Understanding location suffixes
We use location prefixes in the catalogue to categorise our many collections.
Below is an example of a catalogue record. The location is "SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPTXT". This item belongs to the Australian Schools Textbook collection.
All items are held in a closed archive stack and must be requested unless noted below.
| Location prefix | Description |
|---|---|
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS GENEA | Genealogy collection, held on open shelves in the reading room. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS GENEA SHELVES | Genealogy collection, held on open, free standing shelves in the reading room. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS INFO | Computer files and CD-ROMs, available from public computer in the reading room. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MFCHE | Microfiche collection, held in microform storage cabinets in the reading room. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MFILM | Microfilm collection, held in microform storage cabinets in the reading room. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS REF | Alfred Deakin reference collection, held on open shelves in the reading room. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPALF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPALF FOLIO SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPALF MAP | Alfred Deakin collections, including large (folio size) books and maps/poster. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPC | Special Collection rare books. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPDU | Deakin University authors' collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPCHL | Children's literature research collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPFOL | Special Collection folios (large sized books). |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPGEL | Geelong lawyers' collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPLGA | The Louis Goldberg collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPMAP | Special Collection maps/posters. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPMC | Australian multicultural literature collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPMSS | Manuscript collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPPAM | Pamphlet collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPTXT | Australian schools textbook collection. |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPWV SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPWV FOLIO SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPWV MAP SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SPWV PAMPHLETS | Western Victoria collection, including large (folio size) books, maps/posters and pamphlets.. |
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