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Interior Design

Serendipitous Browsing and Chance Encounters

Book Browsing

Physical Items

While digital collections have brought about many advancements in information, they have also changed where we search and find information, and the art of walking through the stacks of books is being lost. While that walking can be a nod toward nostalgia, it also serves a legitimate and important role in the research process.

Call numbers to browse physical items at UNI Rod Library:

  • NA Architecture
  • NK Decorative Arts (including Interior Decoration)
  • TH Building Construction (including Decoration and Decorative furnishings)

Digital Items

Digital browsing is a bit trickier, but not impossible. As more and more items are online only, digital browsing is the only way to uncover some of Rod Library's newest items. 

  1. Use the record of an item you’ve already located or the Library of Congress Classification language to locate a starting item of interest.

  2. Within that record, take note of 

    • Subjects

    • Virtual Browse

  3. Meander through like records by following links.