Finding Library Materials  

Materials listed in these research guides can be accessed in several ways:

Click on the link. This will either take you to the source or to our catalog listing for a particular book. The catalog listing will provide the call number and show whether something is checked out. For LexisNexis and Westlaw, you will need to enter your login information. If you are off-campus, you will need to enter your credentials (the same ones you use to logon to a computer on campus) to access the resource.

Go to the designated location. For resources we have in print or other hard copy, the guide will list a location or call number. See boxes to the right for specific location information.

As always, if you have any questions, please ask at the Information Desk.

A detailed Locator Guide (PDF), available in print at the Information Desk and the literature rack, lists major titles with their locations designated by shelf number.

The main library stacks are organized this way:

A to KF 135 (to Atlantic Digest)  -  1st floor

KF 135 (North Eastern Reporter) to KF 9999  -  2nd floor

KF 6200 to KF 6999  -   Tax Room on 2nd floor

KFA-KFZ; L to Z  -  3d floor

For a more detailed description of the library's layout and links to library maps, see the Finding Library Materials page in the library website.

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

Index Table
Tables on the southeast side of the 1st floor.

Information Desk
Information Desk, just inside main library doors. Request desired volumes from Information Desk staff.

Iowa Reference
(Location shows in catalog as Iowa Wing Reference.) Either side of the first table in the Iowa Wing.

Iowa Wing
West side of the second floor. Shelf section numbers in the Iowa Wing are preceded by a capital "I" (e.g. I-4).

Journals
(Location shows in catalog as periodicals.) Older bound journals - east side of second floor. Most recent on reserve.

Lower Level
(Location shows in catalog as lower level) Lower Level shelf sections L 1-8.

Microfilm/Microfiche
Lower Level room LL03.

Ready Reference 
Library lobby, opposite the Information Desk.

Reference
Ground floor by photocopy machines, on the shelf immediately to the south of the numbered shelves.

Reserve
Behind Information Desk, just inside main library doors. Request desired volumes from Information Desk staff.

State Materials (other than Iowa)
State statutes and digests (when available) are grouped together by state and arranged in alphabetical order by state name on the third floor in shelf sections 84-93. State Attorney General Opinions are available in microfiche in Room LL03 on the lower level. State reporters (historic) are grouped by state and arranged in alphabetical order by state name on the third floor in shelf sections 100-107. Superseded state materials are available during reference hours in compact shelving.

Tax Room
Octagonal room at west end of the Iowa wing.