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  • Check CUNY+PLUS for the item location.
    The divisional libraries at CCNY are:

    Cohen      Cohen Library Floor Plan Directory   
    Science/Engineering
    Music
    Architecture
    Center for Worker Education (CWE)
  • On the shelves the books are arranged by CALL NUMBER.
    The CALL NUMBERS are arranged alphabetically and numerically
    within each class of books.
  • Compare the first letter of the CALL NUMBER
    with the listings on the LOCATION CHART below:
Call numbers
beginning with:
Location:
A, B, C  Cohen 3
D Cohen 4
E, F Cohen 5
G Cohen 3
GA-GC, GE Science/Engineering
GF-GV Cohen 3
H Cohen 3
J, K  Cohen 2
JUV (Children’s Books) Cohen 3
L Cohen 3
M (History) Cohen 4
M (Music) Music
N (Art) Cohen 5
N (History) Cohen 4
O Cohen 4
P Cohen 4
Q, R, S Science/Engineering
SB Architecture
T-TG Science/Engineering
TH Architecture
TJ-TP 789 Science/Engineering
TP 790-823 Cohen 5
TP 824-1200 Science/Engineering
TR Cohen 5
TS-TT 160 Science/Engineering
TT 161-999 Cohen 5
TX Science/Engineering
U, V, X, Y, Z Cohen 4
UN Science/Engineering
3 Special Collections (Cohen 5)
4 or 9 Circulation Desk (Cohen 2)
7 Juvenile Collection (Cohen 3)
8 With the first letter following the 8 (Cohen 4)
Ref Reference Collection (Cohen 2)
Call numbers ending with: X Circulation Desk (Cohen 2) 
Call numbers containing: “Thesis” Circulation Desk (Cohen 2) 
Bound Periodicals Cohen 1
Microforms Cohen 2
Reserve Circulation Desk (Cohen 2)
Closed Stacks Circulation Desk (Cohen 2)
Oversize Circulation Desk (Cohen 2)
Special Collections / Archives Cohen 5
Government Documents Cohen 2
ERIC fiche Cohen 3

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