img src="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/zentilia/zentilia1004/zentilia100400004/6874378-3d-rendering-of-caution-tape-with-keep-out-written-on-it.jpg" width="300" height="200">\n</html>\n\n[[Start over|Start2]]

The friendly folks at the Service Desk can help you check items out, retrieve items from storage, find media, locate materials, research stuff, and check out laptops. They're great.\n\n[[Head back|Start2]]\n

The University of Iowa's Math collection is housed on the [[Second Floor]] of the main library. Head to the northeast corner. \n\nHere you'll find: \n\nMATH REF\nUnbound math periodicals\nBound math periodicals\nMath books with call numbers that start with [[letters|LOC]]\n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

Folios are books that are too big to fit on regular shelves. \n\nfA-fD\nfE-fN\nfP-fPQ2191\nfPQ2192-fZA\n\nEA Folios\nMath Folios\nMusic Folios\nRef Folios\n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

If your call number starts with X COLL and looks kind of weird, head up to the [[Third Floor]]. The excellent folks of <html><a href="http://uispeccoll.tumblr.com" style="color:#FFFF33"> Special Collections</a></html> will help you find what you need!\n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

The first floor is home to the [[Learning Commons]]; the [[service desk]]; [[reference materials]]; Shambaugh Auditorium; Circulation; Digital Research and Publishing; and the Digital Studio for Public Humanities.\n<html>\n <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b41367b9ec38303153f9a17ba5d596f6/tumblr_muhjn6Lfs21rglv4mo1_1280.png" width="640" height="665.5">\n</html>\n\n[[Head back|Start2]]

<html>\n<img src="http://slissrv01.iowa.uiowa.edu/~hmkane/my_face.jpg">\n</html>\n\nI'm a library and information science student at the University of Iowa. I also work at the University's main library, and part of my job is patrolling the stacks looking for materials which need to be hard-bound. I'm pretty good at finding things, and even though it's not really my job, sometimes people approach me in the stacks asking where to find something. \n\nThe Library itself has these handy-dandy floor plans which are pretty helpful, but my copy is heavily annotated so I can get exactly where I need to go as soon as possible. Given how often people come up to me asking for help, I figured I could share some of my wisdom. \n\n[[Back it up|Start2]]

The fourth floor mostly houses books from the main collection, but also Humanities Iowa, the Bookstacks Office, some classrooms, and research study rooms.\n\n<html>\n <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2bf96faafcde434bae2d9613c682637/tumblr_muhjn6Lfs21rglv4mo4_1280.png" width="426" height="321">\n</html>\n\n[[Start over|Start2]]

Arr, here there be dragons! \n\n<html>\n<img src="http://wallpaper.metalship.org/walls/book-dragon.jpg" width="400" height="300">\n</html>\n\n[[Head back|Start2]]

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If you've pulled up a book and its location starts with numbers, you've come to the right page. Chances are your item is classified according to the <html><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification" style="color:#FFFF33"> Dewey Decimal System</a></html>. You've probably heard of it. \n\nYou probably haven't heard of the Swank Classification System, though. Swank is used for state, county, and municipal documents, so this is going to be local government stuff. \n\nBoth the Dewey and Swank gov info is housed on the [[Fifth Floor]] in the northwest corner of the building. \n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

Collections on the Third Floor include [[Journals|Periodicals]] -- both current (unbound) and bound issues -- [[Theses]] and Dissertations; [[Government Information (SuDocs)|Government Info]]; the Iowa Women's Archives; the [[Maps]] Collection; [[Special Collections]], and University Archives. Also on 3 is the <html><a href="http://slis.uiowa.edu" style="color:#FFFF33">School of Library and Information Science</a></html>, the grad study room, and bibliographer offices.\n\n<html>\n <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b4ea27ac0bf9b0daf5c4caab1448a2ed/tumblr_muhjn6Lfs21rglv4mo3_1280.png" width="426" height="424">\n</html>\n\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

If you're looking for something and the call number starts with T, it should be relatively easy to find. Head up to the east half of the [[Third Floor]], then check out the west wall there. You should be all set. \n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

If your call number starts with GOV, look no father! (Okay, a little farther.)\n\nAt the Main Library, government info comes in two main types: \n\n1. [[Those which start with letters|Second Floor]]\n2. [[Those which start with numbers|Dewey]]\n\nThere's another weird type called [[SuDocs|Third Floor]]. These call numbers will start with a letter and often have colons, slashes and dashes which distinguish them from Dewey numbers (e.g. EP 1.23:600/R-98-23). To learn more about SuDocs, click <html><a href="http://www.lib.msu.edu/branches/gov/sudocs-basics/" style="color:#FFFF33">here</a></html>. \n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n\n

Aah, the fifth floor, where you'll find staff offices (including where I work), the Conservation Lab, the Administration Office, and more research study rooms. \n\n<html>\n <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0c5496bd06d08aa08f481c5680e5d18a/tumblr_muhjn6Lfs21rglv4mo5_1280.png" width="427" height="332">\n</html>\n\nIn the northwest corner you'll find folios E-N (so if your call number starts with fML, head there), as well as some [[Government Info]]. \n\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

On the 2nd floor, in the southwest corner, you'll find books in the Main collection with Library of Congress call numbers from about PS 3517ish through ZA. \n\n<html>\n <img src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/00c3c769cde95a5a44a53754dc4b6624/tumblr_muhklsCL2w1rglv4mo1_500.png">\n</html>\n\n[[Second Floor]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

The University of Iowa's maps collection is located on the [[Third Floor]]. Head there if your call number starts with MAPS. \n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

The University of Iowa's East Asian collection contains materials in Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. It looks easy enough to navigate on the map, but sometimes it can get a little tricky. \n\nEA Folios\nEA Periodicals\nEA REF\nJapanese Newspapers\n\n[[My call number starts with...]]\n[[Second Floor]]\n[[Start over|Start2]]\n

The Learning Commons has desktop and laptop computers, printers, scanners, TVs, projectors, and the Food for Thought cafe.

The second floor is home to classrooms 2057 and 2058, as well as group study areas, a computer lab, and my favorite study lounge on campus. The Music Library can also be found here. Plus you'll find the [[East Asian]], [[Math]], and [[Government Information|Government Info]] collections, in addition to books from the [[Main collection|main 2]]. \n\n<html>\n <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b074118983f56b3bae8975af2a5383e2/tumblr_muhjn6Lfs21rglv4mo2_1280.png" width="426" height="426">\n</html>\n\n[[Head back|Start2]]\n