OneSearch lists a location and a call number for each title.
The Collection Locations table identifies the library, the collection, or the specific area where books may be found.
Call numbers determine where individual books are shelved within each location. The General Collection Book Locations chart explains where to find General Collection (including Bestsellers and the Garnett Mystery Collection) and Music books shelved in Bracken Library.
All Collections are in Bracken Library unless noted otherwise
Please ask for assistance at any service point, or by using Ask a Librarian.
Collection Name | Location |
Architecture Library | Architecture Building, AB 116 |
Building Material Samples Collection | Architecture Building, AB 117 |
Atlas Collection | 2 West |
Bound Periodicals | 2 West |
Current Periodicals | 1 East |
Education, Music and Media | Lower Level West |
General Collection | See General Collection Chart --> |
Government Publications | 1 West |
Library Information Desk | 1 East |
Map Collection | 2 East |
Microform Collection | 1 East |
Bestsellers and Garnett Mystery Collection | 1 East |
Newspapers | 1 East |
Reference Collection | 1 West |
Science Library | Cooper Science Building, CN 16 |
Health Library | Health Building, HB 101 |
Ball State Theses | 4 West |
To determine the book location, match the beginning characters of the call number to the chart below.
For example:
Location: General Collection
Call Number: QD400 .A18 V.1
would be on 4 East.
All General Collection locations are in Bracken Library.
Call number begins with | Location |
A - D | 2 East |
E-H | 3 West |
J-PR | 3 East |
M – MT | Lower Level West |
PS – QM | 4 East |
QP-Z | 4 West |
Oversize | 4 West |
Oversize - Music | Lower Level West |