Help Guide

Library Cards are FREE and are available to any Nye County resident. Click for more info & card application.

Just fill out the application for the child, making sure to sign in the area designated for “parent or guardian.” Children can have their own cards at any age--this is up to the parent! Even if a child is not yet reading, he or she will benefit from just looking at books and being read to by an adult or older child.

We offer OverDrive, with hundreds of selections. When you search our catalog, books that are available for download will show the call number “ONLINE.” Click for more information.

Bring your picture ID and the unsigned document(s) that need notarization to the Library during our regular business hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Tuesdays and Fridays there will not be a notary available due to programming. Call ahead and make sure the Notary is available to help you. If your document requires witnesses, bring someone with you. Notary fees are $10.00 per stamp, first signature, and $5.00 each additional. Click here for more information.

This room is available for public use on a “first-requested, first-scheduled” basis. Click here for more information.

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All the labels attached to our materials are there to help keep Library materials in order. Follow the “Sticker Map” and understand Call Numbers.

You’ll need your Library Card to complete this. Click to Log in then choose “Pahrump Community Library” under “Other Collections.” At the top right, click on “Create Account.”  Enter your last name and the entire barcode number from the back of your card. Choose your username and password; email is optional. Now you’re ready to see what you have checked out, renew if needed, and view any fines. Check out Destiny Quest for a more “social” experience!

First, click to log in to your Library account. (Create account if needed.) Click on “Catalog” and search for your desired item. Click on the title of the material to find more info about it, then click “Hold It” to reserve the item. A staff member will call you when your item is ready for pick-up.

Send us an email here and a staff member will respond as soon as possible.

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For any Public Record Request please contact the Library Director, or click here for Public Records Request Form.

Every material in the Library has a specific place where it "lives" and the spine label stickers provide the "address" so that anyone who looks up a material and gets this address will be able to go right to the shelf and find their material. This is why it is SO important to either put things back right where you found them, or to put them on one of the carts provided so that our staff and/or volunteers can put them away. Then the next person will be able to find the materials without any trouble.

The "address" is the material's call number, which is written on a sticker and placed at the bottom edge of the material's spine. Other stickers give general locations for the materials, to help you know what it is and to aid in proper re-shelving. Following is a description of call numbers and accompanying stickers.

Call numbers are made up of 2 or more pieces of information: they provide the genre (category) for fiction, or the Dewey Decimal number for non-fiction, AND the first three letters of the author's last name (the first three letters of the title if there is no author, or of the series when there are multiple authors).

For example, Stephen King fiction books are found with the call #

However, Mr. King's non-fiction work On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is found with the call #

Genres are identified as:

Sometimes, there are 3 pieces of info on the spine label, which is a result of combining 2 from the above list with the first 3 letters of the author's last name.

For example,  a Stephen King book published in Large Print would be found with the call #

OR, for the non-fiction book  

Currently, the only call # with 4 lines in use at the Library is for non-fiction Nevada Collection DVDs. For example, if you want to watch the DVD Going to Reno: Divorce Story from the Exploring Nevada series, you would find the DVD with the call #

In addition, there are stickers that are sometimes attached above the call number. They are there to help you find a particular type of material a little faster and to aid in shelving. They include:

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system is a general knowledge organization tool that is continuously revised to keep pace with knowledge. It was conceived by Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) in 1873 and was first published in 1876

The Dewey is the most widely used classification system in the world. Libraries in more than 135 countries use it to organize and provide access to their collections. The system is built on sound principles that make it ideal as a general knowledge organization tool: meaningful notation in universally recognized Arabic numerals, well-defined categories, well-developed hierarchies, and a rich network of relationships among topics

Basic classes are organized by disciplines or fields of study. At the broadest level, there are ten main classes, which together cover the entire world of knowledge. Each main class is further divided into ten divisions (the hundreds), and each division into ten sections (the thousands). Not all the numbers for the divisions and sections have been used!!

Following is a list of the 10 main classes of the Dewey Decimal Classification Systern. When looking for a non-fiction title, these main class headings help you find what you are looking for in a general sense. As your search becomes more specific, the number will grow in length, past the 3rd digit, a decimal will appear and the numbers following that provide even more specificity.

But you don't really need to worry about that! Once you search our catalog, and find the call number of the item you want, it's simply a matter of looking on the shelves-which proceed in numerical order and are handily labeled on the ends.

And if you have any problems, just ask a staff member: We're always ready to help!

000 Computer Science, Knowledge, & Systems

010 Bibliographies

020 Library & Information Sciences

030 Ecyclopedias & Books of Facts

040 [Unassigned]

050 Magazines, Journals, & Serials

060 Associations, Organizations, & Museums

070 News Media, Journalism, & Publishing

080 Quotations

090 Manuscripts & Rare Books

100-190 Philosophy & Psychology

100 Philosophy

110 Metaphysics

120 Epistemology

130 Parapsychology & Occultism

140 Philosophical Schools of Thought

150 Psychology

160 Logic

170 Ethics

180 Ancient, Medieval, & Easter Philosophy

190 Modern Western Philosophy

200 Religion

210 Philosophy & Theory of Religion

220 The Bible

230 Christianity & Christian Theology

240 Christian Practice & Observance

250 Christian Pastoral Practice & Religious

Orders

260 Christian Organizations, Social Work &

Worship

270 History of Christianity

280 Christian Denominations

290 Other Religions

300 Social Sciences, Sociology, & Anthropology

310 Statistics

320 Political Science

330 Economics

340 Law

350 Public Administration & Military Science

360 Social Problems & Social Services

370 Education

380 Commerce, Communications, 2z

Transportation

390 Customs, Etiquette, & Folklore

400 Language

410 Linguistics

420 English & Old English Languages

430 German & Related Languages

440 French & Related Languages

450 Italian, Romanian, & Related Languages

460 Spanish & Portuguese Languages

470 Latin & Italic Languages

480 Classical & Modem Greek Languages

490 Other Languages

500 Science

510 Mathematics

520 Astronomy

530 Physics

540 Chemistry

550 Earth Sciences & Geology

560 Fossils & Prehistoric Life

570 Life Sciences (Biology)

580 Plants (Botany)

590 Animals (Zoology)

600-690 Technology

610 Medicine & Health

620 Engineering

630 Agniculture

640 Home & Family Management

650 Management & Public Relations

660 Chemical Engineering

670 Manufacturing

680 Manufacture for Specific Uses

690 Building & Construction

700 Arts

701 Landscaping & Area Planning

720 Architecture

730 Sculpture, Ceramics, & Metalwork

740 Drawing & Decorative Arts

750 Panting

760 Graphic Arts

770 Photography & Computer Art

780 Music

790 Sports, Games, & Entertainment

800 Literature, Rhetoric, & Criticism

810 American Literature in English

820 English & Old English Literatures

830 German & Related Literatures

840 French & Related Literatures

850 Italian, Romanian, & Related Literatures

860 Spanish & Portuguese Literatures

870 Latin & Italic Literatures

880 Classical & Modern Greek Literatures

890 Other Literatures

900 History

910 Geography & Travel

920 Biography & Genealogy

930 History of Ancient World (to ca.499)

940 History of Europe

950 History of Asia

960 History of Africa

970 History of North America

980 History of South America

990 History of Other Areas