Library Collections
Information about the Collections in John F. Reed Library:
For detailed information and help specific to the named collection, be sure to access the link available in the brief description on this page.
Southwest collection (cataloged in TALON) in Center of Southwest Studies
GENERAL COLLECTION INFORMATION
The material collections of John F. Reed Library include a range of formats: videorecordings, print journal subscriptions, electronic journals, databases, maps, multimedia, audio tapes and CD's, and of course books. The book collection totals more than 170,000 volumes. In addition the Center of Southwest Studies collection of 15,000 volumes. There are more than 38,600 microforms and 900 print magazine and journal subscriptions. The collection can be searched using the [FLC Online Catalog] which contains records for the Reed Library and the Center of Southwest Studies collections. The collection is included min OCLC FirstSearch WorldCat.
Reed Library has a number of locations which indicate where to find a book or other material in the Library. The locations are listed on the full display of the catalog record for each title. These locations are:
- 2nd floor - This is the location for the majority of books available for loan in the Library. As well, juvenile books are located in a separate room in the SE corner of the 2nd floor.
- Oversize - Main floor, west side Oversize books are any books which do not fit within the narrow limits of the shelf height of the regular General Collection. As with other General Collection books, they are available for loan.
- Reference Shelves - Main floor, east side. Restricted to use in the Library, they are not available for loan. The Reference Desk is an additional location behind the reference desk. This area is for commonly used sources such as citation style manuals, almanacs, Ulrich's Guide to Periodicals, the Library of Congress Subject Headings, common statistical sources, and others.
- Reference Law Collection - Main floor, just north of the main Reference Collection. The Law Collection includes all reference titles related to law, the K's in the Library of Congress classification. Titles include the US Statutes, the US Code Annotated, the US Federal Register, US Code of federal Regulations, legal dictionaries and encyclopedias, Colorado Statues, Colorado Code of Regulations, local codes, Native American law and treaties, and many other titles.
- Maps - Main floor north of the Reference Law Collection. The collection includes topographic maps, mostly from the Southwest US, miscellaneous cataloged maps, whcih are filed by call number in file cabinets, and USGS maps, also located in file cabinets.
- State Documents - Main floor, west side near stairway to 2nd floor. This is not an actual catalog location; Colorado state documents are not cataloged unless they are classified through LC call numbers and located in the rest of the collections, usually in the regular Reference Collection. Colorado state documents cover a range of subjects, from education to wildlife.
- Videos - Main floor, to the right of entrance to the Library as you walk in. Like the book collection, the videos (AKA videorecordings in the catalog) are arranged according to Library of Congress Classification Numbers so it is possible to browse by subject. Usually, the best way to find a video in the library by subject is through keyword searching in the catalog and limiting the search by Material Type, selecting videorecording. Keep in mind that a video shown in class or put on Library Reserve may be owned by the professor or the department and, therefore, not part of the Library's collection.
- Periodicals - Main floor, Periodicals refers to publications that are issued regularly, usually with greater than an annual freqency. They include popular magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers.
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This map has not been updated to reflect the move of the Periodicals and Oversize collections. It will be changed soon.
Updated 06/25/04, mds
