Music

Finding DVDs:

To limit your results just to DVDs and streaming video, after typing in your keywords and getting your results, use the "Resource Type" filter on the left-hand side to select "Video."

The last line of a catalog results will tell you where you can locate the item, whether online or physically. If it's an ebook or other material that is viewable online, it will be labeled as "Available Online."

If it is a physical item that you need to find inside the library, it will say where in the library it is located, and give you the call number (a string of letters and numbers, in parentheses) to find it on the shelf. The example below is available on the bottom floor of the library.

Call numbers are not intuitive; you will get the hang of them. We are here to help you locate a book on the shelf.  At most universities, the library uses the Library of Congress system, which is very different from the Dewey Decimal system you may have seen in a school or public library.

To read a call number: 

1. Read the top row in alphabetical order, from left to right (A, B, C...P, PL, PN...)
2. Read the second row from the top as a whole number. (1, 2, 3...100, 1000, 6000, 6112...)
3. Read the third row from the top as a letter plus a number, perhaps with invisible zeroes. (.A1, .B82....G6, .G67, .G675...)
4. Finally, read the bottom row as a year, arranged chronologically. (1985...1991...2022)

You can use I-Share to find and request books that we don't have in the Cullom-Davis Library.