Books are located
in two areas in the Dinand Library. The circulating
collection of books, ones that you are able
to check out on your Holy Cross ID, are located
in the stacks, arranged by call number.
Books that are part of the reference collection
are housed in the Main Reading Room.
These may only be used in the Library; they
may not be checked out.
1.
Get the Call Number
To locate a specific
book, use our online library catalog
. In the online catalog, books are indexed
by author, title, subject or keyword. To search
by subject, you should consider using Library
of Congress subject headings which can help
with more precise searching. These subject
headings are listed in a multi-volume set
of red books found near the Reference Desk
in the Main Reading Room. After performing
a search in an online catalog the catalog
will give you a call number to use in locating
the book.
2.
Find the Book in the Library Stacks
Once you have the
call number, you may locate the book yourself
in the stacks. The stacks consist of the two
floors, including the wings, beneath the Main
Reading Room. The floor directly beneath the
Main Reading Room, the Mezzanine, holds the
call numbers ranging from A-G, and the ground
floor holds call numbers ranging from H-Z
(except for call numbers beginning with M,
which can be found in the Music Library, and
call numbers beginning with Q, R, S, and T,
which can be found in the Science Library.)
Small signs at the end of each stack aisle
act as guides. A map of the stacks is available
at the Circulation Desk or in the rack in
the Main Reading Room.
Larger sized books,
or oversized books, are indicated by a + in
the call number. These books are shelved together
at the end of their call number range. For
instance, a book with call number F234.+P97.1991
would be located at the end of the F section,
and a book with call number PE568.+Z34.1989
would be located at the end of the P section.
If
you are having difficulty in locating a book,
ask a member
of the staff for assistance
at either the Circulation Desk or Reference
Desk.
3.
Library Catalog's Holdings Messages and Item
Locations:
| Archives |
3rd floor
Archives M-F 8:30-4:30 |
| Computer |
Main Reading
Room - Circulating |
| Damaged/Missing |
Book Repair
- Ground floor |
| Item not Barcoded |
May be missing
- check in stacks |
| Loyola/Ciampi |
Jesuit Residence
- Ciampi Hall M-F 8:30-4:30
(contact Secretary) |
| Microfilm |
2nd floor
- Debate Room |
| Music |
Music Library
- Fenwick building |
| Newspaper
Display/newspaper Storage |
Periodicals
or Ground floor - Newspaper Room |
| On Order |
Not yet received
check with the Acquisitions Dept. M-F
8:30-4:30 |
| On route |
In transit
between HC libraries |
| Periodicals |
Periodicals
area |
| Ref |
Main Reading
Room - Non-circulating |
| Reserve (audio) |
2nd floor
- Reserve Room - 2 day circ period |
| Video |
2nd floor
- Debate Room - 2 day circ period |
| Science |
Science Library
- Swords Hall |
| Slides |
Slide library
- Visual Arts Dept. - O'Kane 490 M-F 8:30-4:30 |
| Shelving/Available |
Distribution
Area |
| Special Collections |
3rd floor-Jesuitana
& Rare Books area M-F 8:30-4:30 |
| How
to Locate Journal Articles |
1. Choose an Index
The Holy Cross Libraries
have access to over 1,300 print and 22,000 electronic journal titles covering the
range of academic disciplines. The only thorough
way to search for articles in journals is
to use indexes or abstracts, either in print
or online. The first step in using an index
or abstract is to choose the appropriate one.
Each academic discipline has at least one
index to periodical articles. For instance,
for research in Psychology, you may use PsychInfo or SocIndex, for research in Economics you may use EconLit or ABI INFORM in FirstSearch.
(The subject
specific portion of the Electronic
Databases list may be of help to you in
selecting an appropriate index.)
2. Choose an Article Citation
from the Index
Indexes provide
you with citations to the journal articles.
A complete citation contains the author of
the article, title of the article, the journal
in which the article appears, volume, date
and pagination. Abstracts provide you with
brief summaries of the articles in addition
to the complete citation.
3. Get the Journal
Once you have citations
to articles on your research topic, you must
check to see if the Holy Cross Libraries own
or have access to the journals in which the articles appear.
Simply search the online catalog or the Electronic Journals listing by the title/name of the journal as you would for a book. If the library does not own or have access to the title, check WorldCat to see where it is available. Journals or books not owned by the library may be borrowed via Interlibrary Loan.
Current print journals
are shelved in the Periodicals Room, arranged
alphabetically by title. The current issues
are displayed and the recent back issues are
stacked on the shelf underneath. For older, bound
volumes of periodicals, you must check our
online
catalog for the call number and obtain
that particular volume from the stacks. Bound
volumes of periodicals are inter-shelved with
the books by call number. Some periodicals
are on microfilm and are located in the microform
room on the 2nd floor. The online catalog
indicates which titles are on microfilm.
If you have any
questions in the use of indexes and abstracts,
see a Reference Librarian for assistance.
The Reference Collection
provides some useful tools for the research
process. It includes dictionaries, encyclopedias,
handbooks, directories, bibliographies and guides
to methods of research. To search for books
in the Reference Collection, consult an online
catalog. The entire Reference Collection
is housed in the Main Reading Room.
The Reference Librarians
are eager to assist you with any question that
you might have. You may stop by the Reference
Desk, which is located in the Main Reading Room,
or you may make an appointment with one of the
Reference Librarians by calling the Reference
Desk (x2259), or by calling Patty
Porcaro (x3533), Gudrun
Krueger (x2640), Eileen
Cravedi (X2672), or John
Coelho (x3886) directly. Should you have
a reference question during non-Reference hours,
please submit an e-mail
reference question and a Reference Librarian
will answer your question as soon as possible.
Reference Librarians
are available for consultation:
Sunday, 2 p.m.-10
p.m.
Monday-Thursday
9:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m.
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