Books and eBooks
Print Collection
Oxford has 60,000 volumes onsite. Emory Libraries also share an offsite print facility, the Library Service Center (LSC), with the Georgia Institute of Technology. New Acquisitions and popular bestsellers are highlighted in the lobby of the Oxford Library to the left of the circulation desk. Faculty, staff, and students can request and access items from any of Emory's nine libraries.
Use Library Search to search physical and digital holdings/collections in the Emory Libraries. To search the holdings of other libraries, use WorldCat. If Emory does not own the book you need, request it through Interlibrary Loan or make a request via the purchase request form.
eBook Collection
Emory owns or subscribes to over one million eBooks to support teaching and research. These eBooks are available on a variety of platforms and from a wide array of publishers including JSTOR, Project Muse, Springer, APA, Gale, Overdrive, and ProQuest eBook Central among others. Use Library Search to locate much of this content.
Library Call Number Guide
Dewey Decimal Classification
Oxford College Library uses Dewey Decimal Classification to organize books. Dewey Decimal numbers have two parts; the first part of the number is assigned based on the subject matter of the book. The second part of the number (or “cutter”) is typically determined by the author’s last name and the title of the work.
Books are put in alphanumerical order, with the first part treated as a whole number, so 800 comes before 801, and 800.05 comes before 800.1.
The second part is a separate sequence beginning with a letter, shelved in order within the section that matches the first part, so 800.1 f45c comes before 800.1 m23b.
Call Number Locations
First Floor
Book Nook: (Area to the left of the circulation desk when you enter the library)
- Graphic Novels- these are organized alphabetically by title
- New Academic & Bestsellers
First Floor Stacks
- 001-500
Second Floor
Second Floor Stacks
- 500-999
Oversized
- Located at the back of the second-floor stacks
Elton John Collection
- Located on the second floor, shelved after the regular stacks and Oversized books collection
Dewey Decimal Classifications
000 Computer science, information & general works
100 Philosophy & psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Science
600 Technology
700 Arts & recreation
800 Literature
900 History & geography