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Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A sectional view of the New York Public Library." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1911.
Highlighted Books
100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection by Call Number: OVERSIZE NK2715.D485 1996Publication Date: 2013
American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Call Number: OVERSIZE NK2405 .M47 1985 vol. 1Publication Date: 2007
Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery by Call Number: OVERSIZE NK2408 .F62 2008Publication Date: 2008
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Browse Call Numbers for Interior Design
What are Call Numbers? Call numbers are the numbers and letters on the spine of the book that indicate its location on the shelf. The Baker Library at Norwalk uses the Library of Congress Classification System for organizing our books on the shelves. The call numbers for Interior Design begin with NA, NK, and TH.
Tips for Finding Books & eBooks
Hint! If you're searching for books from the Norwalk Catalog search box, use the "Books" filter under "Tweak My Results" on the left of the page. This will narrow your results to include only physical and electronic books (ebooks). To only see physical or ebooks, follow the corresponding directions below.
Finding Physical Books:
After selecting the "Books" filter you can further narrow your results to only include physical titles by using the "Location," "Available at NCC," and/or the "Delivery Format: Physical" filters.
The "Physical" filter will show you all physical books that the Norwalk Library has in its collection, regardless of whether it's currently available or not.
If you want to take a book out today, the "Available at NCC" filter will only show books currently available at the library. (i.e. Any books currently checked out to another patron will not be displayed.)
Lastly, instead of or in addition to using the "Physical" filter, you may choose to use one, or a combination of the "Location" filters. Most books are housed in the "Book Stacks" - located on the second floor of the library - but we do have some titles located in our "ESL" and "Oversize" collections, as well as the "Reference Stacks" and "Reading Commons." Some books, not available for check out or use beyond the library walls may be located behind the circulation desk at "Library Check-Out Desk" or "Library Technical Services."
Once you've found a book you're interested in, you will need to locate it on the shelves in the library. Below are some useful resources to help you navigate the library and find your book!
If you need additional help locating a book be sure to ask one of our friendly librarians!
Find eBooks
If you are looking for eBooks you will want to use the "Full Text Online" filter in addition to the "Books" filter. This should show you all the eBooks related to your search that the library provides access to.
eBook Databases
- Axis360-eBook Axis360-eBook (Login with college ID & passwords) - Norwalk Campus This link opens in a new window eBook Collection Selected by NCC library.
- eBook Central College Complete This link opens in a new window College Complete is a comprehensive ebook subscription that helps prepare students for academic and career success. This resource covers all academic subject areas and content for in-demand trade jobs. Gain access to content in traditional disciplines like business, management and nursing; emerging areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and criminal justice; and topics to support specific skills like advanced manufacturing, construction and healthcare.
- Diversity & Ethnic Studies eBook Collection This link opens in a new window This subscription collection includes academic eBooks related to diversity, anti-racism, ethnic studies, disability studies, gerontology & age studies, migration studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious studies. The collection utilizes outside resources and scholarship to ensure that the collection remains up to date and aligned with current research.
- EBSCO eBooks Academic Subscription Collection This link opens in a new window Access a cross-searchable, multidisciplinary library of over 210,000 high-quality, unlimited-user e-books from leading university presses and academic publishers such as Cambridge University Press, De Gruyter, Elsevier, Harvard University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford University Press, Sage Publications, State University of New York Press, Taylor & Francis, and University of California Press. These ebooks cover a large section of academic subjects and new titles are added the collection continuously.
- Overdrive eBooks and AudioBooks This link opens in a new window The Overdrive platform provides access to popular fiction and non-fiction eBook and audiobook titles, as well as selected Public Domain titles from the Duke Classics Collection. If you are looking for an additional free ebook and audiobook platform, please visit eGo using the Palace app.
- SAGE eBooks This link opens in a new window Sage Academic eBooks Explore the ultimate Social Science eBook Collection of over 5,000 titles, including books on nursing and health, media, communication, social studies, politics and leadership.
Course Textbooks on Reserve
The Norwalk library holds copies of some course textbooks. Ask for them at the checkout desk. Reserves are available for 90-minute loans with a current CT State CC ID card. All reserved texts must remain in the library at all times.