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Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Science: Welcome

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Tips, information and resources to help you with your studies.

Using books

Textbooks are useful  introduction to a topic, they will give you an overview of the subject.

Reading Lists are a good starting point, you will find reading lists for each module in Moodle.

Edited books bring together expert knowledge from a range of different people.  These books have detailed information on a subject and can add depth to your research into a topic.

Need a book that's not in DkIT Library?

Need a book that's not in the Library? You might be able to read most of it online using Google Books. Or you could make an online interlibrary loan request and we'll borrow it from another library for you.

If you find a book you think might be useful for your whole class and you think we should buy it then let us know! Email the details to acquisitions@dkit.ie.

How books are ordered in the library

Dewey decimal classification is the system we use to arrange books in the library. Each book is assigned a call number which is a series of numbers followed by letters. The dewey decimal system arranges books by subject. The longer the number, the more specific the subject. Numbers are arranged numerically and letters alphabetically to help you easily find what you're looking for.

Library Layout

First Floor - Dewey numbers:  1 - 500

Second Floor - Dewey numbers:  500 - 1000

Subject Number range? What floor?
Agriculture and Food 500-650 2nd
Bioscience and Environmental Bioscience 500-600 2nd

Business

Economics

Law

650-660

331-338

346-347

2nd

1st

1st

Computing 000-099 1st
Creative Media

300--399

740-823

1st

2nd

Engineering 669-697 2nd
History 937-990 2nd
Marketing 658-660 2nd
Music 780-790 2nd
Nursing / Midwifery 610-620 2nd
Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical science 500-599 2nd
Social Care 360-380 1st
Veterinary Nursing 636-640 2nd

 

Featured resources

As well as searching in MultiSearch for quality information for your assignments you can choose to search specific databases directly. Many of these databases have additional search, save, and alert features you can use. Take a look at these features in any of the databases below.

Electronic books (ebooks)

Electronic books can be read online via your PC, laptop or mobile device.

Advantages ebooks:

  • They are available 24/7
  • You can access them on and off campus
  • You can search within the full-text for your topic
  • No library overdue fines


We have a large number of ebooks available to you which you can find either by searching the catalogue or by logging in directly to one of our ebook collections.

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