Drum: Two Up

On this floor you will find the following collections:
Cutter :8 Points [Biography]
Cutter [Degree] °G and °H [ Guidebooks]
Cutter :A's Points [Geography, Cartography, Travel, E. Hemisphere]
Cutter R's Points [Military Arts]
Library of Congress G Points [ Geography, Anthropology, Sports]
Library of Congress U Points [Military Science]
Library of Congress V Points [Naval History]
Library of Congress A Points, Plus, and Large [ Generalia]

Hints to Shelving on this floor:
— You may access this floor
most easily through the Second Floor Long Room (go up one flight of stairs).
The Cutter :8 Points continue from the Drum floor above, Drum: 3 Down at the bottom of the stairs.
They are shelved on the Beacon Street side of the Drum. The Cutter Call Numbers continue with :8FZN.
— The Cutter Degree G's and H's, Guidebooks, follow the :8 Points and are shelved in

in one range of shelving. They are immediately followed by Cutter :A Points.
— The Library of Congress G Points follow the Cutter :A's. The G's are located on the Beacon Street side of the Drum.
— The Cutter R Points follow the Library of Congress G's and begin by the stairs on the Beacon Street side of the Drum,
they are followed by..

The Library of Congress Point U's and V's  are located on the Granary side of the Drum,
along with the Library of Congress Point, Plus, and Large A's.

 Note that book size dictates location.
For examples and definitions of Cutter and Library of Congress Book Sizes, click here.

 

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