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This guide will help you better understand how the Nelson Memorial Library and others around the globe are organized - with explanations and resources of classification, organization, and links to the Library of Congress' resources.

Introducing the Library

Welcome to the Nelson Memorial Library! 

This guide is here to help you better understand how we organize our books and how libraries organize themselves as a whole.

It will go section-by-section to explain the how & why we arrange things at Nelson, and provide helpful resources from the Library of Congress & the American Library Association (ALA).

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Basic Information & Organization

The Nelson Memorial Library is distinct in three ways:

  • It is an Academic Library.
  • It uses the Dewey Decimal System (DDC) to organize its books.
  • It has a connected Archives - both physical and digital.

An Academic Library is a library connected to a higher education institution that serves its students, faculty, and staff with research & information according to its curriculum. This means at Nelson University one will find many theological - specifically Christian - works and resources.

Feel Free to Ask

Our mission is to equip students spiritually, academically, professionally, and cross-culturally for their God-given careers and callings.

Please never be afraid to ask any kind of question. Librarians are here to help you in your growth & discovery of God's calling for you.

"As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another" -Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)