Finding Things
The following tables show the different location codes used in the Novanet catalogue to indicate where different materials are physically located within the Library.
If you have any questions or can't find something, please ask at the Access Services Desk, call 902-585-1249, or email ref-desk@acadiau.ca.
General Library Collections
| Collection | Whereabouts | Sign-out/Use |
|---|---|---|
| Archive | Level B1: Kirkconnell Room | |
| Atlas | Main Level | Use in Library |
| Audio Cassette | Main Level: Media Room | 3 days |
| Canadian Federal Government Documents | Level 4 | 21 days |
| CD-ROM | Main Level: Media Room | 3 days |
| CD-ROM Reference | Main Level: Media Room | 1 hour |
| Compact Disc | Main Level: Media Room | 3 days |
| DLI | Contact your librarian (Maggie Neilson: 902-585-1718, maggiejean.neilson@acadiau.ca) |
|
| DVD | Main Level: Media Room | 3 days |
| DVD Oversize | Main Level: Media Room | 3 days |
| Electronic Resource | Online | n/a |
| Estuarine Material | War Memorial House: Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research | Contact ACER: 902-585-1113 |
| Film Reel | Level B1 (Please visit the Access Desk on Main Level first.) |
14 days |
| Filmstrip | Level B1 (Please visit the Access Desk on Main Level first.) |
14 days |
| General Collection | Levels 3, 2 and B1 | 21 days |
| Herbarium | K. C. Irving Environmental Science Centre | Contact curator: Alain Belliveau, 902-778-0852 |
| ILL (Interlibrary Loan) Resource Material | ||
| Kit | Main Level: Media Room | 21 days |
| Long Playing (LP) Record | Main Level: Media Room | 3 days |
| Map | Geology Department | Contact geology@acadiau.ca or 902-585-1208 |
| Math Resources | Huggins Science Hall: Math Library | Contact Math Department secretary: 902-585-1382 |
| Microfiche Microform | Main Level: Microform Centre | Use in Library |
| Microfilm Microform | Main Level: Microform Centre | Use in Library |
| Music Miniature Score | Main Level: Media Room | 21 days |
| Music Oversized Score | Main Level: Media Room | 21 days |
| Music Score Collected Works | Main Level: Media Room | Use in Library |
| Music Score | Main Level: Media Room | 21 days |
| Newspaper | Main and B2 levels | Use in Library |
| Nova Scotia Government Documents | Level 4 | Use in Library |
| Oversized | Levels 3, 2 and B1 | 21 days |
| Reference | Main Level | Use in Library |
| Reserve | Main Level: Access Desk | |
| Serials | Level 4: 1950–present Level B2: pre-1950 |
Individual issues may only be used in library, but bound volumes may be borrowed for 1 day |
| Statistics Canada | Level 4 | Use in Library |
| Storage | Level B2 | 21 days |
| TECH Resource Material |
Special Collections
All collections can be found in the Kirkconnell Room (Level B1) for use on-site or to be signed out.
- Acadiana
- Annapolis Valley
- Baptist
- Bell
- Dennis
- Duncanson
- Gaspereau Press
- Haliburton
- Herbin
- History Textbook
- Hymn Book
- Jefferson
- Kirkconnell
- Logan
- Morse
- Orpin
- Rare
- Sanatorium
- Silverberg
- Starr
- Teacher's College
- Theses
- Tufts
- Wallace
- Zeman