| FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THE LIBRARY |
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The Reference Desk is near the Librarian's
Office.
Look for the desk with question marks. Bring your assignment sheet with you when you come to the library, and we will do our best to help you. Let us know as soon as you receive an assignment. If we don't already have a topic guide, we will make one for you. See Library Floor Plan for finding your way around the book stacks, and please ask someone for help if you can't find the book you need. |
In the Keeley Library, Books are arranged on the shelves by the Dewey Decimal System. This system usually puts books about the same subject next to each other on the shelves. Here is the broad outline we use to shelve books at Durfee:
| 000-099 | General Works Encyclopedias Bibliographies |
| 100-199 | Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics |
| 200-299 | Religion, Bible, Church History, Mythology |
| 300-399 | Social Sciences Sociology, Community Life, Family Life, Ecology, Education, Transportation, Folklore |
| 400-499 | Language, English, Foreign Languages, Dictionaries, Alphabets |
| 500-599 | Pure Sciences Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Biology, Evolution, Plants, Animals |
| 600-699 | Applied Science and Technology, Health, Medicine,Safety, Inventions, Machinery, Automobile Repair, Space, Farming, Cooking, Manufacturing, Construction, Child Care |
| 700-799 | Fine Arts, Architecture, Coins, Pottery, Handicrafts, Drawing, Photography, Music, Dance, Recreation, Hobbies |
| 800-899 | Literature, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Novels, Essays, Speeches, Letters, Humor |
| 900-999 | History, Geography, Atlases, Travel, Collected Biographies, History or countries, History of the United States |
Note:
Fiction
books are shelved in the 800-899 section with other literature books. Examples:
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Note:Individual
biographies are under the subject.
For instance, books about the artist, Renoir, would be in the 750's with the painting books. Books about the scientist, Pasteur, would be in the 500's with the Science books |
| To locate a book, you first need to look up the title, author or subject in the SAILS online public access catalog. The call number is in the top left corner of the computer screen. If the book is in the Keeley Library, copy the call number and then........ |  |
.......go to the stacks where these books are shelved. You can borrow books that are in the Circulating Collection. These are the tall book stacks along the back of the library. If you can't find the book, get someone to help you. |  |
| Once you have your book, take it to the Circulation Desk near the library entrance to check it out. You may borrow as many as four books for two weeks. Books may also be renewed for another two weeks. If you don't have a library card, you can get one at the Circulation Desk. |
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B.M.C.Durfee High School of Fall River
September, 1978 to June, 2001