IUCAT is Indiana University's online library catalog. Search it to find items held by the IU Libraries statewide, including books, government publications, journals, and other types of material.
Use Request This to obtain books located at another IU library. Most books arrive within 4-7 working days and can be picked up at University Library's 2nd floor Service Desk.
When you find a book in IUCAT that isn't at IUPUI, simply click the Request This button.
A call number is the unique number given to each book in the library. It's like an address, telling you where a book will be located in the library. If you can understand the call number, it will be a lot easier for you to find books in the library.
You might be used to the Dewey Decimal System or other call numbers in libraries you've used in the past. We use Library of Congress (LC) call numbers, a combination of letters and numbers.
A call number that you find in IUCAT (the online library catalog) might look like this one for the book The daily grind : how workers navigate the employment relationship by Marquita R. Walker.
This tells you the book is located in IUPUI University Library and, because the call number begins with the letters HD, it's shelved on the third floor. Stacks refers to the 3rd and 4th floors of the library. If the book is located in the Stacks, call numbers that begin with the letters A through N are shelved on the 3rd floor; call numbers that start with P through Z are on the 4th floor.
To locate the book on the shelf:
Tip: Sometimes call numbers will be a bit longer, like this one: E184.A75 K49 2015. Don't let the extra numbers bother you! Just start at the beginning and work your way through each part of it. For example:
Tip: You'll often find books on the same topic shelved together, so you might find additional books useful to your research while looking for just one.
