New York School of Interior Design
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Locating Books at the NYSID Library

  Locations:
  • Current periodicals
    North stacks, first range
  • Periodicals, 1990-present
    Materials resource area (behind partition)
  • Periodicals, pre-1990
    Closed stacks; ask at circulation desk
  • Reference collection
    North stacks, second range
  • Circulating & library use only items
    Main stacks
  • Reserve items
    Circulation desk
  • Videocassettes & CD-ROMs
    Circulation desk
  • Special collection
    Closed stacks; ask at circulation desk
  • Product literature collection
    Materials resource area (behind partition)

  Using call numbers:

  When the record for a title is displayed in BobCat, holdings information is given. The holdings information includes
  the name of the library, location or collection within the library, and call number for locating the item within the
  collection. The library uses the Dewey decimal classification system, made up of a combination of letters, whole
  numbers, and decimals.

  720    Whole number
  .92    Decimal
  S286    Letter and decimal
  L879    Letter and decimal

  The call number means the following:
  720    Architecture   
  .92    Historical, geographic, persons treatment-persons
  S676    Scarpa (Carlo)--subject
  L879    Los (Sergio)--author
 

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