Access to the College Green area of campus will be restricted until further notice. Current students, faculty and staff with a valid Penn card may enter and exit Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center through the Rosengarten Undergraduate Study Center on the ground floor, and may enter and exit the Fisher Fine Arts Library through the 34th Street entrance to Meyerson Hall

During reading period, April 30 to May 14: Access to both Van Pelt and Fisher Fine Arts Library is limited. Find more information.

 
 

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library                                                                                                                      
Center Stack Directory

Located on Floor 5

 

Lippincott Library Books

Call number letter Library of Congress classification Floor and wing of building
H-HJ Social Science, Economics, 3 West

Van Pelt Library Books

 

Library of Congress Call Numbers in Van Pelt

Call number letter Library of Congress classification Floor and wing of building
A General Works 3 East
B Philosophy, Psychology, Religion 3 East
C History: Auxiliary Sciences 3 East
D History: General and European 3 East
E History: United States 3 East
F History: Western Hemisphere 3 East
G Geography, Anthropology, Recreation 3 East
HM-HX Social Science, Sociology 3 West
J Political Science 3 West
K Law 3 West
L Education 3 East and West
M Music 4 West
NX Fine Arts Multidisciplinary 4 East
P Literature and Languages 4 East & West
Q Science 4 West
R Medicine 4 West
S Agriculture 4 West
T Technology 4 West
U Military Science 4 West
V Naval Science 4 West
Z Bibliography and Library Science 4 West

 

 

 

 

 

Special Locations in Van Pelt

 

If a book’s call number contains one of the prefixes listed below, then that book is in a Special Location.

Prefix Special Location
Bestsellers Lee Lounge, 1 East
East Asia East Asia Collection 5 West
East Asia Comics East Asia Collection, 5 West
E. F. Smith Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog
Folio Oversized book, 4 West
Furness Furness Shakespeare Library, 6 East
Kislak Center Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog
Lea Library Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog
Lippincott, Lipp Lippincott Library, 2 & 3 West
Marian Anderson 4 West Music Study Center
New Book Display Van Pelt-Dietrich Lobby
Ormandy Music & Media Center 4 West
Reserve Van Pelt-Dietrich Reserve Desk, 1 East
Special Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog
Videos Request at Circulation Desk, 1 East
Yarnall Yarnall Collection, 4 West
 

Seminar Rooms in Van Pelt

(Books do not circulate.)

Seminar Room Floor and wing of building
Africana Studies 3 East
Classics 3 East
East Asia 5 West
Judaica/Ancient Near East 4 East
Medieval Studies 4 East
Middle East 5 West
Marian Anderson (Music) 4 West
South Asia Studies Reading Room 5 West
 
 

For More Information

If the book you want is not on the shelf and is not charged out, check

  • the book sorting areas facing the east elevators on floors 3 & 4
  • the book trucks on floors 3 - 5
  • Copy machine areas in 1 East and on floor 3
OR fill out a search form (at the Circulation Desk or in the elevator lobbies in the stacks).
OR use the "Report it missing" link in Franklin.
 
7/12/22