How do I find a book?
Answer
You may locate a book through the Ocean County College Library catalog, which defaults to a keyword search.
A keyword search will locate any materials that have your desired words anywhere within their records: title, author, subjects headings, description, etc.
If you are looking for a particular title, author, subject heading, ISBN, or publisher, use the second drop-down menu to search those fields specifically.
You may also use the first drop-down menu to limit your search results to particular types of materials (books, CDs, DVDs, government documents, periodicals, reference books, or books owned by the Barnegat Bay Partnership in Building 10 at OCC ). This will also allow you to limit your search results to a particular collection.
Item Locations
Each item record will provide important information on how to locate that item, including the call number and the location:
Call number: A call number is an identifying number for items within the library. Items are arranged on shelves in numerical order based on these call numbers, making it easy to locate an item. The numbers correspond to subject areas, so items covering similar topics are often shelved near each other. These subject areas follow the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
Location: The location will indicate where the item is located. This could be somewhere within the library (Reference Area-First Floor, Circulating Shelves-Second Floor, etc.), or at a partner library (Barnegat Bay Library).