You can search the Averett Library Catalog and the WorldCat database for books about a person, place or subject, or for a specific author and title.

Use the pull down menu in the Averett Library Catalog to run a "SUBJECT" search. If the catalog does not find books with your subject term, search the same word or phrase in the "KEYWORD" index, or click on "Search as Words."

Click on a book title to see its full record in the catalog. Note the "LOCATION" and "STATUS" information.

If books are in the "Circulating Collection" and "Available," you can find them on the upper or lower floors of Blount Library by Library of Congress Classification. "Juvenile" books are in the Children's Literature Collection on the upper floor. "Reference" books are on the main floor. Ask at the Circulation Desk for titles in the "Media Collection."

Library of Congress Call numbers are alphanumeric. The letters file alphabetically, with A-H on the upper level, and J-Z on the lower level of the library. The first letters and numbers denote a specific subject, as you can see from browsing the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

PN171 (Language and Literature / Authorship)
.F56  (Decimal number: F .56)
L56   (This is also a decimal number.)
2004

The first number (171 in this example) is a whole number. The second and third numbers are decimal numbers. This will start to make sense when you get to the library stacks, where those letters are shelved alphabetically within each subject, and the decimal numbers are interfiled:

.F525
.F56
.F562
.F58
.G225
.G3

If you need help locating a book, just ask at the Reference or Circulation Desks.

Before connecting to electronic books in the library catalog, establish your netLibrary account by completing the Create Account form. If you are not on the campus network, you will be asked to authenticate your identity with your last name and Averett ID number. Create your netLibrary username and password. Now you can access electronic books from the Averett Library Catalog when you are away from campus by using your personal netLibrary account.

Click here for an example of an electronic book in the library catalog.

The WorldCat database indexes millions of library books, recordings, scores, maps, web sites and media titles. You do not need to specify a library. Use the Interlibrary Loan Book Form to request the material. We will identify a lending library and contact you when an item is ready for you to pick up at the Circulation Desk.

Please complete Worksheet 1 and Worksheet 2 .