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 items on your reading lists are in this collection which begins on the ground floor and continues on upper floors.
Films, documentaries and television series on DVD, arranged in alphabetical order by title. Located on the ground floor.
A collection of teaching resources which supports trainee teachers, particularly on placement. Located on the ground floor.
Some dissertations from previous years are located in locked display cases on the ground floor. Request at the Library Helpdesk.
We have some current print journal titles and back runs of journals that we don't have online. 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've curated collections to provide easy access to relevant resources on topics like LGBTQ+ History, Black History, University research, employability skills, and reading for pleasure.
If you have suggestions for collections, please contact the Library.
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.