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Access Services at the Daniel J. Kaufman Library & Learning Center

Where do I start?

Go to the Kaufman Library homepage.

  • Basic searching:
    • Find Books, Journals, Media and More
  • Limiting your search:
    • Search by Keyword, Title, or Author
    • Enclose in quotation marks to search as a phrase
    • Limit to Full Text, Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) journals 
    • Limit to GGC GIL Catalog only (Kaufman Library)
  • Advanced Search
    • ​Offers additional ways to expand or narrow your results 

Note:  To access electronic resources (journals, eBooks, electronic databases) while off-campus, the current GALILEO password will be required.  This password is visible in the MyCourses portal, under Student Resources or Faculty Resources.

Where do I find...?

First Floor:                        

Books with Call Numbers A-PZ or REF A-PZ

Academic Journals and Popular Magazines

DVDs (Cases are in the Stacks; DVD discs are behind the Circulation Desk)

Newspapers

Oversized Books

Popular Reading (Fiction and Non-Fiction)

Second Floor:                  

Books with Call Numbers Q-Z or REF Q-Z

Business Bookshelf

Center for Teaching Excellence Collection (CTE)

Early Education Curriculum Collection

What is a Call Number?

Most academic libraries - Kaufman Library included - use the Library of Congress Classification System (LCC) to arrange their materials and keep them in order.

LCC assigns a series of numbers and letters to create call numbers for library materials.  Call numbers serve as addresses that can help you locate the items you're looking for on the shelves.  Call numbers are usually applied to the spine or front of a library item.  Each book and DVD has a unique call number.  Want to know how to read and understand call numbers?  Check out this video tutorial: Library of Congress Classification.

Resource Sharing

The Kaufman Library doesn't have the book you're looking for?