Carlson Library Reference Collection
The Carlson Reference Collection consists of books that are used primarily to look up specific information such as dictionaries, indexes, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc. Materials in the Reference Collection cannot be checked out; they must be used in the library or photocopied.
Location
The bulk of the Reference Collection is
located on the first floor of Carlson Library, in the area around the Reference & Information Desk and continuing past the elevators to the east. Periodical Indexes are located on the second floor of Carlson Library, along the interior walls.
Arrangement
The Reference Collection books on the first floor of Carlson Library are arranged by Library of Congress (LC) Call Numbers, which puts books on similar topics near one another on the shelves.
The Periodical Indexes on the second floor of Carlson Library arranged primarily by subject area. There are separate sections for
- Newspaper Indexes
- General Interest Indexes
- Book & Film Reviews
- Arts & Humanities Indexes
- Social Science Indexes
- Engineering Indexes
- Science Indexes
Finding
General information on using the UT Library Catalog to identify books can be found on the
How do I Find Books page. Reference books are often identified by the type of information or the format in the subject heading, so try combining your topic keyword with terms such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, tables, handbooks, statistics, etc. Material in the Carlson Reference Collection can be found by a
keyword search limited to the Location: Carlson Reference.
New items in this collection are listed on the
New Books page.
