Finding Books in the Stacks
To find books within Dartmouth's collection, start with our library catalog - essentially our inventory.
An item's catalog record provides publication info, along with our Location (specific library), Call Number (where it's shelved), as well as the Status (whether it's currently on loan or not).
Lost in the stacks? Maps of Baker-Berry are here.
Ready to borrow the book? Take the book and your campus ID card to the Circulation Desk.
To find books beyond Dartmouth, try a subject bibliography or a large library network catalog, such as WorldCat. Materials not owned by Dartmouth can be requested through interlibrary loan: Interlibrary Loan & BorrowDirect
Library Catalog
Browsing by call number
Relevant titles fall throughout our collection, but the L call number section houses a sizeable amount of material:
- L - General
- LA - History of Education
- LB - Theory and practice of education
LB1025-1050.75 (Principles of teaching) ; LB1050.9-1091 (Educational psychology) ; LB1101-1602 (Early childhood through elementary ed.) ; LB1603-1696 (Secondary ed.) ; LB1705-2286 (Teacher Ed.) ; LB2300-2430 (Higher education) ; LB2801-3095 (School administration and organization) -
LC - Special aspects of education
LC8-59 (Forms of educ.) ; LC65-245 (Social aspects of educ.) ; LC251-951 (Moral and religious educ.) ; LC980-1099 (Types of educ.) ; LC1390-5160 (Education of special classes of persons) -
LD-LG - Individual institutions
LD (US) ; LE (Americas other than US) ; LF (Europe) ; LG (Africa, Asia, Australia + Pacific Islands) - LH - College & school publications
- LJ - Student fraternities & organizations (US)
- LT - Textbooks
Related areas include: BF 309-499 (Psychology - cognition & learning); BF 712-724 (Developmental psychology); HQ 768-799 (Child development & adolescence); KF 4100-4260 (Education law - US)
Our general stacks collection is large enough to make browsing a bit unwieldy. Browsing the reference collection may prove more useful.