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Mathematics

How to Find Books

Richardson Library has over 500,000 print books on site and over 1 million digital-books online. 

This guide will help you:

​Mathematics books begin with call number QA.  Take a look at the complete classification below.  Please note that Computer Science books like programming are also classified in Mathematics with call numbers beginning QA76.

How to Search for Books

How to locate print books in the library

Look at the LOCATION ITEMS field in the catalogue record.  In the example below, the record indicates that the book is available (in yellow), meaning it can be checked out, that it is located in the stacked (in green) meaning it is located on the 3rd floor, and it can be located on the shelf using the call number (in blue).  The Item in Place field indicates that the book is loanable (in orange) meaning it can be checked out.  If the book is in the Reference Collection of Davis Room special collections then it can only be used in the library and cannot be checked out. 

Click on the Map It button to open a floor plan of the library to show where the shelf is located.

Call Number Classification for Mathematics

Collections and Borrowing Periods

Borrowing periods:

  • Faculty/ Staff: Semester
  • Graduate and Undergraduate Students: 4 weeks
  • New Books 2 weeks
  • Reference and Davis Room : Non-circulating

Circulating Collections:

Non-Circulating Books [Can not be borrowed]

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