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The accessible entrance to the building is located on the south side of the ground floor's east wing. A railing is on the right as you approach the entrance. A door-opening plate is mounted at the end of the railing farthest from the door.
The entrance is to the left of the railing. To reach the bookdrop, walk with the railing on your left. The bookdrop and the entrance are adjacent along the wall, but access to them is separate because of the railing.
This entrance gives access to the Goldstein Undergraduate Study Center (USC) and the Rosengarten Quiet Study Center. These areas may have extended hours and are open all night Sunday through Friday during the academically busy weeks of the year: See the hours calendar.
Elevators are west of the 2 spaces.
Bathrooms doors are on the southwest wall. Each s ingle-gender bathrooms has multiple stalls, with one wheelchair accessible stall.
Mark's Cafe entrance through the west wall, south of the elevators.
On the northwest are: Class of 1963 Group Study Suite, Rooms G101.7, G101.8, G101.9, G101.10, Assistive Technologies Room G101.11, Libraries Technology Center. On the south: Pickup lockers and Ebert Lounge.
The Rosengarten Quiet Study Center is north of the USC. The 2 spaces are separated by a row of rooms and a large curved reception desk (currently unused) all extending from the west side.
On the north side: Brownlee Group Study Suite (Rooms G101.2 G101.3) Stovall Dickey Group Study Room (Room G101.1), newspapers, PennCash and copy room. On the southeast: Long Island Friends of Penn Computer Area.
Glossberg Staff Lounge, SCETI (Schoenberg Center for Text & Image), and the LTS Conference Room in the Technology Center.
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Located on Floor 5
| Call number letter | Library of Congress classification | Floor and wing of building |
|---|---|---|
| H-HJ | Social Science, Economics | 3 West |
| Call number letter | Library of Congress classification | Floor and wing of building |
|---|---|---|
| A | General Works | 3 East |
| B | Philosophy, Psychology, Religion | 3 East |
| C | History: Auxiliary Sciences | 3 East |
| D | History: General and European | 3 East |
| E | History: United States | 3 East |
| F | History: Western Hemisphere | 3 East |
| G | Geography, Anthropology, Recreation | 3 East |
| HM-HX | Social Science, Sociology | 3 West |
| J | Political Science | 3 West |
| K | Law | 3 West |
| L | Education | 3 East & West |
| M | Music | 4 West |
| NX | Fine Arts Multidisciplinary | 4 East |
| P | Literature and Languages | 4 East & West |
| Q | Science | 4 West |
| R | Medicine | 4 West |
| S | Agriculture | 4 West |
| T | Technology | 4 West |
| U | Military Science | 4 West |
| V | Naval Science | 4 West |
| Z | Bibliography and Library Science | 4 West |
If a book’s call number contains one of the prefixes listed below, then that book is in a Special Location.
| Prefix | Special Location |
|---|---|
| Bestsellers | Lee Lounge, 1 East |
| East Asia | East Asia Collection 5 West |
| East Asia Comics | East Asia Collection, 5 West |
| E. F. Smith | Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog |
| Folio | Oversized book, 4 West |
| Furness | Furness Shakespeare Library, 6 East |
| Kislak Center | Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog |
| Lea Library | Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog |
| Lippincott, Lipp | Lippincott Library, 2 & 3 West |
| Marian Anderson | 4 West Music Study Center |
| New Book Display | Van Pelt-Dietrich Lobby |
| Ormandy Music & Media Center |
4 West |
| Reserve | Van Pelt-Dietrich Reserve Desk, 1 East |
| Special | Use "Request to View" in Franklin Catalog |
| Videos | Request at Circulation Desk, 1 East |
| Yarnall | Yarnall Collection, 4 West |
(Books do not circulate.)
| Seminar Room | Floor and wing of building |
|---|---|
| Africana Studies | 3 East |
| Classics | 3 East |
| East Asia | 5 West |
| Judaica/Ancient Near East | 4 East |
| Medieval Studies | 4 East |
| Middle East | 5 West |
| Marian Anderson (Music) | 4 West |
| South Asia Studies Reading Room | 5 West |
If the book you want is not on the shelf and is not charged out, check
Van Pelt Library is located between 34th and 36th streets below Walnut. To reach the front of the building, walk down the 36th street walk from 36th street or Woodland walk from 34th street. When you are facing the stairs to the first floor main entrance, the book drop and the accessible entrance are on the right side of the building on the ground floor.
The accessible entrance of Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center opens into the Goldstein Undergraduate Study Center. This entrance is on the ground floor of the building facing Blanche P. Levy Park and College Hall. A wheelchair accessible doorbell is located on the railing leading toward the door.