SYMBOL |
WHAT IT MEANS |
WHERE IT IS LOCATED |
| ACQ | Acquistions Department - handles purchases of books and other library materials. | Ground Floor South |
| ANNEX | An off-site storage facility which is not open to the public, but from which books may be requested. | Ask at Circulation |
| ARCHIVES | University Archives | 726 Lewis Hall |
| CLOSED | Materials that are rare, valuable and fragile are locked away in Closed Stacks in our Special Collections Dept. but some can be brought out by request. | Special Collections, Rm. 401, 4 West |
| COMIC | Comic Art Collection | Special Collections, Rm. 401, 4 West |
| CPRR | Current Periodicals Reading Room | 1 West |
| DATA-ARC | Data Archives - numeric data on CDs ready for statistical analysis | 1 South |
| DELTA | Delta Center | Portageville, Missouri |
| DEPOSITORY | UM Library Depository, an off-site storage facility which is not open to the public but from which materials may be requested. | ask at Circulation |
| DOCS | Federal Government Documents Collection | 1 East |
| DOCS-REF | Reference books in the Federal Government Documents Collection | 1 East |
| EDUC-T | Historic Textbook Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| ENGR | Engineering Library & Technology Commons | W2001 Lafferre Hall |
| FILM | Microfilm | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| FLM | Frank Luther Mott Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| F.L.MOTT | Frank Luther Mott Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| FOI | Freedom of Information Center | Rm. 127, Neff Annex |
| GEOL | Geology Library | Rm. 201, Geological Sciences Building |
| HRAF | Human Relations Area Files, a microfilm collection covering world cultures | Special Collections Rm. 406, 4 West |
| HSL | Health Sciences Library | Connected with Medical School complex. See Campus Library Map |
| JGN | John G. Neihardt Collection | Special Collections, Rm. 401, 4 West |
| JOUR | Journalism Library | 27 Neff Annex |
| JOUR-F | Fields Photojournalism Collection | MU ELLIS, Rm. 202 |
| JOUR MICRO | Current Periodicals Reading Room | 1 West |
| JUVENILE | Juvenile Collection | 3 West Stacks |
| LAGO | Mary Lago Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| LARGE | Large books | Rm. 202 |
| LAW | Law Library | John K. Hulston Hall |
| MATH | Math Library | Rm. 206, Math Sciences Bldg. |
| MED | Health Sciences Library | Connected with Medical School complex. See Campus Library Map |
| MICD | Microcard Collection | Rm. 303, 3 West |
| MICF | Microfiche Collection | Special Collections, 4 West |
| MICPT | Microprint Collection | Rm. 303, 3 West |
| MODOC | Missouri Government Document Collection | 1 East |
| MORGUE | Newspaper Library | Rm. 316, Lee Hills Hall |
| MU | MU Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| PEDEN | Special Collections | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| RARE | Rare Book Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| RECORD | 33 1/3 vinyl disc in Recorded Sound Collection | Rm. 4A22, 4 East |
| REF | Reference book collection | 1 South |
| SANBORN | Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps | Special Collections, 4 West |
| SERIAL SET | United States Congressional Serial Set | 1 East |
| SHS | State Historical Society of Missouri | Ground Floor, East side |
| SPEC | Special Collections | 4 West |
| SPEC-MU | MU Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| TAPE | Audio tape in Recorded Sound Collection | Rm. 4A22, 4 East |
| TECHSER | Technical Services | 52 Ellis Library |
| TEXTBOOK | Historic Textbook Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| THESIS | Theses and dissertations by MU masters and doctoral students | Housed in offsite storage facility. Ask at Circulation Desk, or get full-text online through database Current Research at MU. |
| TMJ | Thomas Moore Johnson Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| TMJOHNSON | Thomas Moore Johnson Collection | Rm. 401, 4 West |
| VET MED | Veterinary Medical Library | Rm. W218, Veterinary Medicine Bldg. |
| VIDEO | Video in Recorded Sound Collection | Rm. 4A22, 4 East |
| WEINBERG | Journalists in Fiction Collection | Special Collections, Rm. 401, 4 West |
| XLARGE | Extra Large Books | Rm. 202 |
| XM | Missouri government publications | Govt Documents Dept, 1 East |
