The Martin Luther King, Jr., Library at LACC holds over 150,000 print titles and over 200,000 ebook titles. Search the collection by entering keywords, author’s name, title, subject, or ISBN in the box below and pressing the Search button.
Search our Books in the Library Catalog.
When you find a title in our catalog note down the Call Number to locate the physical book in the library (which will be on the spine of the book).
For example, the call number for the book Higher education in the digital age by William G. Bowen is 378.173 B675h.
The call number identifies the location of the book. Here is a breakdown of the call number, line by line:
Read the first line in numerical order as a decimal (e.g. 378.173 comes between 378.17 and 378.18)
The second line is a combination of letters and numbers to further identify the location of the book
Next identify the Catalog Location to find your book in the library.
| Catalog Location | Location in Library | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 2nd and 3rd floors |
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| Reference | 1st floor (behind the reference desk) | The letter “R” will appear before the call number (Ex. The Gale encyclopedia of medicine R 616 G131a4) |
| Reserve desk | 1st floor (where you check out and return books) | If there is no call number and only a class name, that means that it is located at the Reserve Desk and can be checked out for 2-hours for use in the library only (Ex. Rules for Writers ENGLISH 28/101/103) |
| Circulation desk | 1st floor (where you check out and return books) | These books can be checked out for 7-days. You will need the Call Number to request them. (Ex. Rules for Writers 808.02 H115r7) |
| Fiction | 2nd floor | Fiction is organized by author’s last name. (Ex. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros has a call number of C4974h) |
| Children’s Collection | 2nd Floor | Follows same rules of Dewey Decimal call number and Fiction collection, however call number begins with “XZ” |
| New Book Display | 1st floor (by the circulation desk) | This collection is frequently updated |
| Foreign Language | 3rd Floor | Language indicated by letter preceding call number (Ex. C for Chinese, S for Spanish, G for German, etc.) |
For more information on the Dewey Decimal System and how subjects are organized, see the guide page here: http://lacitycollege.libguides.com/libraryguide/dewey