LibGuides: Professionalism & Life Skills (FRSH-100): Find Books

Checking Out Books

The Hilton Library has Open Stacks which means you can browse the shelves to select books.

Bring books to the Library Help Desk to check them out
Your CIA ID card is your library card
You can check books out for 1 month and renew once for another month
How do I know if a book is scholarly?
Learn more about finding books

Search Books

About the EBook Collections

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Finding a Book on the Library Shelves

In the Library Catalog, look for:

Holdings - Location in the Hilton Library
Call Number - the "address" of the book on the shelf, e.g. TX 820 .C9676 2011
Availability - Available, Checked Out, etc.

There are three locations for books:

Circulating books you can borrow; located on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors of the Library
Reserves books set aside by your instructors to be used in the Library; ask for them at the Library Help Desk
Reference encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, etc. to be used in the Library; located on the main floor (3rd floor)

Layout of the Hilton Library Book Stacks

The Library's book stacks are organized by the Library of Congress Classification. The book collection begins on the 4th floor of the library and continues down through the following two floors.

Bldg. Level	Call Nos.	Subjects
4th floor	A - HE	History (incl. food history & customs), psychology, economics.
3rd floor	HF - TT	Wines, brewing, food processing, agriculture, science, business, social sciences, arts, literature.
2nd floor	TX - Z	Culinary arts, cookbooks, baking and pastry, mixology.