how to locate a book

1. • I first asked where the book catalog was and
she informed me that it could be found on any
computer.

3. • The first thing she said I must do is go to
www.westga.edu/library
• This takes you to the catalog where you can
search any book in the library

5. • She told me I could type a subject, author, or
title into the search and it would pull up
everything the library had.
• I typed in accounting and almost 12000 items
were available
• We chose the first one on the list to look up

7. • She said once you pick an item, everything
you need to know about how to locate the
book is listed.
• Floor
• Book number
• Call number
• Author
• Publisher

9. She said to look for the following things in this
order every time.
1. Is the book available
2. What floor is the book located
3. What is the books call number

10. • Once you go to the floor the book is on you must look
at the first two letters of the called number.
• You must locate the row that the item you are looking
for fits in.
• I asked how to know where the specific row was and
she said that the rows start on the left of he floor and
go in alphabetical order to the right
• My call number was HF5635 G37
• My book was located on the right side of the floor.
• The item fell under the HF5549.12-HF5657

12. • Once I found the correct row I had to locate the
specific book
• I asked how to locate the right shel and she said
you have to find the shelf with the same 6
numbers/ letter as the call number
• Then you must locate the book on the shelf
• The last three numbers in the call number is the
specific book number
• The letters are in alphabetical order so I went
until I found G and then went until I found G37.

16. • Once you find the book she had me double
check to make sure the call number on the
book was the exact same as what we picked
from the catalog.