SU Central Library is located in building 12; on the 2nd and 3rd floors and has publications in English, Thai, Japanese, Chinese and other languages.

Publications in English language are locted on the 2nd floor and publications in Thai on the 3rd floor. Magazines and journals in English are also on the 3rd floor.

The library uses the Dewey system to catalog and organize all publications on shelf.

Location

building 12; 2nd-3rd floor

Opening hours

• TUE-SAT: 7:45-19:00
• MON: 12:00-19:00

Available Materials

• written materials: textbooks; magazines; academic journals; periodicals;
• audio/visual materials: audio cassettes; video; DVDs
• online materials: online database (200,000 items)

Facilities

• 3,500 square meters floor space
• air-conditioned reading rooms with a capacity of 1,000 users
• individual learning rooms
• group discussion rooms
• computer lab with fast internet

Floor Plans

Second Floor

1. foreign language books 000-599
2. foreign language books 600-999
3. computer workstations to search the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) - the inventory system of the library
4. book return, loan extension
5. book checkout, book reserve
6. reference book room
7. carrels
8. office of the library Director
9. office of the library Secretary

Third Floor

1. Multimedia
2. Journal and Documentary
3. Thai Books 000-999
4. Foreign languages Journals
5. Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) Service
6. Pocket books
7. Textbooks edited by Siam University
8. Newspapers
9. Thai Journals
10. Digital Virtual Library

Library Services

• books check-out and return
• computer lab
• multimedia room
• recommend a purchase
• renew books
• reserves
• services for teachers

Finding a book

Computer workstations are conveniently located throughout the library where users can search the OPAC database to find materials.

Every book in the library is given a unique call number to serve as an address for locating the book on the shelf. The call number itself is composed of two parts: Dewey Decimal Classification, a cataloguing system to make items easier to find on its shelves, and the Cutter number or book number.

The Dewey system has ten main classes, which are listed below:

000 Generalities
100 Philosophy and Psychology
200 Religion
300 Social Science
400 Language
500 Natural Science and Mathematics
600 Technology (Applied Sciences)
700 Arts
800 Literature
900 Geography and History

Each of the above classes each have ten divisions. These divisions are further divided--and then further divided. Each division becomes more specific. The more numbers, the more specific the subject. In this way, the Dewey classification system progresses from the general to the specific.

The cutter number for a book usually consists of the first letter of the author's last name and a series of numbers. A work mark or work letter is used to distinguish the various works of a single author. The work mark is a lower case letter that is usually the first letter of the title of the book