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Lower Level | Ground Floor | 2nd Floor | 3rd Floor | 4th Floor | 5th Floor | 6th, 7th & 8th Floors

Note: Materials in almost all these collections may be found by using the online Library Catalog.
 

Lower Level -- Floor Map

Periodicals – in print or microform arranged by Library of Congress Classification Magazines; scholarly, trade and professional journals; and newspapers including complete holdings of the San Jose Mercury News, N.Y. Times, London Times, etc. Current and archived periodicals, primarily in English See also Finding Articles in the Library   Government Publications – in print or microform See also Map of the Gov't Publications collection   Educational (ERIC) Documents – in microfiche cabinet, arranged by ERIC # Search for these using the ERIC Database   Other Collections Historical Juvenile Books and Historical California Textbooks For more info, see Children’s Historical Collections Policy Microform series such as American Periodicals Series and American Culture Series

Children’s Room – materials in English, Spanish and other languages, aimed at kids Fiction including picture books, chapter books and Large Print books Nonfiction books arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification Homework books in such categories as biographies, countries and states, California missions, Native Americans and science projects Audiobooks Learn-a-language and English as a Second Language (ESL) books and media Movies/TV shows, music CDs and cassettes Magazines and comic books LeapPads (unborrowable) and books (borrowable) Parenting books, magazines and videos For more info, see Self-Guided Tour Children’s Room and Children’s Room Map   Brandenburg Browsing Collection – English language materials, aimed at adults New novels and nonfiction titles Feature movies and TV series in DVD and VHS formats Educational DVDs Music CDs Audiobooks   SJSU Academic Course Reserves – course materials for SJSU students Click here to access the Course Reserves web page

Reference -- one collection serving the public and university communities Subject concentrations include art, business, government, history, law and literature   Ready Reference -- popular, heavily used informational material Includes auto repair, consumer, environmental impact reports, investment, local government materials and telephone books Songbooks and magazine music – see music collection information and searching   Atlases & Maps -- atlases and maps such as topographic and wall maps   Indexes & Census Material Print indexes to magazine and newspaper articles; and U.S. Census publications For online search of magazine and newspaper articles, see Articles and Databases Note: 2nd Floor material is intended for use on that floor and may not be borrowed.

English Language Materials for Adults Fiction books for adults including mysteries, romance paperbacks and science fiction – “new” adult fiction is on the Ground Floor Nonfiction books with adult and young adult titles interfiled – arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights special collection Cliff Notes, Career, Computer Information and Learn a Language collections Large Print fiction and nonfiction books Nonfiction videos arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification   English Language Materials for Teens (or Young Adults) Teen fiction (including large print), graphic novels, comic books, DVDs, videos, magazines and music CDs Nonfiction young adult (YA) books are interfiled with adult nonfiction books (see section directly above) For more info, see Self-Guided Tour and Teen Collection Map   International Language Materials for Adults and Teens -- Note: Juvenile language materials are in the Children’s Room Books and media together for each language Three major collections – Chinese, Spanish and Vietnamese – each with its own shelving area apart from the other languages The other 70+ languages are arranged in alphabetical order by name of language – click here for a list of languages covered Non-English language newspapers and magazines English as a Second Language (ESL) and TOEFL books and media

Educational Resource Center Collection -- Click here for collection information

Beethoven Center -- click here for collection information   California Room -- click here for collection information   Cultural Heritage Center: Africana, Asian American and Chicano Collections -- Click here for collection information   SJPL Sheet Music Collection – click here for collection information and searching SJPL sheet music on the 5th Floor is in a secure area and must be requested through the California Room if you are in the library and through your local library's Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service if you are outside the library   SJSU Music Collections Scores, books, sound recordings (CDs, albums and cassettes) – Call numbers ML, MT, Thesis M, Folio M Equipment and instructions for listening to albums, CDs and cassettes are available at 5th Floor listening stations and 6th Floor listening rooms Headphones, phonograph needles, record-cleaning equipment and room keys may be checked out at the Academic Reserves desk on the Ground Floor   SJSU Special Collections -- click here for collection information   Steinbeck Center -- click here for collection information   Theses Collections in King "Beehive" Selected SJSU theses from the 1950s and 1960s -- click here for Beehive info Most other SJSU theses are located on floors 6, 7 or 8 depending on call number

SJSU Academic Collections -- available for borrowing by all cardholders   6th Floor -- Floor Map -- Call numbers A-HN: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, History, Geography, Anthropology, Recreation, Social Sciences   7th Floor -- Floor Map -- Call numbers HQ-PZ: Social Sciences, Political Science, Law, Education, Fine Arts, Language & Literature   8th Floor -- Floor Map -- Call numbers Q-Z: Science, Medicine, Agriculture, Technology, Military & Naval Sciences, Library Science   Theses -- SJSU masters theses are located in front of public elevators on floors 6-8   Folios -- Oversized materials that cannot be shelved with regular materials All folios are located on the 8th Floor to the right of the public elevators, except for Music and Cultural Heritage Center folios (see 5th Floor Map)