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Locator Guide

To find major titles and their locations, download the Library Locator Guide or find a print copy in the literature rack.

Law Library Locations and Call Numbers

Go to the right Law Library collection location and then find the item by call number or alphabetically.

Bound Periodicals: East side of the second floor. Shelved alphabetically from south to north.

Compact Shelving: Storage location on the lower level. Ask staff for assistance.

Government Documents: Lower level shelf sections L-8 through L-18. More government documents are available on microform. 

Index Shelving: Shelving east of the reference shelves/printers on the first floor that contains the Restatements (shelved alphabetically).

Information Desk: Just inside main library doors on the first floor. Request desired volumes from Information Desk staff for two-hour, in-library loan.

Iowa Reference: Either side of the first table in the Iowa Wing on the second floor. Shelved by call number.

Iowa Wing: West side of the second floor where call numbers KFI 4200 to 4799 are shelved. Shelf section numbers in the Iowa Wing are preceded by a capital "I" (e.g. I-4). Shelved by call number.

Library Lobby: DVD shelving by the east windows just inside the main library doors on the first floor.

Lower Level: Lower level shelf sections L 1-8.

Microform Room: Microfilm/microfiche are housed in lower level room LL03.

On Display: Currently in one of the library's displays, but typically still available to check out. Ask at the Information Desk for assistance.

Ready Reference: Library lobby, opposite the Information Desk on the first floor.

Reference: By copiers/printers on the first floor, on the shelves immediately to the south of the numbered shelves.

Reserve Room: Behind the Information Desk, just inside the main library doors on the first floor. Request desired volumes from Information Desk staff for two-hour, in-library loan.

Stacks: Shelves on first through third floors that are not part of a special collection area. The stacks are organized from south (closest to Information Desk) to north on each floor. Call numbers with a location of Stacks, Tax Room, Iowa Reference, or Iowa Wing can be found on the following floors:


Tax Room: Octagonal room at west end of the Iowa wing on the second floor where call numbers KF 6200 to KF 6999 are shelved.

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