Third Floor

On this floor you will find the following collections:
Library of Congress C's Points, Plus and Large [Biography, Western and Eastern]
Cutter 5's Points, Plus and Slash[—› Biography of the Eastern Hemisphere
Including: General Universal Biographies, British Biographies]
Cutter 6's Points [Biography of the Western Hemisphere]
The National Union Catalog
Reference Collection 3 [Bibliography]

You will also find: a Unisex Bathroom

Hints to Shelving on this floor:
— The entire collection of Library of Congress C's are located in the BOW ROOM.
The + and the Lg. C's are located at the end of the collection to the right of the entrance.
— The Cutter 5 Points are continued from the Third Floor Gallery
and begin with Cutter 5G.K63.  The Pluses and Slashes follow the Points.
—The Cutter 6 Points follow the 5's. The collection ends in this room near the door
to the DRUM and then continues into the Drum.

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

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