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 Second Floor: Kirkconnell Room  
Atlas Third Floor Use in Library
Audio Cassette Third Floor: Media Room 3 days
Canadian Federal Government Documents Sixth Floor 21 days
Compact Disc Third Floor: Media Room 3 days
DLI   Contact your librarian
(Maggie Neilson: 902-585-1718, maggiejean.neilson@acadiau.ca)
DVD Third Floor: Media Room 3 days
DVD Oversize Third Floor: Media Room 3 days
Electronic Resource Online n/a
General Collection Floors 5, 4 and 2 21 days
ILL (Interlibrary Loan) Resource Material    
Kit Third Floor: Media Room 21 days
Long Playing (LP) Record Third Floor: 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 Third Floor: Microform Centre Use in Library
Microfilm Microform Third Floor: Microform Centre Use in Library
Music Miniature Score Third Floorl: Media Room 21 days
Music Oversized Score Third Floor: Media Room 21 days
Music Score Collected Works Third Floor: Media Room Use in Library
Music Score Third Floor: Media Room 21 days
Newspaper Floors 3 and 1 Use in Library
Nova Scotia Government Documents Sixth Floor Use in Library
Oversized Floors 5, 4 and 1 21 days
Reference Third Floor Use in Library
Reserve Third Floor: Access Desk  
Serials Sixth Floor: 1950–present

First Floor: pre-1950
Individual issues may only be used in library, but bound volumes may be borrowed for 1 day
Statistics Canada Sixth Floor Use in Library
Storage First Floor 21 days
TECH Resource Material    

Special Collections

All collections can be found in the Kirkconnell Room (Second Floor) 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