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    Collections

    The Pen Pendleton Collection is located in the Reference section. The general book collection has no letters preceding the call number.

    Special collections have the following letters preceding the call number:

    • AC ­ Audio cassettes — located in Periodical room in the fourth moving shelf

    • Atlas ­ Atlases — Atlas stand

    • BB ­ Baptist Biography — Vertical files on BMA ministers in Microform room

    • BMA ­ Baptist Missionary Association writers ­ — Books by and about BMA of America in Meadows Room

    • CD ­ Compact Disks – located in Periodical room in the fourth moving shelf

    • DVD Digital Video Disk – located in the Periodical room on the fourth moving shelf

    • Film ­ Films –­ 16 mm films ­ located in Technical Services room

    • FS ­ Filmstrips ­– located in the Audiovisual room

    • GM ­ Games –­ located in the Audiovisual room

    • JL ­ Juvenile Literature ­– located at the beginning of the general collection

    • KT ­ Kits ­– located in the Audiovisual room

    • LS ­ Library Science ­– located in Technical Services and is for in-library use

    • Micf ­ Microfilm – located in Microform Room

    • Micfh ­ Microfiche ­– located in Microform Room

    • Pen Pendleton Collection, located in the Reference section

    • Per ­ Bound Periodicals ­ located in the Periodical room

    • PT ­ Pictures —­ Christian education picture packets located in the Audiovisual room

    • Q ­ Oversized Books –­ located at the end ofthe reference and at the end of the general collection

    • R ­ Reference –­ located in the Reading room

    • RB ­ Rare Books ­– located in Grimsley Building

    • RR ­ Ready Reference —­ these are periodical indexes located at the beginning of bound periodicals

    • SL ­ Slides­ – located in the Audiovisual room

    • Spu ­ Spurgeon Collection — books by or about C.H. Spurgeon located behind the island in the Reading room

    • SR ­ Sound Recordings —­ these are long-play music recordings located in the Audiovisual room

    • TP ­ Transparencies –­ located in the Audiovisual room

    • VC ­ Video Cassettes – located in the Periodical room in the fourth moving shelf

    • VF ­ Vertical File –­ located in the hallway between the Microform room and the Audiovisual room

    • All collections, except portions of the general and the periodical collections, are on the computer

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