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Books in Pollak Library are located on the 4th, 5th, & 6th floors of the South Wing.  Books are arranged on the shelves by Library of Congress call numbers.  These call numbers do a valuable service: they group books on similar subjects together on the shelf.  For example, all the books on radio broadcasting will be near each other.  Here are some of the most popular call numbers for RTVF-related subjects:

TK 6550             Radio
TK 6630             Television
HE 8689-8700   Broadcasting & Telecomm in general
PN 1994             Film (Motion Pictures)
QA 76.575          Multimedia (computer)

 While randomly browsing books on the shelf might be interesting, its not effective when you need to find a specific book.  To do that, use the Library Catalog to look up a book.  Then you'll be able to find the call number so you can find exactly where you book is located.  You can search the Library Catalog different ways:

by SUBJECT 
example: television advertising

by KEYWORD(S)
example: radio, career

and by AUTHOR, TITLE, CALL NUMBER

Click here if you want to link directly to the Library Catalog now:  computer.gif (1060 bytes)

What if Pollak Library doesn't own a book you want (or on a topic you want)?  No problem.  You can search and request books from other libraries.  Search:             

LINK+  

    

(libraries from around the country you fill out a request to borrow from)
InterLibrary Loan (libraries from around the country you fill out a request to borrow from)

 

Prepared by: John Hickok, Audiovisual/Communications Librarian
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