8.4 Finding Materials at the Library

Physical / On Campus Materials in OneSearch

When you use OneSearch, you will also find physical materials that are located at the Library on campus, or at other campus locations like the Watsonville ILC, Math Learning Center, STEM Center, Computer Technology Center, and ECE Peace Library.

It's important to know how to find those physical materials that appear in your search results!

Location, Call Number, & Availability

Each item in our Library Catalog is assigned a location in the building and a call number. Each book record indicates the book’s availability. When the book is available it reads, "Available at Cabrillo Library." "Not Available" means the book is on loan to another patron. 

Main Stacks

Books on the long, tall shelves in the center of the Library. These can be checked out for the entire semester.

A student finds a book in the Library Main Stacks

Reserves

The Library has at least one copy of most required textbooks, that can be checked out for free, usually for 2 days at a time. They are kept on shelves behind the Checkout Desk. We also have other materials for free checkout here, such as graphing calculators.

Reserves can also be checked out at the Watsonville ILC!

A student worker at the checkout desk helps a student with textbooksA student worker at the Watsonville ILC checkout desk helps with a textbook

New Books & Front Display

You can find brand-new books and rotating book displays just inside the front entrance of the Library.

A student looks at a book on the New Book display shelf near the Library entrance

Libros en Español

Books in Spanish are located towards the front of the Library, near the Information Desk.

Shelves of books in Spanish language -- a mix of fiction and non-fiction

Browsing Video

Popular videos are on the shelves near the stairs and are available to check out. 

A student pulls a DVD off the video shelves

Watsonville Browsing

The Library has a collection of books for checkout at the Watsonville ILC, as well.

A student looks at a book on display at the Watsonville ILC

Photo credits: Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo