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Call Numbers

Each book is given a Library of Congress call number.

Call numbers are arranged alphabetically, and then by whole number (everything before the first period in the call number).

A call number is like a book's address, and books on related topics are located next to each other on our shelves. Click here to find out what call numbers are assigned for particular subjects:

Library of Congress Classification Outline

eBook Collections

ProQuest Ebook Central
eBooks from a variety of publishers. Includes both a large interdisciplinary subscription and select individual titles purchased by the CSB and SJU Libraries.
ACLS Humanities Ebook
Ebooks from a variety of fields in the humanities, developed by scholars.
Project MUSE eBooks
Multi-user eBooks from a variety of publishers.
EBSCO eBooks Collection
eBooks from EBSCO
CREDO Reference
"Background information to start your research." Includes full-text articles from 1200+ dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works.
Oxford Reference
Reference books by Oxford University Press, including the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Online reference works from a variety of publishers.

Google Books
Search within and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide. Note: Google Books' previews shows you varying amounts of a book depending on publishers' preferences; pages might be missing.

Hathi Trust
Repository of e-texts from multiple research libraries. Many public domain texts are freely available, and some are only available to members of the owning institution.
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