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How to Find Books

Books at Sims Library are arranged by subject. For example, all books about art  are together. All books about Spanish painting would be together, too. The arrangement is determined by the Library of Congress Classification system, used by most U.S. academic libraries.

The basic outline for the system uses letters to divide subject areas.

To find a book in our Library, you will need to learn to use the Library Catalog, "Books and More" tab on the library home page.

You will be able to search by the TITLE of a book, the AUTHOR of a book, or a keyword search.

As always, reference librarians and staff are availble to help you at the Reference Desk,under the ASK QUESTIONS HERE sign.