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How does the Ort Library Organize Items?

The Ort Library uses Library of Congress (LC) call numbers for most of its collection.

You might be familiar with the Dewey Decimal Classification System from high school or the public library.  Most North American colleges and universities use the Library of Congress (LC) Classification System because it accommodates larger collections and facilitates academic research. 

The Library of Congress Classification System is subject-based, classifying and arranging items by the subject matter involved.

Locating Materials in the Library

Floor 5

You will find:

  • Books you can check out that begin with the LC call letters P-Z that include the following subjects: language and literature, mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, medicine, and technology
  • Group Study rooms
  • Biological Abstracts and older periodical indexes
  • This is the GROUP STUDY FLOOR.
Floor 4

You will find:

  • Books you can check out that begin with the LC call letters A-N that include philosophy, religion, psychology, sociology, history, geography, economics, education, art, and music
  • The Dr. David M. Gillespie Special Collections Room, Beall Archives and student lockers
  • This is the QUIET STUDY FLOOR.
Floor 3

You will find:

  • MAIN ENTRANCE
  • The Circulation/Reserve Counter and librarians' offices
  • Library Instruction Center
  • PC and Mac computers with printers
  • Photocopier
  • New DVD Arrivals
  • New Books Display
  • Frostburg Achievements Display
Floor 2

You will find:

  • The Reference Desk and Reference Collection
  • The Juvenile Collection (children's books)
  • PC and Mac computers with printers
  • Scanners
  • Group Study rooms
  • Periodicals (magazines, journals, and newspapers) in print and on microfilm
  • Map and atlas collections
  • Periodical indexes
  • Media collection (DVDs, CDs, etc.)
  • Federal and state government document collections