Finding Books - HIST 282 - The Great War / Schneider, Joanne - James P. Adams Library at James P. Adams Library

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Locating Books in Adams Library

If the record for a book indicates it is available, you can locate the book in the circulating "main collection" of the Library. Not sure where it is? Check the Library Floor Map for the call number you see in the Library Catalog (i.e.DS62.8.M36 2009 ).

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