Card Catalog

The card catalog is in a dictionary arrangement, i.e. the author, subject, and title cards are inter-filed. Color coded overlays are used to identify special materials:

BLACK - Lowenbach Room
BLUE - Non-book
RED/ORANGE/YELLOW/GREEN - Storage

Materials with colored plastic overlays will need to be retrieved by library staff.

Books

In June of 1970, Hammond Library converted to the Library of Congress classification scheme. Thus, there are two systems under which books may be found: the older decimal classification and the Library of Congress. Books which have a folio designation are oversized in height. Books are located in the following places:

A - BD	Stacks - Top Level
BF 000 - 999	Boisen Room
BF 1000's, BH - BR	Stacks - Top Level
BS	Reading Room
BT	Stacks - Top Level
BV 1 - 3999	Reading Room
BV 4000 - 5099	Stacks - Top Level
BX - JK	Stacks - Middle Level
JL – Z, 000 - 999, Theses & Journals	Stacks - Lower Level

Periodicals and Newsletters

The last 2 drawers of the card catalog contain the serial holdings of Hammond Library. A large black notebook in the Library office holds the Association of Chicago Theological Schools Union List of Serials which identifies the holdings of Hammond Library as well as other ACTS libraries. Locations are:

Current Year: Reading Room
Bound Journals: Lower Level

Audio-Visual Materials

Cassette tapes, kits, and videotapes are listed in the card catalog and identified by a blue overlay. See library staff for retrieval of these materials.