Science

Library Materials

Many useful resources are available in the College of the Redwoods Library, including books, reference books, eBooks, and videos. Additional resources may be available at the Del Norte or Humboldt County Libraries and Cal Poly Humboldt Library. Visit those libraries' websites to search their catalogs. Use OneSearch to find books and other resources about your topic in the CR library and selected, college-level resources on the web.

College of the Redwoods Library Call Numbers

Books in College of the Redwoods library are filed by the Library of Congress system that uses letter-number combinations assigned by subject so that most books about the same subject will be filed together on the shelf. The HSU Library uses this same system, and so do most colleges and universities in the United States. Science and Mathematics books are in the Q-QR section of the library.

Public (or County) Library Call Numbers

Most public or county libraries in the United States will use the Dewey Decimal system, which uses numbers, and each number section represents a subject, so that books about the same subject are filed together on the shelf. In the Dewey Decimal system, Science and Mathematics books are in the 500's.

Reference books include encyclopedias, handbooks, manuals, guides, dictionaries, and compilations of resources such as primary documents. Reference books will provide a good overview of your topic, in a short and well-organized way, and are good for getting started with any research assignment. Printed reference books must be used in the Library.

Selected Books and e-Books

General collection and Oversize books can be borrowed for three weeks and renewed for another three weeks. Books are filed in alpha-numeric order on the shelf by "call number",  a unique location code number. If you click on a book in the gallery below, and it's a print book, you will open the library catalog record with the information you need to request the book by phone - be sure to copy down the call number, title and author.

E-books are listed in OneSearch along with printed books, and can be used for research exactly the same way you would use a traditional book. If a book in the gallery below is an e-Book, it will open on your computer screen, but it may require you to login to open it if you are off-campus. 

You can limit your search to e-books by selecting "book" as the resource type, and selecting availability of "online".  Most e-books allow you to print or download a certain number of pages to your device, but how many varies from one publisher to another.

DVDs are located on the shelves beside the Reference Desk. They can be checked out, or can be viewed on the computers and laptops available in the library. Check out headphones at the circulation desk.

Streaming videos from Films on Demand can be viewed on a computer, or downloaded.