Use Knox Primo to discover books that may be available for loan from another I-Share library.
As a Knox student, you are free to borrow materials from any of the other 94 I-Share libraries whenever you want. See this guide for detailed information on using I-Share to request books.
Browsing for books on the shelves can be a very useful way to gather materials on a topic. For libraries using the Library of Congress system for classifying books, all books on a topic are shelved together. For some heavily studied areas of the Ancient Mediterranean world the relevant call number sections are:
BM 1 to BM 990 -- Judaism
BR 1 to BR 275 -- Early Christianity
DE -- The Mediterranean Region. Greco-Roman world
DF10 to DF 289 -- Ancient Greece
DG 11 to DG 365 -- Ancient Italy. Rome to 476
DS 41 to DS 66 -- Middle East. Arab East. Near East.
DS 101 to DS 151 -- Israel (Palestine)
DT 43 to DT 154 -- Egypt
DT 154 to DT 346 -- Sudan, Norther Africa, Maghrib,
HQ 1127 to HQ 1137 -- Women in Antiquity
N 5600 to N 5800 -- Ancient Greek and Roman art
PA 3000 to PA 3049 -- Classical literature, generally
PA 3050 to PA 4505 -- Greek literature
PA 6000 to PA 6971 -- Roman literature
PJ 1001 to PJ 1989 -- Egyptology
As with any database, you can search Knox Primo using keywords that describe your topic.
Use Knox Primo to check for books and technical reports that you can borrow from another I-Share library. When searching, choose the "All I-Share Libraries" search option:
I-Share deliveries usually arrive in about 5 days.