The organization of the UF Libraries is similar to that of many American university libraries:
The collections, which include books, journals and newspapers, as well as DVDs, are placed on open stacks. This means that you can freely access most of the shelves by yourself to get what you want.
The shelves are organized with call numbers, a series of letters and numbers placed on the spine of or in front of books, DVDs and other resource that will appear on the catalog search to allow you to locate what you are looking for.
Any materials listed as "Rare Books (Request in Special Coll)" or "Rare Books (non-Circulating)" will need to requested at the Smathers Grand Reading Room.
There are also many e-books and electronic resources available to you through the libraries. You can access them while on campus or off campus (home, coffee shop, etc. when logged in to the VPN).
Many more services are available to you online, and of course, your librarians are always here to help if you have any question!
Multilingual Glossary of Terms
Here are some resources to learn library terminology
