We have organised resources in the Library into collections and used a numbering system to make them easy to find
To find a book or other item on the Library shelves, you first need to find out what collection it is in and the shelfmark of the item.
Watch this video [coming soon] to find out how or read this FAQ.
Most of the books on your reading lists are in the Main Collection which begins on the ground floor and continues on the first and second floors.
Films, documentaries and television series on DVD, arranged in alphabetical order by title. This collection is located on the ground floor.
A collection of teaching resources across the key stages which supports trainee teachers, particularly on placement. Located on the ground floor, you'll find children's literature and non-fiction, story sacks, big books, puppets and other teaching equipment.
Some dissertations from previous years are located in locked display cases on the ground floor. Request to use them in the Library at the Library Helpdesk.
We have some current print journal titles and back runs of journals that we don't have online. These are located on the second floor.
Fragile, valuable, rare or restricted access items are in locked display cases. Request to use them in the Library at the Library Helpdesk.
We use a numbering system called Dewey Decimal Classification to organise collections of resources in the Library into subjects.
There are ten subject groups:
See the floorplan and floor guides to find out which numbers are on which floors.
Watch this video [coming soon!] or follow the instructions below.
Some copies of books and other items are marked with a Reference sticker which means that you can use them in the Library but you can't borrow them.
We do this so that you have access to key texts when all the other copies have been borrowed.