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Yes, you can browse by call number!

Go to the ASU Library home page

• If you are a current ASU student, faculty or staff, Sign In at the top right corner of the library home page; this will give you more retrieval and full text options.

Scroll down the page, just below the One Search option, and click: Advanced Search

• At the top of the resulting page, in the header area, click: Browse
  • Select the appropriate Browse by ______ option from the drop down list.
    Choices include:
    • Subject
    • Author
    • Title
    • Library of Congress call numbers
      • Call number system used by academic research libraries in the US - These are typically used in our Stacks and throughout many of our other collections.
    • Dewey call numbers
      • Typically these are high school level and under "Children's books"
    • SUDOC call numbers
      • Superintendent of Documents - typically these are US federal document
    • NLM call numbers
      • National Library of Medicine call numbers
    • Other call numbers
      • Many of our specialized collections' items will have "Other" call numbers

You may also perform a Virtual Browse by call number around another item in our Catalog:

• From the ASU Library home page perform a search in One Search
  • Enter keywords, title or author then click: Search
  • On the results page (using the filters on the right side of the page) under Availability, click: Available in the Library
  • Scroll through your results, then click the title of an item
  • On the item record, scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Virtual Browse section.
  • Scroll left and right to see related items organized by call number.
  • Click to view an example of a Virtual Browse result for a sample search: Eco design book