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Search for Books Using OCtopus

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Filter results by format (books, ebooks, or "catalogue only" for print books and media) and by publication date.

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Locating Books

After you have found a book, you need the following information to locate it:

Location: Campus and collection (for example Penticton Circulating Collection or Vernon Reference Collection)

Call Number: Corresponds to the number printed on a sticker on the book's spine, used to find the book on the shelf

Status: Available or checked out (request a hold for a book that is checked out)

Example:

Call Numbers

If you're not sure exactly what you're looking for, you may find it useful to browse the Library shelves at the following call number locations:

QB 1 - QB 139  General Astronomy

QB 140 - QB 237  Practical and spherical astronomy

QB 275 - QB 343  Geodesy

QB 349 - QB 421  Theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics

QB 455 - QB 456  Astrogeology

QB 460 - QB 466  Astrophysics

QB 468 - QB 480  Non-optical methods of astronomy (like radio astronomy

QB 501 - QB 701  Solar system (including sun, moon, planets)

QB 721 - QB 755  Comets, meteors, meteorites

QB 790 - QB 858  Interstellar matter, stars, galaxies

QB 981 - QB 991  Cosmology

QH 326  Exobiology

TL 787 - TL 4050  Astronautics. Space travel

Selected Books in the Library

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