Book locations

You have seen that the catalogue gives a location and a call number.

e.g. Barr Smith Main collection 612 T712p.12

The location (Barr Smith Main collection) shows the area, or location, in which the book is found
The call number shows the book's position on the shelves within that location.

To find physical locations and books, start at the directory board just inside the Barr Smith Library entrance.
Main collection call numbers are shown at the bottom of the board.

Follow the ceiling signs on each level to find the collection and call number.

Directions are given as north and south of the Library entrance, e.g.. the 610s are on Level 1 North.
There is a plastic model of the Library at the Information Desk and a map of the Library is included in the Orientation material.

BSL Main collection

If you see BSL on Library documents or The Catalogue it means Barr Smith Library (i.e. not the separate campus or branch libraries). Most books and journals in Barr Smith Library are in the Main collection.

Level 1 of the Main collection has call numbers 001 - 619 which includes most science and medicine books and journals.

Level 2 has call numbers 620 - 999.

Signs on the ends of shelves at the main aisles of the Main Collection indicate call number ranges found within that row of shelves.

Rows are divided into 1 metre wide bays. Read call numbers from left to right beginning at the top shelf and going to the bottom shelf of one bay before moving to the top shelf of the next bay.

Other Barr Smith Library collections

There are several smaller collections within the Barr Smith Library:

BSL	Reserve collection (level 3 south) contains books in heavy demand for student courses.
BSL	Reserve desk collection (ask at the Reserve desk) contains particular in demand items.
BSL	Reference collection (level 3 south) contains reference works such as encyclopaedias, and dictionaries.
BSL	Reference collection oversize (level 3 south) contains atlases.
BSL	Multimedia collection (level 3 south) contains books and journals in microfilm, microfiche or audio-visual (cds, cassettes, slides, etc.) formats.
BSL	Current journals (level 3 south) contains recent selected printed journal issues that have not been bound.
BSL	Oversize collection (level 2 north) contains large dimension books and journals.
BSL	Special collections (level 4 south) contains rare books, and the Pacific and Theatre Collections

Joint Library Store (URRSA) is in a building on the Flinders University campus, containing The University of Adelaide Library's infrequently used books and journals. You can Request books or journals from Joint Library Store using The Catalogue's Request option. You can collect items requested before 12 noon after 3:30 pm the same week day from the Loans Desk. Alternatively, you can visit the Joint Store on any working weekday between 12 noon and 5 pm. Ask at the BSL Information Desk for details of the Joint Library Store location and how to request items. Click on the button below to see the Joint Library Store web site.

Several other libraries are in separate buildings or on separate campuses:

Law Library is in the Ligertwood Building on the North Terrace Campus.

Elder Music Library is in the Hartley Building on Kintore Ave on the North Terrace Campus.

Waite Library at the Waite Campus and Roseworthy Library at the Roseworthy Campus specialize in agriculture.

Intercampus loans of books are available from Roseworthy and Waite. Ask at the Information Desk for details.

You should now know:

where to find call numbers in the Main collection
where to find other collections

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